EP1337589A2 - Moldable silicone elastomers having selective primerless adhesion - Google Patents

Moldable silicone elastomers having selective primerless adhesion

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EP1337589A2
EP1337589A2 EP01989788A EP01989788A EP1337589A2 EP 1337589 A2 EP1337589 A2 EP 1337589A2 EP 01989788 A EP01989788 A EP 01989788A EP 01989788 A EP01989788 A EP 01989788A EP 1337589 A2 EP1337589 A2 EP 1337589A2
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Rick A. Ziebell
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  • the present invention relates both to a method for improving the primerless adhesion of cured silicone elastomers and to curable (and cured) high strength, organopolysiloxane molding compositions useful to produce cured silicone rubber articles that exhibit excellent adhesion to thermoplastic resins such as, but not limited to, PBT and PPA, while not significantly adhering to metal substrates.
  • Moldable primerless organopolysiloxane compositions are known and used.
  • One problem with all such compositions is that due to the adhesion additives in the compositions they also adhere to metal surfaces.
  • the typical mold is metal. It is difficult to selectively adhere to thermoplastic substrates without deleterious effects.
  • the kinetics and thermochemistry of the molding process and the compositions used in such processes are such that only small lightweight composite plastic and silicone elastomer articles of manufacture can be made by molding techniques because of the difficulty of removing the article from the metal mold.
  • Organopolysiloxane compositions useful for molding typically contain alkenyl polymers, fillers, and other additives.
  • the compositions contain a platinum catalyst, a hydride crosslinker and cure inhibitors. These can be one or two component systems that are mixed prior to the molding process. These heat cured (i.e. high consistency or millable rubber) or liquid injection molded silicone rubbers are commonly available without additives that improve adhesion.
  • Typical molding compositions generally include the following ingredients:
  • organohydrogenpolysiloxane crosslinker containing at least two silicon-bonded hydrogens per molecule and having a viscosity ranging from 80 to 1 ,000 centipoises at 25°C;
  • Additional components may include extending fillers, coloring agents, and additives to impart increased performance with respect to certain physical properties such as oil resistance, heat aging, abrasion resistance and the like.
  • the functional properties of the resulting rubber elastomer depend not only on the levels of components but also on the properties of the filler, additives, and type of curing catalyst. Consequently, the elastomer property profile is highly dependent on the chemical nature of the various constituent components as well as the relative proportions of those components. For example, a heat additive increases the temperature range of the resulting rubber. Such improvements however, do not necessarily increase the adhesion stability and some times fail to adhere after heat soak. ln seeking to increase the selective adhesion of silicone compositions to thermoplastic and thermoset substrates, it is frequently desirable to increase the ability of the silicone to be released from a mating part or surface for which the molded composite may come in contact.
  • a typical method of improving the lubricity of a silicone composition is simply to add a liquid component to the formulation that has limited solubility in the elastomer and thus the compound bleeds out over time.
  • a liquid component such as copolymers of polydimethylsiloxanes, diphenylsiloxane or methylphenylsiloxane, and fluorosiloxanes such as silicones containing trifluoropropyl substituted siloxanes.
  • a diorganopolysiloxane composition of soluble polydiorganosiloxanes, polycycloorganosiloxanes (linear and cyclic) and/or hydroxy end blocked hydrocarbons (glycols) of a specific molecular distribution preferably having a viscosity of 10 to 1 ,000 centipoises at 25°C; and an epoxy functional compound, thus giving release characteristics to metal substrates while maintaining adhesion to the thermoplastic substrate.
  • the preferred embodiment of the present invention provides for a curable silicone elastomer composition
  • a curable silicone elastomer composition comprising:
  • glycols examples include polyethylene glycol (e.g., PEG 400) and 1 ,3 butylene glycol PEG 400 is preferred.
  • the foregoing composition may also include a silicone soluble in the curable elastomer composition.
  • the silicone is less soluble in the curable elastomer composition when the curable composition has been cured. As a result, the silicone bleeds out of cured composition to improve lubricity.
  • the present invention provides a composition that selectively adheres to a substrate that may be a thermoset or a thermoplastic, but not to a metal such as aluminum or steel.
  • a substrate may be a thermoset or a thermoplastic, but not to a metal such as aluminum or steel.
  • the thermoset or thermoplastic substrates may be filled polymers with glass or clays.
  • the silicone compositions of the present invention release readily from metal substrates after they have been overmolded, transfer molded or injection molded.
  • the present invention further provides for the incorporation of an adhesion promoter and a self-bleed additive that allows lubrication of the surfaces of the cured silicone simultaneously with adhesion to the overmolded, transfer molded or injection molded substrate.
  • the formulations of the present invention demonstrate that compositions containing both an adhesion promoter and a self-bleed additive for lubricity can simultaneously achieve the contradictory goals of adhesion to a substrate used in overmolding, transfer or injection molding and release from a second substrate where the silicone was not bonded to the substrate by the action of the adhesion promoter and the co-molding process of overmolding, transfer molding or injection molding.
  • This invention utilizes the release characteristics of soluble polydiorganosiloxanes, polycycloorganosiloxanes (linear and cyclic), and/or hydroxy end blocked hydrocarbons (glycols) of specific molecular distribution preferably having viscosity of 10 to 1 ,000 centipoises at 25°C.
  • the two (2) additives that provide the selective adhesion properties are:
  • polybutylene glycols provide better release to metals during molding than poly-dimethyl siloxanes alone.
  • a silicone soluble in the curable elastomer composition can be added.
  • the silicone is selected such that it is less soluble in the curable elastomer composition when the curable composition has been cured. As a result, the silicone bleeds out of the cured composition.
  • one preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a curable organopolysiloxane composition having selective adhesion to a metal substrate.
  • the composition should preferably include the following components:
  • (C) a catalytically effective amount of a platinum group metal catalyst; (D) from 0.01 to 3 parts by weight of a cure inhibitor, preferably of the type 4 or 5, ethyl cyclohexan-1 -ol;
  • G up to about 1 0 parts by weight based upon the total composition of soluble polydiorganosiloxanes, polycycloorganosiloxanes (linear and cyclic) and/or hydroxy end blocked hydrocarbons (glycols) of a specific molecular distribution having a viscosity of 50 to 1 ,000 centipoises at 25°C.
