CA1109174A - Thermoplastic polycarbonate molding materials with improved mold release - Google Patents

Thermoplastic polycarbonate molding materials with improved mold release

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CA1109174A
CA1109174A CA245,157A CA245157A CA1109174A CA 1109174 A CA1109174 A CA 1109174A CA 245157 A CA245157 A CA 245157A CA 1109174 A CA1109174 A CA 1109174A
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Abstract

THERMOPLASTIC POLYCARBONATE MOLDING MATERIALS
WITH IMPROVED MOLD RELEASE
Abstract of the Disclosure The present invention is concerned with thermoplastic molding materials of high molecular weight, thermoplastic, aromatic polycarbonates based on aromatic dihydroxy compounds and containing from about 0.01 to 0.1% by weight of esters of saturated aliphatic carboxylic acids with 10 to 20 C
atoms and 4-hydric to 6-hydric alcohols.

Description

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THERMOPLASTIC POLYCARBONATE MOLDING MATERIALS
WITH IMPROVED MOLD RELEASE

Background of the Invention The invention relates to thermoplastic molding ma~erials of high molecular weight, thermoplastic, aromatic polycarbonates based on aromatic dihydroxy compounds.

High molecular weight, thermoplastic, aromatic polycarbonates are employed in numerous technical fields of application, because of their typical tough and elastic properties. A disadvantage is their poor mold release when injection-molded, which frequently results in relatively long cycle times. However, for economic and technical reasons, it is desirable to shorten the cycle times as far as possible so as to manufacture larger numbers of moldings per unit time on the in~ection molding machines. This can be achieved by mold release at higher temperatures. The objective is, therefore, to so modify the polycarbonate melt that the release of the molding fro~ the wall of the mold taXes place with low release forces and at high tempera-tures, without sticking of the solidified melt to the wallof the mold. Easy mold release at high temperatures is in particular also desired in the case of complicated moldings ~ ;
which are molded in molds with parts which cannot be cooled (~or example, cross-webs, cores and the like). Undesired sticking of the moldings and damage of the molds on releasing the moldings (breakage of pins and the likeJ, coupled with great losses of .ime, are frequently the consequence. ---In the past, long-chain aliphatic carboxylic acid esters of monohydric and trihydric alcohols have been added ~eA 16,284 ~k q`' :

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to improve the mold release of aromatic polycarbonates, in accordance with Canadian Patents 918,838 and 980,037 and U.S. Patents 3,784,595 and 3,836,499. However, a disadvantage of these mold release agents is the 5 deterioration in mechanical properties on prolonged heat -exposure, as a result of which the aromatic polycarbonates which have been modified according to Canadian Patents 918,838 and 980,037 and U.S. Patents 3,784,595 and 3,836,~99, so as to give easy mold release no longer satis-fy certain technical requirements. A further disadvantage is the ready volatility of the fatty acid esters of glycerol, which particularly manifests itself as a disadvantage at the high temperatures at which polycarbon-ate is processed.
Summary of the Invention By means of the present invention, it is possible to provide high molecular weight, thermoplastic, aromatic polycarbonates which show a mold release behavior which is adequate for all technical applications and also show a level of mechanical properties which is, even after prolonged heat exposure, comparable to the corresponding aromatic polycarbonates which do not contain mold release agents. The mold release behavior at higher mold temperatures, whereby the advantages described above are achieved, is particularly desirable.
According to the present invention, there are provided thermoplastic molding materials comprising thermoplastic, aromatic polycarbonates having molecular weights, Mw, from about 10,000 to 200,000 based on aromatic dihydroxy compounds andcontain~ngfrom about 0.01-LeA 16,284 t7~

0.1, preferably from about 0.05 - 0.1, % by weight of an ester of saturated aliphatic carboxylic acids with 10 to 20 C atoms and aliphatic 4-hydric to 6-hydric alcohols.
The instant invention also relates to articles molded from the thermoplastic materials described above.
Detailed Description of the Invention Alcohols having 4 OH groups are those having pre-ferably between 4 and 16 carbon atoms, most preferably between 4 and 8 carbon atoms; alcohols having 5 OH groups are those having preferably between 5 and 18 carbon atoms, most preferably between 5 and 10 carbon atoms; alcohols having 6 OH groups are those having preferably between 6 and 18 carbon atoms, most preferably between 6 and 12 carbon atoms.
Esters of saturated aliphatic C10-C20-carboxylic acids and aliphatic alcohols with 4 to 6 OH groups are, ` according to the invention, those which result from the complete esterification of the 4 to 6 OH groups of the alcohols with one, or more than one, of the Cl0-~20-carboxylic acids in question.
The surprisiny aspect of the invention is that in contrast to the known processes only small amounts of carboxylic acid esters (<0.1~) are required to achieve adequate mold release for all fields of application.
The polycarbonate molding materials according to the invention are distinguished by outstanding ease of mold release, a particular advantage being that the mold release can be effected within a very broad temperature range. As a result, the injection cycles become independent of temperature fluctuations in the injection mold, which is a great advantage for the plastics process~.

