CA2176395A1 - Fiber blend - Google Patents

Fiber blend

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CA2176395A1
CA2176395A1 CA002176395A CA2176395A CA2176395A1 CA 2176395 A1 CA2176395 A1 CA 2176395A1 CA 002176395 A CA002176395 A CA 002176395A CA 2176395 A CA2176395 A CA 2176395A CA 2176395 A1 CA2176395 A1 CA 2176395A1
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Prior art keywords
fiber blend
fibers
producing
melamine
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CA002176395A
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French (fr)
Inventor
Otto Ilg
Dominick A. Burlone
William Theuer
Heinz Berbner
Gernot Herbst
Karl Ott
Hans Dieter Zettler
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Basofil Fibers LLC
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    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D02YARNS; MECHANICAL FINISHING OF YARNS OR ROPES; WARPING OR BEAMING
    • D02GCRIMPING OR CURLING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS, OR YARNS; YARNS OR THREADS
    • D02G3/00Yarns or threads, e.g. fancy yarns; Processes or apparatus for the production thereof, not otherwise provided for
    • D02G3/02Yarns or threads characterised by the material or by the materials from which they are made
    • D02G3/04Blended or other yarns or threads containing components made from different materials
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D02YARNS; MECHANICAL FINISHING OF YARNS OR ROPES; WARPING OR BEAMING
    • D02GCRIMPING OR CURLING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS, OR YARNS; YARNS OR THREADS
    • D02G3/00Yarns or threads, e.g. fancy yarns; Processes or apparatus for the production thereof, not otherwise provided for
    • D02G3/02Yarns or threads characterised by the material or by the materials from which they are made
    • D02G3/04Blended or other yarns or threads containing components made from different materials
    • D02G3/047Blended or other yarns or threads containing components made from different materials including aramid fibres
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D02YARNS; MECHANICAL FINISHING OF YARNS OR ROPES; WARPING OR BEAMING
    • D02GCRIMPING OR CURLING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS, OR YARNS; YARNS OR THREADS
    • D02G3/00Yarns or threads, e.g. fancy yarns; Processes or apparatus for the production thereof, not otherwise provided for
    • D02G3/44Yarns or threads characterised by the purpose for which they are designed
    • D02G3/443Heat-resistant, fireproof or flame-retardant yarns or threads
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D10INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
    • D10BINDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
    • D10B2331/00Fibres made from polymers obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds, e.g. polycondensation products
    • D10B2331/02Fibres made from polymers obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds, e.g. polycondensation products polyamides
    • D10B2331/021Fibres made from polymers obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds, e.g. polycondensation products polyamides aromatic polyamides, e.g. aramides
    • 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
    • Y10T428/29Coated or structually defined flake, particle, cell, strand, strand portion, rod, filament, macroscopic fiber or mass thereof
    • Y10T428/2904Staple length fiber
    • Y10T428/2909Nonlinear [e.g., crimped, coiled, etc.]
    • 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
    • Y10T428/29Coated or structually defined flake, particle, cell, strand, strand portion, rod, filament, macroscopic fiber or mass thereof
    • Y10T428/2913Rod, strand, filament or fiber
    • Y10T428/2929Bicomponent, conjugate, composite or collateral fibers or filaments [i.e., coextruded sheath-core or side-by-side type]

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Textile Engineering (AREA)
  • Artificial Filaments (AREA)
  • Yarns And Mechanical Finishing Of Yarns Or Ropes (AREA)
  • Nonwoven Fabrics (AREA)
  • Woven Fabrics (AREA)
  • Treatments For Attaching Organic Compounds To Fibrous Goods (AREA)
  • Reinforced Plastic Materials (AREA)