  • the organopolysiloxane polymer contains at least two silicon-bonded lower alkenyl groups in each molecule and is a straight chain organopolysiloxane having a viscosity of about 100,000 to about 10,000,000 centipoises at 25°C, or mixtures of such organopolysiloxanes, and the lower alkenyl groups are vinyl.
  • organopolysiloxanes include Dow Corning Q42901 and Q42903 gums, with an average pendant vinyl content ranging from .01 to .20 mole percent with .80 to .20 mole percent being preferable.
  • the organohydrogenpolysiloxane crosslinker has organic substituents bonded to silicon atoms, which are methyl, and the concentration of organohydrogenpolysiloxane provides about 0.2 to about 0.02 silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms for each silicon-bonded alkenyl radical in the organopolysiloxane polymer, and wherein the crosslinker has the formula:
  • each R is independently chosen from a hydrogen or monovalent hydrocarbon radical free of aliphatic unsaturation containing 1 to about 8 carbon atoms, and x varies so that the crosslinker has a viscosity ranging from about 80 to 1 ,000 centipoises at 25°C.
  • each R is independently chosen from as a methyl, ethyl, vinyl, hydroxy, propyl, and 3,3,3-trifluoropropyl, and/or a branch chain of polydiorganosiloxane group and is itself a straight chain where x is given to create a viscosity of 10,000 to 10,000,000 centipoises at 25° C.
  • cross linkers include Dow Corning 1 107 and 63570 cross- linkers with Dow Corning silbond 7608 being preferable.
  • the platinum group metal catalyst is selected from the group consisting of platinum metal, platinum compounds, platinum complexes and mixtures thereof.
  • the platinum group metal catalyst is chloroplatinic acid complexed with a liquid olefin or an organosiloxane containing ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon radicals bonded to silicon. More preferably, the platinum group metal catalyst is a neutralized complex of chloroplatinic acid or platinum dichloride with divinyltetramethyldisiloxane.
  • the platinum group metal catalyst provides about 0.1 to about 500 parts by weight platinum group metal per million parts of the combined weights of organopolysiloxane and organohydrogenpolysiloxane.
  • the platinum group metal catalyst provides about 1 to about 50 parts by weight platinum group metal per million parts of the combined weights of organopolysiloxane and organohydrogenpolysiloxane.
  • the cure inhibitor compound is an acetylene alcohol derivative such as ethenylcyclohexanol or pyradien alcohol having the following general formula:
  • R' is an alkyne unsaturated hydrocarbon chain, branched or unbranched, and R is a saturated hydrocarbon linear or cyclic with hydroxy groups pendant or end blocked with hydroxy saturation indicated by x, which is 1 to complete hydroxy saturation of the R group.
  • adhesion promoter is a hydroxinated silicone compound is of the formula:
  • R is any hydrocarbon alkyl or alkenyl radical linear or branched comprising not more than 1 0 carbon atoms
  • R' is any mixture of any alkyl, alkenyl, aliphatic, or aromatic radical, linear or branched, up to 1 2 carbon atoms
  • z is of sufficient number to create a viscosity of about 50 to about 1 0,000 centipoises at 25°C.
  • parts per weight are used. Examples include 1 -hydroxy 2,3 methyl end blocked vinylmethylsiloxane (DP 10 to 1 2 with 2 to 4 pendant vinyl groups) .
  • the epoxy-functional compound is of the formula:
  • RO refers to a saturated linear alkoxy group and R' is an alkane, substituted or unsubstituted
  • R" is an oxirynic derivative containing 6-1 5 carbon atoms.
  • this compound is glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane.
  • Others include methacrylvinylpolysilane, chlorotrimethoxysilane, vinyltrimethoxysilane, and divinyldimethoxysilane. In generally from .01 to 30, preferably from .05 to 1 .0 and more preferably from .10 to .60, parts by weight are used.
  • the polydiorganosiloxanes include Dow Corning 200 fluid.
  • Viscosity grades 50 to 200 are preferable and grades 50 to 10,000 in general.
  • An example of polycycloorganosiloxanes includes Dow Corning 244 fluid and other cyclic siloxanes from D4 to D10 (DP units), preferably D 4 and D5.
  • the molecular distribution should be such as to produce a viscosity at 25°C of 50 to 1 ,000, preferably 50 to 500 centipoises, and more preferably 50 to 200 centipoises.
  • the epoxy- functional compound is glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane.
  • the epoxy-functional compound comprises about 0.01 to 10 parts by weight per 100 weight parts of organopolysiloxane polymer.
  • composition according to the present invention can include a filler selected from the group consisting of fumed silica, treated fumed silica, precipitated silica, treated precipitated silica, fused silica, and finely divided quartz and mixtures thereof.
  • a composite is formed having bonded thereto a cured organopolysiloxane composition.
  • the composition preferably contains the following components:
  • G up to about 10 parts by weight based of a soluble polydiorganosiloxanes, polycycloorganosiloxanes (linear and cyclic) and/or hydroxy end blocked hydrocarbons (glycols); of a specific molecular distribution having a viscosity of 50 to 1 ,000 centipoises at 25°C.
  • a composite containing an epoxy-coated substrate having bonded thereto a cured organopolysiloxane composition is formed.
  • the composition preferably comprises:
  • G up to about 10 parts by weight based of a soluble polydiorganosiloxanes and polycycloorganosiloxanes (linear and cyclic) and/or hydroxy end blocked hydrocarbons (glycols) of specific molecular distribution having a viscosity of 50 to 1 ,000 centipoises at 25°C.
  • the substrate is metal.
  • the epoxy coating comprises chemistries used in cast, form in place, or vacuum bag cures. Moldable epoxy composites are preferable.
  • a silicone soluble in the curable elastomer composition is added.