The mechanical properties and the long-term use prop-erties of the polycarbonates which have been modified LeA 16,284 -3-5 ~

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according to the present invention so as to ~ive easy mold release are identical with those of the pure polycarbonates.
No deterioration of the mechanical properties and no molecular weight degradation is observed even as a result ~f prolonged heat exposure (130C for 300 hours).

Aromatic polycarbonates in the sense of the presentinvention are to be understood as homopolycarbonates and co-polycarbonates which are based, for example, on one or more of the following bisphenols: hydroquinone, resorcinol, dihydroxy-diphenyls, bis-(hydroxyphenyl)-alkanes, bis-(hydroxyphenyl)-cycloalkanes, bis-(hydroxyphenyl)-sulphides, bis-(hydroxyphenyl)-ethers, bis-(hydroxyphenyl)-ketones, bis-(hydroxyphenyl)-sulphoxides, bis-~hydroxyphenyl)-sulphones and a,~-bis-(hydroxyphenyl)-diisopropyl-benzenes, as well as their nuclear-alkylated and nuclear-halogenated compounds. These and further suitable aromatic dihydroxy compounds are described, for example, in U. S. Patents 3,028,365; 2,999,835; 3,148,172; 3,271,368;
2,991,273; 3,271,367; 3,280,078; 3,014,891 and 2,999,846; in Canadian Patents 846,265; 973,993; 1,000,895 and 578,885; and in the monograph "H. Schnell, Chemistry and Physics of Poly-carbonates, Interscience Publishers, New York, 1964".

Preferred bisphenols are those of the formula I

R R
HO - ~ X ~ OH (I) LeA 16,284 F~ ' L~a in which R is identical or different and denotes H, Cl-C4-alkyl, Cl or Br and in which X is a bond, Cl-C8-alkylene, C2-C8-alkylidene, Cs-C15-cycloalkylene, C5-C15-cycloalkylidene, -S02- or CH ~ CH3 ::

Examples of these bisphenols are 4,4'-dihydroxy- :
diphenyl, 2,2-bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-propane, 2,4-bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-methylbutane, 1,1-bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-cyclohexane, a,a'-bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-p-diisopropylbenzene, 2~2-bis-(3-methyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-propane, 2,2-bis-(3-chloro-4-hydroxyphenyl)-propane, bis-(3,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-phenyl)-methane, 2,2-bis-(3,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-propane, bis-(3,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-sulphone, 2,4-bis-(3,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-methylbutane, l,l-bis-(3,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-cyclohexane, a,a'-bis-(3,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-p-diisopropylbenzene, 2,2-bis-(3,5-dichloro-4-hydroxyphenyl)-propane and 2,2-bis-(3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxyphenyl)-propane.

Examples of particularly preferred bisphenols are 2,2-bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-propane, 2,2-bis-(3,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxyphenyl~-propane, 2,2-bis-(3,5-dichloro-4-hydroxy-phenyl)-propane, 2,2-bis-(3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxyphenyl)-propane and l,l-bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-cyclohexane.

Preferred aromatic polycarbonates are those based on one or more of the bisphenols mentioned as being preferred.
Le A 16 284 - 5 -Particularly preferred copolycarbonates are those based on 2,2-bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-propane and optionally, one of the other bisphenols mentioned as being particularly preferred.
Further particularly preferred polycarbonates are those based solely on 2,2-bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-propane or 2,2-bis-(3,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-propane.

The aromatic polycarbonates can be manufactured according to known processes, e.g. in accordance with the melt trans-esterification process from bisphenols and diphenyl carbonate, and in accordance with the two-phase boundary process from bisphenols and phosgene, as described in the above-mentioned literature.