Abstract

The invention pertains to a blend of melamine resin fibers and aramid fibers

Description

BASF ~ktiengeaellscha~t 930683 O.Z. 0050/44447 t ~

Fiber blenc~
The present invention relates to a blend of m21amine resin fibers 5 and aramid f ibers .
Fibers comprising melamine-formaldehyde rnn~l~nsA~;on products are known, for example from DE-B-2 364 091. They are nonflammable, flame resistant and heat resistant. Owing to these properties, 10 they are used for manu~acturing fire resistant textiles. However, there are applications for which the fibers are not sufficiently strong or abrasion resistant.
Fibers comprising polycondensation products of isophthalic or 15 ter~rh~hA~ acid and phenylenediamine have likewise been known for a long time. They too have a favorable behavior in a fire en-vironment. However, on processing into yarn by the worker-and-stripper carding process the low processing speed of the aramid staple f ibers is disadvantageous .
It is an object of the present invention to improve the proper-ties of melamine resin fibers on the one hand and the properties of aramid fibers on the other.
25 We have found t~at this object is achieved by blends of the two f ibers .
According to DE-s-2 364 091, the r-lAm;nP resin solution used for spinning the melamine resin fibers may have added to it solutions 30 of other fiber-~orming polymers, in~luding solutions of poly-amides in organic solvents. Preference is given to adding to the --lAm;no resin solution a~Lueous solutions of polyvinyl alcohol as , a way of improving the mechanical properties of the fibers pro-duced by the spinning process. This reference thus involves spin-35 ning mixtures or solutions of different polymers to produce blended, multicomponent fibers, whereas the present invention in-volves blending different ready-produced fibers to thereby pro-duce f iber blends .
40 A. MPlAm;nr resin fibers are notable for their high temperature resistance and nonfl~ h;l;ty Their preparation and proper-ties are known, for example from DE-A-2 364 091. They are preferably produced from highly concentrated solutions of m~lAm;n~-formaldehyde pr~r~n~q~ns~At;on products, after addi-tion of an acidic curing agent, by rotospinning, drawing out, extrusion or fibrillation. The fibers obtained are generally predried with or without stretching, and the - lAm;n~ resin ... . _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . . .

BASF AktiPr~ 1OCh~ft 930683 O.Z. 00~0/44447 2 ~ 7~
is usually cured at from 120 to 250 C. The fibers are usually from 5 to 25 Ilm in thickness and from 2 to 2000 mm in length.
Particularly thermally stable fibers are obtained when up to 30 mol96, in particular from 2 to 20 mol%, of the melamine in the melamine resin is replaced by a hydroxyalkyl l~m;nP, as described in EP-A-221 330 or EP-A-523 485. Such fibers have a sustained use temperature of up to 200 C, preferably up to 220 C. In addition, minor amounts of melamine can be replaced by substit~ltPd ~ m;nPp, urea or phenol. Particular prefer-ence is gi~en to condensation products ~h~A;n~hl~ by con-densation of a mixture ~nt~;n;n~ as essential components (A) from 90 to 99 . 9 mol% of a mixture consisting essentially of (a) from 30: to 99 mol96 of melamine, and (b) from 1 to ~0 mol96 of a substituted melamine of the genera~ formula I