  • the silicone is less soluble in the curable elastomer composition when the curable composition has been cured. In such case, the silicone bleeds out of the cured composition.
  • the silicone is selected from the following or mixtures thereof:
  • phenyl containing siloxanes such as copolymers of diphenylsiloxane with diorganosiloxanes and copolymers of methylphenylsiloxane with diorganosiloxanes, polydimethylsiloxanes, having a viscosity ranging between about 10 to about 10,000 centipoises at 25°C, preferably ranging from about 100 to about 1000 centipoises at 25°C; and
  • fluorosiloxanes such as silicones containing trifluoropropyl substituted siloxanes, having a viscosity ranging between 100 to about 10,000 centipoises at 25°C, preferably ranging from about 100 to about 1000 centipoises at 25°C.
  • Examples of the foregoing include phenyl siloxanes commonly sold as Dow Corning 550 Fluid or GE SF-1 1 54 and those for fluorosiloxanes FS-149, FS1 50-10M FS1 57 all of various viscosities and purity grades. These components lubricate without adversely affecting the adhesion of the composition to a substrate.
  • the resins to which the cured inventive composition can be bonded include Nylon, polyphenylene, polyphthalamide, polyphenylene ether, polyamide and polyimid thermoplastic resins that may or may not be glass filled, mineral filled, or carbon filled.
  • thermoset resins such as epoxy, silicone or others that are manufactured by coating a substrate or by direct casting can be bonded to the cured organopolysiloxane composition in of the present invention.
  • the resin is PBA or PBT.
  • Additional components may include extending fillers, coloring agents, and additives to impart increased performance with respect to certain physical properties such as oil resistance, heat aging, abrasion resistance and the like.
  • compositions have selective adhesion to polymer substrates and do not have significant adhesion to metal surfaces.
  • the significance of selective adhesion preferably is such that the adhesion to metal in general is such that the composition sticks to a resin or epoxy coated substrate, but not to metal.
  • the adhesion to metal is less than half the adhesion to the target polymer substrate and more preferably has no cohesion failure to the metal as determined by lap shear testing.
  • Curable silicone rubber compositions were prepared from a high consistency silicone rubber base. Adhesion components E through G were added in amounts shown in Table 1 . Samples of these materials were made by curing the composition at 1 50° C for 3 minutes. These samples were tested per ASTM D81 6. The results are listed in Table 1 . Table 1
  • Adhesion Components % cohesion failure to listed substrate
  • Component E - adhesion promoter Glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane
  • Component F - epoxy functional compound Hydroxyl End Blocked, specifically Polydimethylvinylsiloxane
  • Component G - Polydioganosiloxane Polydimethylsiloxane 100CS
  • Example Runs 1 -8 show additions of adhesion promoting compounds.
  • Example Run 9 shows that addition of polymethylphenylsiloxane as a lubricant does not deleteriously affect adhesion.
  • Table 2 demonstrates that, as in High Consistency Rubber (“HCR”) HCR, Liquid Silicone Rubber (“LSR”) has improved adhesion by addition of components E and F.
  • HCR High Consistency Rubber
  • LSR Liquid Silicone Rubber
  • addition of component G and H in combination with component E and F maintains adhesion to plastic but does not adhere significantly to steel.
  • the composition is said to be a selective adhesion promoting material with good adhesion to thermoplastics and thermosets yet not to metal surfaces and can be self lubricating.

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Abstract

Organopolysiloxane compositions that cure by the addition reaction of silicon-bonded lower alkenyl radicals with silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms and which exhibit select adhesion to a variety of substrates. The compositions comprise an adhesion promoting mixture comprising an epoxy-functional compound, soluble polydiorganosiloxanes, polycycloorganosiloxanes (linear and cyclic) and hydroxy end blocked hydrocarbons (glycols) thus giving release characteristics to metal substrates while maintaining adhesion to a thermoplastic substrate. Additionally, an additive may be used to produce surface lubricity after curing.

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MOLDABLE SILICONE ELASTOMERS HAVING SELECTIVE PRIMERLESS ADHESION
Field of the Invention
The present invention relates both to a method for improving the primerless adhesion of cured silicone elastomers and to curable (and cured) high strength, organopolysiloxane molding compositions useful to produce cured silicone rubber articles that exhibit excellent adhesion to thermoplastic resins such as, but not limited to, PBT and PPA, while not significantly adhering to metal substrates.
Related Application
This international application claims priority of U.S. Serial No.
09/71 5963 filed on November 1 7, 2000 and U.S. Serial No. [not yet assigned] filed on November 1 9, 2001 .
Background of the Invention
Moldable primerless organopolysiloxane compositions are known and used. One problem with all such compositions is that due to the adhesion additives in the compositions they also adhere to metal surfaces. In molding processes, the typical mold is metal. It is difficult to selectively adhere to thermoplastic substrates without deleterious effects. Additionally, the kinetics and thermochemistry of the molding process and the compositions used in such processes are such that only small lightweight composite plastic and silicone elastomer articles of manufacture can be made by molding techniques because of the difficulty of removing the article from the metal mold.
Organopolysiloxane compositions useful for molding typically contain alkenyl polymers, fillers, and other additives. The compositions contain a platinum catalyst, a hydride crosslinker and cure inhibitors. These can be one or two component systems that are mixed prior to the molding process. These heat cured (i.e. high consistency or millable rubber) or liquid injection molded silicone rubbers are commonly available without additives that improve adhesion.