The aromatic polycarbonates can also be branched as a result of the incorporation of small amounts of polyhydroxy compounds, e.g. from about 0.05 - 2.0 mol % based on the bis-phenols employed. Polycarbonates of this nature are described, for example, in Canadian Patents 820,415; 986,128 and 1,016,294;
British Patent 1,079,821 and U. S. Patent 3,544,514. Some examples of the polyhydroxy compounds which can be used are phloroglucinol, 4,6-dimethyl-2,4,6-tri-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-heptene-2, 4,6-dimethyl-2,4,6-tri-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-heptane, 1,3,5-tri-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-benzene, 1,1,1-tri-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-ethane, tri~4-hydroxyphenyl)-phenylmethane, 2,2-bis-[4,4-(4,4'-dihydroxydiphenyl)-cyclohexyl]-propanel 2,4-bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl-isopropyl)-phenol, 2,6-bis-(2'-hydroxy-5'-methylbenzyl)-4-methyl-phenol, 2,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid, 2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-(2,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-propane and 1,4-bis-(4',4"-dihydroxy-triphenylmethyl)-benzene.

LeA 16,284 ~1~9174 The aromatic polycarbonates should as a rule have molecular weights Mw of about 10,000 to more than 200,000, preferably of about 20,000 to 80,000.

The esters which are effective according to the present invention are reaction products of 4-hydric to 6-hydric alcohols such as, for example, erythritol, arabitol, adonitol, mannitol and dulcitol, and especially meso-erythritol, xylitol, sorbitol and pentaerythritol, with saturated aliphatic carboxylic acids with 10 to 20 C atoms.
All aliphatic saturated monocarboxylic acids between capric acid and eicosanoic acid are suitable, optionally together with polycarboxylic acids with 10 to 20 C atoms, for example, capric acid, undecanoic acid, lauric acid, tridecanoic acid, myristic acid, pentadecanoic acid, palmitic acid, margaric acid, stearic acid, monodecanoic acid, eicosanoic acid, sebacic acid, undecanedioic acid, dodecanedioic acid, brassylic acid and thapsic acid.

Suitable carboxylic acids with 10 to 20 C atoms are in particular myristic acid, palmitic acid and stearic acid.

The alcohols can be esterified with either one or several of these carboxylic acids.

Examples of esters to be used according to the inven-tion are pentaerythritol tetrastearate, pentaerythritol tetrapalmitate, pentaerythritol tetramyristate, pentaery-thritol tetralaurate, mesoerythritol tetralaurate, mesoery-thritol tetrastearate, mesoerythritol tetramargaric acid ester, mesoerythritol tetramyristate, mesoerythritol tetra-eicosate, xylitol pantastearate, xylitol pantatridecanoic acid ester, xylitol pentapalmitate, arabitol pentastearate, Le A 16 284 - 7 -, - . .

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arabitol pentapalmitate, sorbitol hexastearate, sorbitol hexapentadecanoic acid ester, sorbitol hexapalmitate, dulcitol hexamonodecanoic acid ester, dulcitol hexapalmitate, mannitol hexastearate, mannitol hexamyristate and mannitol hexalaurate.
Single esters of stearic acid and palmitic acid are used preferentially. If the monocarboxylic acids are par-tially replaced by polycarboxylic acids, higher-molecular carboxylic acid esters are obtained, which are also out-standingly suitable for the mold release of polycarbonates.
Equally, mixtures of the esters according to the invention of saturated aliphatic C10-C20-carboxylic acids and alkanols containing 4 to 6 OH groups are suitable.

The carboxylic acid esters to be used according to the invention are prepared according to customary processes, for example, in accordance with the Einhorn process using pyridine as the acid-binding agent, from alcohol and acid chloride in an inert sol~ent, or in the melt from the alcohol and acid with or without esterification catalysts such as, for example, p-toluenesulphonic acid. The esterification is carried out at 200 - 250C. Such processes are described, for example, in "Houben-Weyl, Methoden der organischen Chemie ~Methods of Organic Chemistry), Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, 1952, 4th Edition, Volume VIII, page 516 et seq.

The incorporation of the carboxylic acid esters to be used according to the invention into the high molecular weight, thermoplastic polycarbonates is effected, for example, by applying ~he substances, which are normally in the form of a powder, onto the granules of th~ polycarbonate by tumhling and subsequently extruding the material on a twin-screw Le A 16 284 - 8 -11~2174 extruder at 280C to form a ribbon, which is granulated.
However, the mold release agent can also be incorporated during manufacture of the solid polycarbonate. In that case the ester is either admixed, as a solution in a solvent,with the polycarbonate solution before reaching the devolatiliza-tion screw, or i3 metered, without solvent, into the polycarbonate melt.