X

N~N
2 5 X' N X" I
where X, X' and X~ are each selected from the group con-sisting of -l'JH2, -NHR and -I~RR', and X, X' and X~ are not all -NH2, and R and R' are each selected from the group consisting of hydroxy-C2-Cl0-alkyl, hydroxy-C2-C4-alkyl-(oxa-C2-C4-alkyl)n, where n is from l to 5, . and amino-C2-C12-~lkyl, or mixtures of -1 ~m; nP~ I, and (B) from 0.1 to 10 mol~, based on (A~ and (B~, of phenols which are unsubstituted or substituted by radicals selected from t~e group consisting of Cl~Cg-alkyl and hydroxyl, Cl-C4-alkanes substituted by two or three phenol groups, di(hydroxyphenyl~ sulfones, or mixtures of these phenols, with formaldehyde or fnrm;~ phyde source compounds in a molar ratio of melamine to formaldehyde within the range from 1:1.15 to 1:4.5.
i BASF Aktien~esQ~ h=ft 930683 O.Z. 0050/44447 ` ~ 2~7~395 B. Aramid fibers are notable for their favorable behavior in a i~ire environment. They are preferably produced by spinning solutions of ,oolycondensation produc~s of isophthalic or terephthalic acid with para- or meta-phenylenediamine in sol-vents, for examPle a mixture of N-vinylpyrrolidone and h-~;a-methylphosphoramide. The resulting continuous f ibers are then cut into staple fibers, whose thickness is usually from 5 to 25 llm. Preferred aramid fibers are those basQd on an isomeric poly- (p-phenyleneter;~phth~l~m;de) .
Both fibers may contain the customary additives such as fillers, dyes, pigments, metal powders and delusterants. The two fibers are as a rule intermixed on conventional fiber-blending apparatus as described in Vliesstoffe, Georg Thieme Verlag. The starting 15 materials are usually staple fibers of a usual length from l to 20 cm. These are usually fed via a conveying means into a flat card and premixed therein. Tke intermixing is then generally com-pleted in a worker-and-stripper card. The wadding obtained is then as a rule further processed into yarns or weos, for which 20 the processes customary in the textile industry can be used.
These yarns, webs or fabrics can then be further processed into various textile or non-textile structures, depending on the field of appl icat ion .
Blends containing minor amounts of aramid fibers, for example from 5 to 30% by weight, can be processed as yarn into fabrics, for exam~le for nonflammlable drapes or airplane textiles, having very good prooerties, for example a low smoke density. Compared 30 with fabrics made of melamine resin fibers alone, they exhibit enhanced strength.
Furthermore, such yarns which consist prQ~1~ n~ntly of melamine resin fibers and may additionally contain glass or polyacrylo-35 nitrile fibers in admixture can be used for manufacturing fric-tion linings, fol example for clutches.
To produce webs from the fiber blend of the invention, preferably with an aramid fiber content from 20 to 7096 by weight, the wad-43 ding obtained in the worker-and-stripper carding process is usu-ally needled. The web obtained can be used for example for pro-ducing filter inserts, in which case the filtration performance iS distinctly improved compared with webs made with aramid fibers alone Similarly, the we~b can be used for manufacturing fire 45 blockers for seats in means of transport and items of furniture.
Furthermore, the web can be used for producing thermallY and BASF Aktiengesell~h~ft g30683 O.Z. 0050/44447 ~ 4 ;~ 1 7~3~
acoustically insulating fiber mats as described in EP-B-80 655.
Such mats possess enhanced strength.
Fiber blends which consist pr~ n~ntly of aramid fibers and 5 have for example an aramid fiber content of from 95 to 60, pre-ferably from 95 to 80, 96 by weight are surprisingly spinnable at a higher rate of speed in the worker-and-stripper carding process in the course of yArn--k;n~ than pure aramid fibers. Such yarns can be used to produce fabrics and webs which can be used for ex-10 ample for fire resistant suits and for heat blockers.
Finally, the fiber blends can be admixed with hinding fibers to produce moldings. The binding fibers can consist of condensation resins or th~rm~pl~qtics,

Claims (10)

We claim:
1. A fiber blend consisting essentially of A. 5-95 parts by weight of melamine resin fibers, and B. 95-5 parts by weight of aramid fibers.
2. A process for producing a fiber blend as claimed in claim 1 by blending finished fibers, wherein the blend used consists essentially of A. 5-95 parts by weight of melamine resin fibers, and B. 95-5 parts by weight of aramid fibers.
3. A fiber blend as claimed in claim 1, wherein the melamine resin fibers comprise a melamine-formaldehyde condensation product in which up to 30 mol% of the melamine is replaced by a hydroxyalkylmelamine.
4. A fiber blend as claimed in claim 1, wherein the aramid fibers comprise a polycondensation product of isophthalic or terephthalic acid with a meta- or para-phenylenediamine.
5. A fiber blend as claimed in claim 1, wherein the aramid fibers comprise an isomeric poly(p-phenyleneterephthalamide).
6. The use of the fiber blend of claim 1 for producing yarns.
7. The use of the fiber blend of claim 1 for producing tapes and moldings.
8. The use of the fiber blend of claim 1 for producing fabrics.
9. The use of the fiber blend of claim 1 for producing webs.
10. The use of the fiber blend of claim 1 for producing friction linings.
CA002176395A 1993-11-15 1994-11-04 Fiber blend Abandoned CA2176395A1 (en)

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JP (1) JPH09504838A (en)
KR (1) KR100315955B1 (en)
CN (1) CN1039045C (en)
AT (1) ATE191521T1 (en)
BR (1) BR9408043A (en)
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