Typical molding compositions generally include the following ingredients:
1 ) 1 00 parts by weight of a vinyl stopped polydimethylsiloxane having a viscosity ranging from 1 0,000 to 1 ,000,000 centipoises at 25°C and a vinyl content ranging from about 0.01 to 0.25 mole per cent;
2) up to 1 0 parts by weight of a low molecular weight vinyl stopped vinyl on chain hydroxyl end blocked polyorganosiloxane having a viscosity ranging from 50 to 10,000 centipoises at 25°C and a vinyl content of 0.3 to 30 mole per cent;
3) up to 1 0 parts by weight of a low molecular weight hydroxy end blocked polyorganosiloxane having a viscosity ranging from 500 to 2,000 centipoises at 25°C; 4) from 5 to 50 parts by weight of a fumed or pyrogenic silica having a surface area ranging from 1 50 to 450 square m/gm;
5) up to 40 parts by weight of an organohydrogenpolysiloxane crosslinker containing at least two silicon-bonded hydrogens per molecule and having a viscosity ranging from 80 to 1 ,000 centipoises at 25°C;
6) from 2 to 500 wppm of a platinum hydrosilylation catalyst;
7) from 0.01 to 3.0 parts by weight of an inhibitor compound; and
8) from 1 00 to 1 ,000 wppm of silyl hydrides.
Additional components may include extending fillers, coloring agents, and additives to impart increased performance with respect to certain physical properties such as oil resistance, heat aging, abrasion resistance and the like.
The functional properties of the resulting rubber elastomer depend not only on the levels of components but also on the properties of the filler, additives, and type of curing catalyst. Consequently, the elastomer property profile is highly dependent on the chemical nature of the various constituent components as well as the relative proportions of those components. For example, a heat additive increases the temperature range of the resulting rubber. Such improvements however, do not necessarily increase the adhesion stability and some times fail to adhere after heat soak. ln seeking to increase the selective adhesion of silicone compositions to thermoplastic and thermoset substrates, it is frequently desirable to increase the ability of the silicone to be released from a mating part or surface for which the molded composite may come in contact. These two properties collide in that adhesion of the silicone to a thermoplastic or thermoset substrate is desired but ready release from another substrate is necessary for the device to function. For example, the fabrication of connecters requires adhesion of the grommet and facial seal to a thermoplastic closure and also requires that the silicone surface have sufficient lubricity to allow mating sides to fasten and unfasten with ease.
A typical method of improving the lubricity of a silicone composition is simply to add a liquid component to the formulation that has limited solubility in the elastomer and thus the compound bleeds out over time. Ideally such a material itself also has a lubricating quality. These components are typically selected from the group of compounds consisting of phenyi containing siloxanes such as copolymers of polydimethylsiloxanes, diphenylsiloxane or methylphenylsiloxane, and fluorosiloxanes such as silicones containing trifluoropropyl substituted siloxanes.
SUMMARY OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Accomplishment of this selective adhesion is by the addition to a diorganopolysiloxane composition of soluble polydiorganosiloxanes, polycycloorganosiloxanes (linear and cyclic) and/or hydroxy end blocked hydrocarbons (glycols) of a specific molecular distribution preferably having a viscosity of 10 to 1 ,000 centipoises at 25°C; and an epoxy functional compound, thus giving release characteristics to metal substrates while maintaining adhesion to the thermoplastic substrate.
In general, the preferred embodiment of the present invention provides for a curable silicone elastomer composition comprising:
1 ) a silicone elastomer;
2) an epoxy functional compound; and
3) a linear and/or cyclic diorganopolysiloxane and/or hydroxy end blocked hydrocarbons (glycols) . Examples of such glycols include polyethylene glycol (e.g., PEG 400) and 1 ,3 butylene glycol PEG 400 is preferred.
The foregoing composition may also include a silicone soluble in the curable elastomer composition. Preferably, the silicone is less soluble in the curable elastomer composition when the curable composition has been cured. As a result, the silicone bleeds out of cured composition to improve lubricity.
The present invention provides a composition that selectively adheres to a substrate that may be a thermoset or a thermoplastic, but not to a metal such as aluminum or steel. The thermoset or thermoplastic substrates may be filled polymers with glass or clays.
The silicone compositions of the present invention release readily from metal substrates after they have been overmolded, transfer molded or injection molded. The present invention further provides for the incorporation of an adhesion promoter and a self-bleed additive that allows lubrication of the surfaces of the cured silicone simultaneously with adhesion to the overmolded, transfer molded or injection molded substrate. The formulations of the present invention demonstrate that compositions containing both an adhesion promoter and a self-bleed additive for lubricity can simultaneously achieve the contradictory goals of adhesion to a substrate used in overmolding, transfer or injection molding and release from a second substrate where the silicone was not bonded to the substrate by the action of the adhesion promoter and the co-molding process of overmolding, transfer molding or injection molding.
Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiments
This invention utilizes the release characteristics of soluble polydiorganosiloxanes, polycycloorganosiloxanes (linear and cyclic), and/or hydroxy end blocked hydrocarbons (glycols) of specific molecular distribution preferably having viscosity of 10 to 1 ,000 centipoises at 25°C. The two (2) additives that provide the selective adhesion properties are:
1 ) generally from .01 to 30, preferably from .01 to 10, more preferably from .05 to 1 .0 and even more preferably from .10 to .50, parts by weight of an epoxy function compound; and
2) generally from .01 to 10, preferably from .5 to 5 and more preferably from 1 to 3, parts by weight of soluble polydiorganosiloxanes and/or polycycloorganosiloxanes (linear and/or cyclic) and/or hydroxy end blocked hydrocarbons (glycols), or mixtures thereof. Generally, it has been found that polybutylene glycols provide better release to metals during molding than poly-dimethyl siloxanes alone.
Optionally, a silicone soluble in the curable elastomer composition can be added. The silicone is selected such that it is less soluble in the curable elastomer composition when the curable composition has been cured. As a result, the silicone bleeds out of the cured composition.
