CA1137267A - Non woven fabric of 1,2 sbd - Google Patents

Non woven fabric of 1,2 sbd

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CA1137267A
CA1137267A CA000347180A CA347180A CA1137267A CA 1137267 A CA1137267 A CA 1137267A CA 000347180 A CA000347180 A CA 000347180A CA 347180 A CA347180 A CA 347180A CA 1137267 A CA1137267 A CA 1137267A
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Emmanuel G. Kontos
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Uniroyal Inc
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    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04HMAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS, NON-WOVEN FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; WADDING ; NON-WOVEN FABRICS FROM STAPLE FIBRES, FILAMENTS OR YARNS, BONDED WITH AT LEAST ONE WEB-LIKE MATERIAL DURING THEIR CONSOLIDATION
    • D04H1/00Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres
    • D04H1/40Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties
    • D04H1/54Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties by welding together the fibres, e.g. by partially melting or dissolving
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D01NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
    • D01FCHEMICAL FEATURES IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CARBON FILAMENTS
    • D01F6/00Monocomponent artificial filaments or the like of synthetic polymers; Manufacture thereof
    • D01F6/02Monocomponent artificial filaments or the like of synthetic polymers; Manufacture thereof from homopolymers obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
    • D01F6/24Monocomponent artificial filaments or the like of synthetic polymers; Manufacture thereof from homopolymers obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds from polymers of aliphatic compounds with more than one carbon-to-carbon double bond
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04HMAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS, NON-WOVEN FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; WADDING ; NON-WOVEN FABRICS FROM STAPLE FIBRES, FILAMENTS OR YARNS, BONDED WITH AT LEAST ONE WEB-LIKE MATERIAL DURING THEIR CONSOLIDATION
    • D04H13/00Other non-woven fabrics
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10STECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S264/00Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes
    • Y10S264/08Fibrillating cellular materials
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T428/00Stock material or miscellaneous articles
    • Y10T428/31504Composite [nonstructural laminate]
    • Y10T428/31551Of polyamidoester [polyurethane, polyisocyanate, polycarbamate, etc.]
    • Y10T428/31573Next to addition polymer of ethylenically unsaturated monomer
    • Y10T428/31587Hydrocarbon polymer [polyethylene, polybutadiene, etc.]

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE

A non-woven fabric comprising an assembly of fibers of dis-crete length which are interconnected and, at least a portion of which are in contact with each other, said fibers comprising crystal-line syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene (1,2 SBD).

Description

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NON-WOVEN FAB~IC ~qADE FROM P:)LYBUTADIENE

The present invention relates to a non-woven fabric comprising an assembly of fibers of discrete length which are interconnected and, at least a portion of which are in contact with other, said 5 fibers comprising crystalline syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene (1,2 SBD) .
Presently non-woven fabrics are used for a variet~ of applica-tions such as,for covers for disposable diapers and other hygienic applicat;ons, decorative ~crims, fusible scrims for adhesive applica-10 tions, industrial fabrics such as backing fa~rics for carpet manufac-~uring, as a packag~ng fabric and as an insulating fa~ric, etc.
Presently polypropylene and 3ther thermoplastic polymers used for these applications by extruding and fibrilla~ing ~he film into a fibrous interconnected network. However, the polypropylene prod-15 ucts made using the aforesaid process do not have good elongati~nand elasticity, and as a result the fa~ric has a low tensile strength and in particular a low tear ~trength. O~her ~hermoplas~c polymer~
have ~imilar disadvantages and/or limitations in respect to ~kin irritation, moisture resistance, high melting point, air permeability, 20 etc.
In accordance with the present ~nvention a non-woven fabric made up of 1,2 S13D can be u~cilized for all of the applications noted abDve. A unique advantage of the present invention i~; ~he low modulus, high elonga~on and good recovery Df ~he 1,2 ~BD fibers, 25 resulting in a non-woven fa~ric having high ~trensth proper~des.
Other advantages in u~ing 1,2 SBD ~n a non-woverl fabric are the aesthetic appearance of the 1,2 SBD due to its li~ht transparence, ~ts non-to~c and non-skin ~lta~ng pr~perties, its low melffing p~int when u~ed i~ adhesive ~pplications, its ~ood pliabili~ hus 30 iEacilita~ s use in complicated ~onfigurations a~d its ~ood mois-aure resistance and ~ir permeatiDn when used in disposable diapers ~nd hygienic napkin applications.
The low mel~dng p~int ~f 1,2 SBD make it useful ~ f~er fQrm for adhesive applications since the polar nature ~1,2 SBD prom~tes 35 ~ood ~nterac~dorl with the ~dherin~ ~ubstrates. It ~s ~elt that because -of t~e ~reater nu~iber o~ ~inyl unsaturated ~roups ~n ~he ' ~t '" ,' :

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polymer ~s compared w~th cis-pDlybutadiene or ~BS ~lock copoly-merx, a higher adhesive b~nd is developed t~rough the use of 1~2 SBD fi~ers. - -The 1,2 SBD used in the non-woven fa~ric and ~n accordance 5 with ~he present lnvention is a polymer possessinçl ~ vinyl ~roup and a hydrogen atom each bonded to ~ tertiary carbon atom at the allyl pDsition in each structural unit. Table I hereinafter lists the range of physical properties of the 1,2 SBD fiber~ useful ~n accor-dance wlth the~p~esent invention.
T~BLE I
~ANGE