The addition of the esters to be used according to the invention has no adverse effect on either the transparency or the color of the polycarbonate. Optionally, dyestuffs, pig-ments, stabilizers, flameproofing agents or fillers such as glass fibers can also be added to the polycarbonate without thereby impairing the effectiveness of the mold release agent.

The thexmoplastic polycarbonate molding materials according to the invention are used wherever moldings are manufactured fully automatically, in large numbers and with short cycle times, by the injection molding process. This applies, for example, to the use in the electrical industry and the optical field, for example, for terminal bars, bobbins, complicated housings such as projector housings, floors of switch cabinets and the like, and for particularly complicated moldings which are molded in molds in which there are zones which differ greatly in temperature. When manufacturing such articles, no mold release difficulties are found even at elevated temperatuxes.

The effectiveness of the esters to be used according to the invention is measured in terms of the mold release forces required for the mold release of injection-molding Le A 16 284 - 9 -materials. In the examples which follow, these forces are measured by rendering visible, via an op~ical and at the same time recording indicator instrument, the pressure which builds up in the hydraulic cylinder of the ejector system during mold release.
The examples which follow are intended to explain the subject of the invention in more detail:

EXAMPLES

I. The aromatic polycarbonates used.
General instructions for the preparation of polycarbo-nates.

Approx. 454 parts of 4,4'-dihydroxydiphenyl-2,2-propane and 9.5 parts of p-tert.-butylphenol are suspended in 1.5 liter of water. The oxygen is removed from the reaction mixture in a 3-necked flask equipped with a stirrer and gas inlet tube, by passing nitrogen through the reaction mixture for 15 minutes while stirring. 355 parts of 45% strength sodium hydroxide solution and 1,0~0 parts of methylene chloride are then added. The mixture is cooled to 25C.
While maintaining this temperature by cooling, 237 parts by phosgene are added over a period of 120 minutes. An additional amount of 75 parts of a 45~ strength sodium hydroxide solu-tion is added after 15-30 minutes or after the absorption of phosgene has started. 1.6 parts of triethylamine are added to the resulting solution and the mixture is stirred for a further 15 minutes. A highly viscous solution is obtained, the viscosity of which i regulated by adding methylene chloride. The aqueous phase is separated off.
The organic phase is washed with water until free from salt Le A 16 284 - 10 -91~7~

and alkali. The polycarbonate is isolated from the washed solution and dried. The polycarbonate has a relative vis-cosity of 1.29 - 1.30, measured in a 0.5% strength solution of methylene chloride at 20C. This corresponds approxi-mately to a molecular weight of 32,000. The polycarbonatethus obtained is extruded and granulated.
A.) An aromatic polycarbonate based on 4,4'-dihydroxydiphenyl-propane-2,2 (bisphenol A) of relative viscosity ~rel = 1.30, MLS = 28,000 (MLS = molecular weight determined by light scattering).

The viscosities are measured at 25C in methylene chloride, at a concentration of 5 g/l.

B.) An aromatic polycarbonate based on 90 mol % of bisphenol A and 10 mol % of 4,4'-dihydroxy-3,3',5,5'-tetrabromodiphenyl-i5 propane-2,2 (tetrabromobisphenol A) of relative viscosity ~rel 1.33, MLS = 37,000.

C.) An aromatic polycarbonate based on 70 mol % of bisphenol A and 30 mol % of 4,4'-dihydroxy-3,3',5,5'-tetramethyldiphenyl-propane-2,2 ttetramethylbisphenol A) of relative viscosity nrel = 1.28, ~S = 30,000 II. The caxboxylic acid esters used.

D.) Pentaerythritol tetrastearate, melting point 76C.

E.) Pentaerythritol tetrapalmitate, melting point 68C.

F.) Xylitol pentastearate, melting point 66C.

G.) Sorbitol hexapalmitate, melting point 69C.

H.) (Comparison example). Triglyceride with acid radicals Le A 16 284 ~1.7~

of palmitic acid, stearic acid and myristic acid in the ratio of 1 : 1 : 0.1, ~elting point 48C. (Compare Canadian Patent 918,388 and U. S. Patent 3,784,595).

The mold release behavior of the polycarbonates of Examples 1 - 9 is tested on a conical cylinder of 35 mm length and of 40 and 42 mm diameter, and 2 mm wall thickness, by measuring the pressure which builds up in the ejector system.
The mold release pressures and temperatures are indicated in Table 1.