In general, one preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a curable organopolysiloxane composition having selective adhesion to a metal substrate. The composition should preferably include the following components:
(A) up to 100 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane polymer having a viscosity of about 10,000 to about 10,000,000 centipoises at 25°C with sufficient vinyl, or mixtures of such organopolysiloxane, to provide functional reactivity to the following crosslinker;
(B) from 0.3 to 40 parts by weight of an organohydrogenpolysiloxane crosslinker containing at least two silicon-bonded hydrogens per molecule;
(C) a catalytically effective amount of a platinum group metal catalyst; (D) from 0.01 to 3 parts by weight of a cure inhibitor, preferably of the type 4 or 5, ethyl cyclohexan-1 -ol;
(E) from 0.01 to 30 parts by weight of an adhesion promoter compound having at least one hydroxy group and in the same molecule at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of silicon hydride, alkenyl, and acryl;
(F) from 0.01 to 10 parts by weight of an epoxy functional compound; and
(G) up to about 1 0 parts by weight based upon the total composition of soluble polydiorganosiloxanes, polycycloorganosiloxanes (linear and cyclic) and/or hydroxy end blocked hydrocarbons (glycols) of a specific molecular distribution having a viscosity of 50 to 1 ,000 centipoises at 25°C.
Preferably, the organopolysiloxane polymer contains at least two silicon-bonded lower alkenyl groups in each molecule and is a straight chain organopolysiloxane having a viscosity of about 100,000 to about 10,000,000 centipoises at 25°C, or mixtures of such organopolysiloxanes, and the lower alkenyl groups are vinyl. Examples of organopolysiloxanes include Dow Corning Q42901 and Q42903 gums, with an average pendant vinyl content ranging from .01 to .20 mole percent with .80 to .20 mole percent being preferable.
Preferably, the organohydrogenpolysiloxane crosslinker has organic substituents bonded to silicon atoms, which are methyl, and the concentration of organohydrogenpolysiloxane provides about 0.2 to about 0.02 silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms for each silicon-bonded alkenyl radical in the organopolysiloxane polymer, and wherein the crosslinker has the formula:
R3Si(SiORH/SiOR2)xSiR3
Wherein each R is independently chosen from a hydrogen or monovalent hydrocarbon radical free of aliphatic unsaturation containing 1 to about 8 carbon atoms, and x varies so that the crosslinker has a viscosity ranging from about 80 to 1 ,000 centipoises at 25°C. Preferably each R is independently chosen from as a methyl, ethyl, vinyl, hydroxy, propyl, and 3,3,3-trifluoropropyl, and/or a branch chain of polydiorganosiloxane group and is itself a straight chain where x is given to create a viscosity of 10,000 to 10,000,000 centipoises at 25° C. These may contain mixtures of such polymers or block co- polymers of same to give vinyl functionality for cross-linking. They may also be blended to provide desired thermo-chemical reaction rates. Examples of cross linkers include Dow Corning 1 107 and 63570 cross- linkers with Dow Corning silbond 7608 being preferable.
The platinum group metal catalyst is selected from the group consisting of platinum metal, platinum compounds, platinum complexes and mixtures thereof. Preferably, the platinum group metal catalyst is chloroplatinic acid complexed with a liquid olefin or an organosiloxane containing ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon radicals bonded to silicon. More preferably, the platinum group metal catalyst is a neutralized complex of chloroplatinic acid or platinum dichloride with divinyltetramethyldisiloxane. In general, the platinum group metal catalyst provides about 0.1 to about 500 parts by weight platinum group metal per million parts of the combined weights of organopolysiloxane and organohydrogenpolysiloxane. Preferably, the platinum group metal catalyst provides about 1 to about 50 parts by weight platinum group metal per million parts of the combined weights of organopolysiloxane and organohydrogenpolysiloxane.
In general, the cure inhibitor compound is an acetylene alcohol derivative such as ethenylcyclohexanol or pyradien alcohol having the following general formula:
R'R (OH)x
Where R' is an alkyne unsaturated hydrocarbon chain, branched or unbranched, and R is a saturated hydrocarbon linear or cyclic with hydroxy groups pendant or end blocked with hydroxy saturation indicated by x, which is 1 to complete hydroxy saturation of the R group.
In general, the adhesion promoter is a hydroxinated silicone compound is of the formula:
(OH)xRy(SiO)z(OH)xRy
Where x + y = 3, and x may equal 1 , 2, or 3, R is any hydrocarbon alkyl or alkenyl radical linear or branched comprising not more than 1 0 carbon atoms, R' is any mixture of any alkyl, alkenyl, aliphatic, or aromatic radical, linear or branched, up to 1 2 carbon atoms, and where z is of sufficient number to create a viscosity of about 50 to about 1 0,000 centipoises at 25°C. In general from .01 to 30, preferably from .05 to 2, and more preferably from .5 to 1 , parts per weight are used. Examples include 1 -hydroxy 2,3 methyl end blocked vinylmethylsiloxane (DP 10 to 1 2 with 2 to 4 pendant vinyl groups) .
In general, the epoxy-functional compound is of the formula:
(RO)xHy(R"O)zSiR'
where RO refers to a saturated linear alkoxy group and R' is an alkane, substituted or unsubstituted, H is hydrogen, hydroxy or halogen with x + y + z = 3, and R" is an oxirynic derivative containing 6-1 5 carbon atoms. Preferably, this compound is glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane. Others include methacrylvinylpolysilane, chlorotrimethoxysilane, vinyltrimethoxysilane, and divinyldimethoxysilane. In generally from .01 to 30, preferably from .05 to 1 .0 and more preferably from .10 to .60, parts by weight are used.
The polydiorganosiloxanes include Dow Corning 200 fluid.
Viscosity grades 50 to 200 are preferable and grades 50 to 10,000 in general. An example of polycycloorganosiloxanes includes Dow Corning 244 fluid and other cyclic siloxanes from D4 to D10 (DP units), preferably D 4 and D5. The molecular distribution should be such as to produce a viscosity at 25°C of 50 to 1 ,000, preferably 50 to 500 centipoises, and more preferably 50 to 200 centipoises.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the epoxy- functional compound is glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane. Preferably, the epoxy-functional compound comprises about 0.01 to 10 parts by weight per 100 weight parts of organopolysiloxane polymer.
The composition according to the present invention can include a filler selected from the group consisting of fumed silica, treated fumed silica, precipitated silica, treated precipitated silica, fused silica, and finely divided quartz and mixtures thereof.