PROPERTIES TE:ST IIETHOD ~NITS ~r _ DENSIlY ~e~sity gr~dient 3 tube ASTM D-1505 ~/cm 0.901 to 0.909 1~ tSOLECULAR Gel ~Per~e~tion , -l~EI G~ Chromatography lOON
C~YST~INIll~ Density gradient tube X 18 to 29 IIICROSl~RUC- I~frsred ray TURE 1 ,2-Unit Spectrum (Morero Content ~ethod) X ~C to 93 I~FI ASl?~ D-1238 I~de~) 150~C, 2,160 8 . ~10 ~in 3 to 2 ~SAI, ~ROPERTIES
Vic~t ~often-i~g point ~STM D-1525 C - 39 to 66 l~elti~g Po~nt ~ T0 ~DSC) "C ~5 to 90 ~g C (DS~) ~C -30 to -17 Brittle Point ASl~ D-179D 01: 40 to -35 ~3~7Z6 ABLE I lCoD't~
~ANOE
PROPERT~S ll;ST MEl~OD UNITS
~ENSIIE
S E'ROPÆRTIES t3) 300X tlodulus ~STM Il-BS2 psi S70 to 1100 ~ 3.9 to 7.8 Teasile Strengt~ AST~5 D-882 p~i 925 to 1900 . . . ~Pa 6 .4 to 13 .2 Elongation ASTM D-882 X 750 to 670 ~ARDIESS
Shore D ~ D-1706 25 to 41 IZOD I~PACT ,, - .
(notched, ~t ..
(R-~.) l~D-256 ~-cm/c~ Not b oken LIGI~T
~RANSMITT~NOE ~ l D-1003 X R 91 HAæ ASTM D-1003 X 1.0 to 2.0 The 1,2 SBD fiber~ used in the present inven~on are prepared in accordance with the diSC]osurR found in U.S Pate~t Nos.
3,931,8?5; 3,~42,S32; 3,950,582; 4,0~5,175.
The ~abric can be prepared ~y a ~varie~y ~f well l~n~wn sneth-~ds. One method af prepara~o~ ~voives ~ ally ~p~nin~ ~he f~laments, chopp~g or cuttin~ the fi~am2nts ~nto discrete fibers, car~g ~o fo~n a con'dnu~us ~eb and ~bDndin~ ~he ~bers. The bondi~ can lbe acheived by pre~sure ~d heat, ~r mec~anical entan~lement, by ~dhesive bondin~ or ~y o~her l~n~Yn pr~esses u~ed So pr~duce nDn-woven ~a~ric~ and paper~.
~or ~he purpose of this Inven~on, the term "discrete" is used to de&u~be the length o~ the ~ber as ~ontrasted with the almost infin~te len~th of fiber~ used ~ ven appli~ons.
Another ~ethod of prepara~on ls the ex~usion o~ the polymeric mat~ial followed ~ a fibrilla'cion techniqlae. The economic advan-. ; .

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~3~;~67 ta~e of this method over the one metioned abDve is the direct conversion from a polymer melt ~o a textile product which is a non-woven fabric, without the need for a spinnin~ 6tep.
A further useful method of preparation is the melt casting of the po]ymeric 1,2 SBD material intn unoriented fflm which is uniaxi-ally oriented In a hot-stretching zone and mechani~ally worked to produce the fibrillated product.
A more recent method ~or producing non-wov n fibrous net-works comprises extruding a mixture of a molten polymeric material and a foaming agent radially through a circular die, then applying itress with a substantial radial component to ~iaid molten polymeric material to attenuate thei extrudate and produce and attenuated ne~work upon extrusion from the die.
The extrudate is quenched to a temperature }~elow its melting point, and then ~tretched further in a direction with a substantial radial component to fo~n the non-woven fibrous network.
The following example is illustrative of the invention.
Crystalline syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene pelle$s having a melt index of 3 were dry blended with 1 peroent by weight of azodicar-bon~de blowing agent. The blended polymer was fed into $he hopper of a 3-inch diameter extruder, and passed through 2 radial die having a diameter of 13 inches. Starting from the die, which was maintained at 152C: (305F), ~he temperature zones of ~he extruder were con~rolled at 155-14Q-135-115~C.
. The extruded melt was cooled at a contr~led rate to ~elow the melting temperature, 80C (176~F)using two opposing air rinç~s.
The ~emperature ~f the air was adjusted at ~bout 24C (75F). The extrudate was then contacted a~ainst ~he ~urface of an electrically heated ring to heat the fibrous extrudate to a ~emperature of 88 ~o 99C (190 ~o 210~). The extruàate was then forced over ~he outside of a rin~, which was maintained ~t 7C (45~).
In passing over the cool ring, the cylindrical 1,2-SBD extru-date is biaxially Driented to an expansion ra~ of about 2:1 and the cry~talline ~trucn~re therefore oriented t3 a 6ubstantial degree.
The bia~ally oriented ex~udate was then ~ollapsed 1: y ~n internal spreadin~ ~uide to pr~duce a double layer, flat fabric ~tructure w~ich was pulled by a pair OI nip x~lls.
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:~37Z~7 The fa~ric obtained was very fibrous, its weight was 0.3 oz/yd2 and it had a ~treng~h ratio of 5 to 1 (st~ip tensile machine direction/strip tensile transverse direction).
A quantity of this fabric was used successfully as a cover for disposable diapers. Another portion of this fabric was used as a fusible scr~m for the adhesion of polyurethane foam to synthetic cover upholstery fabrics.

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Claims

What I claim and desire to cover by Letters Patent is:
1. A non-woven fabric comprising an assembly of fibers of discrete length which are interconnected and, at least a portion of which are in contact with other, said fibers comprising crystalline syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene.
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