Moldings in~ection-molded from the polycarbonates of Examples 1 - 9 at 270C have the properties described in Table 2.

Examples 1, 4 and 6 correspond to polycarbonates A, B and C, respectively, without mold release agent.

Example 2 0.1 kg of mold release agent D is applied to 99.9 kg of polycarbonate A by tumbling in a drum at room temperature and the material is then extruded to a ribbon on an extruder at 280C, and is granulated. The mold release behavior is tested as in Example 1. The properties are described in Tables 1 and 2.

Example 3 0.01 kg of mold release agent D is applied to 99.99 kg of polycarbonate A by tumbling in a drum at room temperature and the material is then extruded to a ribbon on an extruder at 280C, and is granulated. The mold release LeA 16,284 , i 11~9174 behavior is tested as described in Example 1. The properties are described in Tables 1 and 2.

Example 5 0.1 kg of mold release agent E is applied to 99.9 kg of polycarbonate B by tumbling in a drum at room tempera-ture and the material is then extruded to a ribbon on an extruder at 310C, and is granulated. The mold release behavior is tested as in Example 1. The properties are described in Tables 1 and 2.

Example 7 0.1 kg of mold release agent F is applied to 99.9 kg of polycarbonate C by tumbling in a drum at room tempera-ture and the material is then extruded to a ribbon on an extruder at 300C, and is granulated. The mold release behavior is tested as in Example 1. The properties are described in Tables 1 and 2.

xample 8 0.1 kg of mold release agent G is applied to 99.9 kg of polycarbonate A by tumbling in a drum at room tempera-ture and the material is then extruded to a ribbon on anextruder at 280C, and is granulated. The mold release behavior is tested as in Example 1~ The properties are described in Tables 1 and 2.

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ture and the material is then extruded to a ribbon on an extruder at 280C, and is granulated. The mold release behavior is tested as in Example 1. The properties are described in Tables 1 and 2.

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Claims (11)

The embodiments of the invention in which exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. Thermoplastic molding materials comprising thermo-plastic, aromatic polycarbonates having molecular weights, ?w, from about 10,000 to 200,000 based on aromatic dihydroxy com-pounds and containing from about 0.01 to 0.1% by weight of esters of saturated aliphatic carboxylic acids with 10 to 20 C
atoms and aliphatic 4-hydric to 6-hydric alcohols.
2. Thermoplastic molding materials according to Claim 1 containing from about 0.05 to 0.1% of the esters.
3. Thermoplastic molding materials according to Claim 1 wherein the esters are of 4-hydric alcohols having between 4 and 16 carbon atoms or of 5-hydric alcohols having between 5-and 18 carbon atoms or of 6-hydric alcohols having between 6 and 18 carbon atoms.
4. Thermoplastic molding materials according to Claim l wherein the aromatic dihydroxy compounds are those of the general formula (I) wherein R is identical or different and denotes H, C1-C4-alkyl, C1 or Br and wherein X is a bond, C1-C8-alkylene, C2-C8-alkylidene, C5-C15-cycloalkylene, C5-C15-cycloalkylidene, -SO2- or ,
5. Thermoplastic molding compositions according to Claim 1 wherein the aromatic polycarbonates include from about 0.05 to 2 mol % by weight, based on the aromatic dihydroxy compounds employed, of polyhydroxy compounds.
6. Thermoplastic molding compositions according to Claim 1 wherein the molecular weights of the polycarbonates are from about 20,000 to 80,000.
7. Thermoplastic molding compositions according to Claim 1 wherein the saturated aliphatic carboxylic acids are myristic acid, palmitic acid and stearic acid.
8. Thermoplastic molding compositions according to Claim 1 containing dyestuffs, pigments, stabilizers, flame proofing agents or fillers.
9. Articles molded from the thermoplastic molding compositions of Claim 1.
10. In the process for molding thermoplastic poly-carbonates, the improvement which comprises adding to the thermo-plastic, aromatic polycarbonates having molecular weights, ?w, from about 10,000 to 200,000 based on aromatic dihydroxy com-pounds from about 0.01 to 0.1 % by weight of a mold release agent selected from the group consisting of the esters of saturated aliphatic carboxylic acids with 10 to 20 C atoms and aliphatic 4-hydric to 6-hydric alcohols.
11. In the process of Claim 10 the esters are of 4-hydric alcohols having between 4 and 16 carbon atoms or of 5-hydric alcohols having between 5 and 18 carbon atoms or of 6-hydric alcohols having between 6 and 18 carbon atoms.
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