In yet another embodiment of the present invention, a composite is formed having bonded thereto a cured organopolysiloxane composition. The composition preferably contains the following components:
(A) up to 100 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane polymer having a viscosity of about 10,000 to about
10,000,000 centipoises at 25°C with sufficient vinyl, or mixtures of such organopolysiloxane to provide functional reactivity of a crosslinker organohydrogenpolysiloxane;
(B) from 0.3 to 40 parts by weight of an organohydrogenpolysiloxane crosslinker containing at least two silicon-bonded hydrogens per molecule;
(C) a catalytically effective amount of a platinum group metal catalyst;
(D) from 0.01 to 3 parts by weight of a cure inhibitor, preferably of the type 4 or 5, ethyl cyclohexan-1 -ol; (E) from 0.01 to 30 parts by weight of a compound comprising at least one hydroxy group and in the same molecule at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of silicon hydride, alkenyl, and acryl;
(F) from 0.01 to 10 parts of an epoxy functional compound; and
(G) up to about 10 parts by weight based of a soluble polydiorganosiloxanes, polycycloorganosiloxanes (linear and cyclic) and/or hydroxy end blocked hydrocarbons (glycols); of a specific molecular distribution having a viscosity of 50 to 1 ,000 centipoises at 25°C.
In still yet another embodiment of the present invention, a composite containing an epoxy-coated substrate having bonded thereto a cured organopolysiloxane composition is formed. The composition preferably comprises:
(A) up to 100 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane polymer having a viscosity of about 10,000 to about 10,000,000 centipoises at 25°C with sufficient vinyl, or mixtures of such organopolysiloxane to provide functional reactivity of the following crosslinker;
(B) from 0.3 to 40 parts by weight of an organohydrogenpolysiloxane crosslinker containing at least two silicon-bonded hydrogens per molecule; (C) a catalytically effective amount of a platinum group metal catalyst;
(D) from 0.01 to 3 parts by weight of a cure inhibitor, preferably of the type 4 or 5, ethyl cyclohexan-1 -ol;
(E) from 0.01 to 30 parts by weight of a compound comprising at least one hydroxy group and in the same molecule at least one substituent selected from a group consisting of silicon hydride, alkenyl and acryl;
(F) from 0.01 to 10 parts of an epoxy functional compound; and
(G) up to about 10 parts by weight based of a soluble polydiorganosiloxanes and polycycloorganosiloxanes (linear and cyclic) and/or hydroxy end blocked hydrocarbons (glycols) of specific molecular distribution having a viscosity of 50 to 1 ,000 centipoises at 25°C.
In a preferred embodiment, the substrate is metal. The epoxy coating comprises chemistries used in cast, form in place, or vacuum bag cures. Moldable epoxy composites are preferable.
Preferably, a silicone soluble in the curable elastomer composition is added. In general, the silicone is less soluble in the curable elastomer composition when the curable composition has been cured. In such case, the silicone bleeds out of the cured composition. Preferably, the silicone is selected from the following or mixtures thereof:
(A) phenyl containing siloxanes such as copolymers of diphenylsiloxane with diorganosiloxanes and copolymers of methylphenylsiloxane with diorganosiloxanes, polydimethylsiloxanes, having a viscosity ranging between about 10 to about 10,000 centipoises at 25°C, preferably ranging from about 100 to about 1000 centipoises at 25°C; and
(B) fluorosiloxanes such as silicones containing trifluoropropyl substituted siloxanes, having a viscosity ranging between 100 to about 10,000 centipoises at 25°C, preferably ranging from about 100 to about 1000 centipoises at 25°C.
Examples of the foregoing include phenyl siloxanes commonly sold as Dow Corning 550 Fluid or GE SF-1 1 54 and those for fluorosiloxanes FS-149, FS1 50-10M FS1 57 all of various viscosities and purity grades. These components lubricate without adversely affecting the adhesion of the composition to a substrate.
The resins to which the cured inventive composition can be bonded include Nylon, polyphenylene, polyphthalamide, polyphenylene ether, polyamide and polyimid thermoplastic resins that may or may not be glass filled, mineral filled, or carbon filled. Further, thermoset resins such as epoxy, silicone or others that are manufactured by coating a substrate or by direct casting can be bonded to the cured organopolysiloxane composition in of the present invention. Preferably the resin is PBA or PBT.
Additional components may include extending fillers, coloring agents, and additives to impart increased performance with respect to certain physical properties such as oil resistance, heat aging, abrasion resistance and the like.
All such compositions have selective adhesion to polymer substrates and do not have significant adhesion to metal surfaces. The significance of selective adhesion preferably is such that the adhesion to metal in general is such that the composition sticks to a resin or epoxy coated substrate, but not to metal. Preferably, the adhesion to metal is less than half the adhesion to the target polymer substrate and more preferably has no cohesion failure to the metal as determined by lap shear testing.
EXAMPLES
Curable silicone rubber compositions were prepared from a high consistency silicone rubber base. Adhesion components E through G were added in amounts shown in Table 1 . Samples of these materials were made by curing the composition at 1 50° C for 3 minutes. These samples were tested per ASTM D81 6. The results are listed in Table 1 . Table 1
Adhesion Components % cohesion failure to listed substrate
(parts by we tight)
Run E F G H Steel PPA Nylon
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0.10 3.00 0 1 .00 0 50 60
2 0.20 3.00 0 1 .00 0 70 80
3 0.35 3.00 0 0.50 20 80 90
4 0.35 5.00 0 1.00 0 90 95
5 0.35 7.00 0 1.50 0 95 100
6 0.50 3.00 0 1.00 5 100 100
7 0.50 5.00 0 1.50 10 100 100
8 0.50 7.00 0 1.50 20 100 100
9* 0.35 5.00 0 1 .00 0 95 90
10 0.35 5.00 0 0.2 1 0 100 100
1 1 0.35 5.00 0 0.3 0 100 1 00
1 2 0.35 5.00 0 0.4 0 1 00 1 00
1 3 0.35 5.00 0 0.5 0 90 95
Component E - adhesion promoter: Glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane Component F - epoxy functional compound: Hydroxyl End Blocked, specifically Polydimethylvinylsiloxane
Component G - Polydioganosiloxane: Polydimethylsiloxane 100CS Component H - Polyethylene Glycol (PEG 400) 9* - Had 1 .0 parts by weight Polymethylphenylsiloxane as a self- lubricant
In the first example in Table 1 no adhesion promoting compounds were added to the compound as a control (Run 0). Example Runs 1 -8 show additions of adhesion promoting compounds. Example Run 9 shows that addition of polymethylphenylsiloxane as a lubricant does not deleteriously affect adhesion.
The examples demonstrate that improved adhesion is achieved by addition of components E and F. Specifically to this invention is that addition of component G and H in combination with component E and F maintains adhesion to plastic but does not adhere significantly to steel. A self-lubricating version of the optimal run 4 was replicated to show that select adhesion was unaffected. By this fact, the composition is said to be a selective adhesion promoting material with good adhesion to thermoplastics and thermosets yet not to metal surfaces and can be self lubricating.
Table 2 Liquid Silicone Rubber Evaluations
% Cohesion failure 1 to listed Adhesion Components substrate
Run E F G H Steel PPA Nylon
14 0.35 0.5 0.8 0 O 10 20
15 0.35 0.5 1 .4 0 15 25 35
16 0.4 0.5 0.8 0 0 20 30
17 0.4 0.5 1.4 0 10 40 50
18 0.61 0.5 0.8 0.35 0 60 100
19 0.76 0.5 0.8 0.5 0 65 100
Component E - Glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane Component F - Hydroxyl End Blocked Polydimetylmethylvinylsiloxane Component G - Polydimet ylsiloxane 100CS Component H - Polyethylene Glycol (PEG 400)
Table 2 demonstrates that, as in High Consistency Rubber ("HCR") HCR, Liquid Silicone Rubber ("LSR") has improved adhesion by addition of components E and F. Specifically to this invention is that addition of component G and H in combination with component E and F maintains adhesion to plastic but does not adhere significantly to steel. By this fact, the composition is said to be a selective adhesion promoting material with good adhesion to thermoplastics and thermosets yet not to metal surfaces and can be self lubricating.
Physical properties of said runs meet common commercial and military specifications. These specifications are exemplified in specification A-A- 59588 (Formally ZZ-R-765). Generally, through compounding options, they can be made to meet all classes and grades. Other considerations such as fluorosilicone specifications such as Mil-R-25988 can also be regarded as passable by these compositions in terms of class and grade callouts. Table 3 notes some of physical property testing and the propensity of such formulation to meet rigorous requirements.
Table 3 Physical Properties
Compression Set 22 Heat Age 70 hrs @
Material Originals hrs @ 1 770C 1 770C
Tear Die
Type Durometer Tensile Elongation B NPC W/PC Durometer Tensile Elongation Shore A psi % ppi % % Shore A psi %
HCR 53 1298 606 177 23 18 59 1164 546 LSR 51 1240 704 263 14 8 56 269 941 ,
ppi = Pounds Per Inch NPC = No Post Cure W/PC = Without Post Cure
In table 3 representative examples of HCR and LSR were chosen as examples of physical property performance. The data presented in this table is from the optimal runs 5 and 1 8 for HCR and LSR, respectively. These data sets are typical physical property performance. Modifications to the formulations may yield additional performance safety to the prescribed specification callouts.
The embodiments of the present invention recited herein are intended to be merely exemplary and those skilled in the art will be able to make numerous modifications to them without departing from the spirit of the present invention. All such modifications are intended to be within the scope of the present invention as defined by the claims appended hereto.

Claims

What is claimed is:
1 . A curable organopolysiloxane composition having selective adhesion to a substrate, said polymer system containing the following components:
(A) an organopolysiloxane polymer;
(B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane crosslinker;
(C) a platinum group metal catalyst;
(D) a cure inhibitor;
(E) an adhesion promoter;
(F) an epoxy functional compound; and
(G) a compound selected from the group consisting of soluble polydiorganosiloxanes, polycycloorganosiloxanes, glycols, and mixtures thereof.
2. The composition according to claim 1 , where the organopolysiloxane polymer contains at least two silicon-bonded lower alkenyl groups in each molecule and is a straight chain organopolysiloxane polymer having a viscosity of about 10,000 to about 10,000,000 centipoises at 25°C or mixtures of such organopolysiloxanes and the lower alkenyl groups are vinyl.
3. The composition according to claim 1 , where the organohydrogenpolysiloxane crosslinker has organic substituents bonded to silicon atoms which are methyl, and the concentration of organohydrogenpolysiloxane provides 0.2 to 2 silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms for each silicon-bonded alkenyl radical in the organopolysiloxane, and wherein the crosslinker has the formula:
R3S(SiORHSiOR2)xSiR3
wherein each R is independently chosen from a hydrogen or monovalent hydrocarbon radical free of aliphatic unsaturation containing 1 to about 8 carbon atoms, and x varies so that the crosslinker has a viscosity ranging from about 80 to 1 ,000 centipoises at 25°C.
4. The composition according to claim 1 , where the platinum group metal catalyst is selected from the group consisting of platinum metal, platinum compounds, platinum complexes and mixtures thereof.
5. The composition according to claim 1 , where the platinum group metal catalyst is chloroplatinic acid complexed with a liquid olefin or an organosiloxane containing ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon radicals bonded to silicon.
6. The composition according to claim 1 , where the platinum group metal catalyst is a neutralized complex of chloroplatinic acid or platinum dichloride with sym-divinyltetramethyldisiloxane.
7. The composition according to claim 1 , where the platinum group metal containing catalyst provides about 0.1 to 500 parts by weight platinum group metal per million parts of the combined weights of organopolysiloxane and organohydrogenpolysiloxane.
8. The composition according to claim 1 , where the platinum group metal containing catalyst provides about 1 to 50 parts by weight platinum group metal per million parts of the combined weights of organopolysiloxane and organohydrogenpolysiloxane.
9. The composition according to claim 1 , where the epoxy-functional compound is glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane.
10. The composition according to claim 1 , where the epoxy-functional compound comprises about 0.01 to 30 parts by weight per 100 weight parts of the organopolysiloxane polymer.
1 1 . The composition according to claim 1 further comprising an alkoxysilane.
1 2. The composition according to claim 1 further comprising a filler selected from the group consisting of fumed silica, treated fumed silica, precipitated silica, treated precipitated silica, fused silica, and finely divided quartz and mixtures thereof.
1 3. A composite having bonded thereto a cured organopolysiloxane composition according to claim 1 :
14. The composition of claim 1 comprising:
(A) up to 100 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane polymer having a viscosity of about 1 0,000 to about 10,000,000 centipoises at 25°C with sufficient vinyl, or mixtures of such organopolysiloxane to provide functional reactivity with crosslinker organohydrogenpolysiloxane;
(B) from 0.3 to 40 parts by weight of an organohydrogenpolysiloxane crosslinker containing at least two silicon-bonded hydrogens per molecule;
(C) a catalytically effective amount of a platinum group metal catalyst;
(D) from 0.01 to 3 parts by weight of a cure inhibitor of the type 4 or 5, ethyl cyclohexan-1 -ol;
(E) from 0.01 to 30 parts by weight of a compound comprising at least one hydroxy group and in the same molecule at least one substituent selected from a group consisting of silicon hydride, alkenyl, and acryl;
(F) from 0.01 to 30 parts by weight of an epoxy functional compound; and
(G) up to about 10 parts by weight based upon the polymer system of a mold release agent that is selected from the group consisting of soluble fluid polydiorganosiloxanes, polycycloorganosiloxanes (linear and cyclic), hydroxy end blocked hydrocarbons and having a molecular distribution such that the viscosity is 50 to 1 0,000 centipoises at 25°C.
1 5. The composite according to claim 1 3, wherein the composite comprises a resin.
1 6. The composite according to claim 1 5, wherein the resin is PBT or PBA.
1 7. A composite comprising an epoxy-coated substrate having bonded thereto a cured organopolysiloxane composition according to claim 1 .
1 8. The composite of claim 1 7, where the substrate is metal.
1 9. The composition of claim 1 further comprising a silicone soluble in the composition wherein the silicone is less soluble in the composition when the curable composition has been cured whereby the silicone bleeds out of the cured composition, wherein the silicone is selected from the group consisting of:
(A) phenyl containing siloxanes such as copolymers of diphenylsiloxane with diorganosiloxanes and copolymers of methylphenylsiloxane with diorganosiloxanes, polydimethylsiloxanes, having a viscosity ranging between 1 0 to about 10,000 centipoises at 25°C, preferably ranging from about 100 to about 1000 centipoises at 25°C; and
(B) fluorosiloxanes such as silicones containing trifluoropropyl substituted siloxanes, having a viscosity ranging between 10 to about 10,000 centipoises at 25°C, preferably ranging from about 100 to about 1000 centipoises at 25°C; and mixtures thereof.
20. An additive composition for increasing the selective adhesion of an elastomer to a resin but not to a metal, comprising a mixture of an epoxy functional compound and a compound selected from the group consisting of polydiorganosiloxanes, polycycloorganosiloxanes and mixtures thereof.
21 . An article of manufacture comprising:
a metal mold; a thermoplastic substrate; and a molding composition, wherein the molding composition selectively adheres to the thermoplastic.
22. The article of manufacture according to claim 21 , wherein the composition adheres to the substrate at least 50% more than to the metal mold.
23. A method of molding comprising the steps of
providing a metal mold for an article to be molded;
associating with the mold a thermoplastic substrate;
adding a curable composition to the mold in contact with the metal mold and the substrate;
curing the composition; and
removing from the mold the cured composition having affixed thereto the substrate in a manner whereby less than half of the force necessary to remove the cured composition from the thermoplastic is necessary to remove the cured composition from the metal mold.
24. The composition of claim 14 wherein there is from 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of the crosslinker.
25. The composition of claim 1 5 wherein there is from 0.01 to 1 0 parts by weight of the epoxy functional adhesion compound.
26. The composition of claim 14 wheren the polydiorganosiloxane is of the formula:
R3Si(SiORH/SiOR2)xSiR
Wherein each R is independently chosen from methyl, ethyl, vinyl, hydroxy, propyl, and 3,3,3-trifluoropropyl, and/or a branch chain of polydiorganosiloxane group and is itself a straight chain, and where x is given to create a viscosity of 10,000 to 10,000,000 centipoises at 25°C.
27. The composition of claim 1 wherein the cure inhibitor is an acetylene alcohol derivative such as ethenylcyclohexanol or pyradien alcohol having the following formula:
R'R (OH)x
where R' is a alkyne saturated hydrocarbon chain, branched or unbranched, and R is a saturated hydrocarbon linear or cyclic with hydroxy groups pendant or end blocked with hydroxy saturation indicated by x.
28. The composition of claim 1 wherein the epoxy functional compound is of the formula:
(RO)xHy(R"O)zSiR'
where RO refers to a saturated linear alkoxy group and R' is an alkane, substituted or unsubstituted, H is hydrogen, hydroxy or halogen with x + y + z = 3, and R" is an oxirynic derivative containing 6-1 5 carbon atoms.
29. The composition of claim 1 wherein the adhesion promoter is a hydroxinated silicone compound is of the formula:
(HO)xRy(R'2Q)z(OH)xRy
Where x + y = 3, and x may equal 1 , 2, or 3. R is any hydrocarbon alkyl or alkenyl radical linear or branched comprising not more than 10 carbon atoms. R' is any mixture of any alkyl, alkenyl, aliphatic, or aromatic radical, linear or branched, up to 1 2 carbon atoms, and where z is of sufficient number to create a viscosity of 50 to 10,000 centipoises at 25°C.
30. The composition of claim 1 wherein the epoxy-functional compound is glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane.
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