EP1458910B1 - Fil composite, procede d obtention et structure textil e obtenue - Google Patents

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EP1458910B1
EP1458910B1 EP02799125A EP02799125A EP1458910B1 EP 1458910 B1 EP1458910 B1 EP 1458910B1 EP 02799125 A EP02799125 A EP 02799125A EP 02799125 A EP02799125 A EP 02799125A EP 1458910 B1 EP1458910 B1 EP 1458910B1
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Isabelle Conesa
Philippe Berge
Laurence Pollet
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D02—YARNS; MECHANICAL FINISHING OF YARNS OR ROPES; WARPING OR BEAMING
    • D02G—CRIMPING OR CURLING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS, OR YARNS; YARNS OR THREADS
    • D02G3/00—Yarns or threads, e.g. fancy yarns; Processes or apparatus for the production thereof, not otherwise provided for
    • D02G3/22—Yarns or threads characterised by constructional features, e.g. blending, filament/fibre
    • D02G3/36—Cored or coated yarns or threads
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D02—YARNS; MECHANICAL FINISHING OF YARNS OR ROPES; WARPING OR BEAMING
    • D02G—CRIMPING OR CURLING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS, OR YARNS; YARNS OR THREADS
    • D02G3/00—Yarns or threads, e.g. fancy yarns; Processes or apparatus for the production thereof, not otherwise provided for
    • D02G3/22—Yarns or threads characterised by constructional features, e.g. blending, filament/fibre
    • D02G3/40—Yarns in which fibres are united by adhesives; Impregnated yarns or threads
    • D02G3/404—Yarns or threads coated with polymeric solutions
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D02—YARNS; MECHANICAL FINISHING OF YARNS OR ROPES; WARPING OR BEAMING
    • D02G—CRIMPING OR CURLING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS, OR YARNS; YARNS OR THREADS
    • D02G3/00—Yarns or threads, e.g. fancy yarns; Processes or apparatus for the production thereof, not otherwise provided for
    • D02G3/22—Yarns or threads characterised by constructional features, e.g. blending, filament/fibre
    • D02G3/40—Yarns in which fibres are united by adhesives; Impregnated yarns or threads
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D02—YARNS; MECHANICAL FINISHING OF YARNS OR ROPES; WARPING OR BEAMING
    • D02G—CRIMPING OR CURLING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS, OR YARNS; YARNS OR THREADS
    • D02G3/00—Yarns or threads, e.g. fancy yarns; Processes or apparatus for the production thereof, not otherwise provided for
    • D02G3/44—Yarns or threads characterised by the purpose for which they are designed
    • Y—GENERAL 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
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T428/00—Stock material or miscellaneous articles
    • Y10T428/29—Coated or structually defined flake, particle, cell, strand, strand portion, rod, filament, macroscopic fiber or mass thereof
    • Y10T428/2913—Rod, strand, filament or fiber

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  • the present invention relates to a composite yarn for technical or industrial use, which can be assembled in all types of textile structures, especially suitable textile webs, to meet any particular application or specification, for example for the manufacture of blinds or curtains. More particularly the invention relates to composite son obtainable by coating.
  • such a yarn is obtained by coating in one or two layers, the core with a plastisol comprising the chlorinated polymer material, for example polyvinyl chloride, and the plasticizer, then by gelling the plastisol around the soul.
  • a plastisol comprising the chlorinated polymer material, for example polyvinyl chloride, and the plasticizer, then by gelling the plastisol around the soul.
  • the regulations applicable to such fabrics in the Federal Republic of Germany define different classifications, characterized in particular by the length of the sample destroyed by the fire, and by the temperature of the combustion fumes, and identified by the letters B1 to B3. , the letter B1 characterizing the best fire performance accessible by a material comprising organic materials.
  • a flame retardant filler comprising a chlorinated polyethylene, a compound chosen from oxides and / or hydroxides of antimony, and aluminum, and preferably another compound chosen from certain zinc salts, including zinc borate; tin products for example zinc stannate.
  • the subject of the present invention is a coated composite yarn having generally and inherently improved fire behavior, by promoting the dissipation of heat and by greatly reducing the random phenomenon of flame spread measured by fire tests according to the standard NF P 92 503 on any fabric obtained from the composite yarn according to the invention.
  • the properties of temperature resistance are improved because of the regular distribution of the fibers in the coating polymer material which allows the dissipation of heat, indeed when the fibers are grouped together they constitute a preferred conduction pathway which promotes the propagation of the heat.
  • the present invention relates to a composite yarn consisting of a continuous yarn, obtained by spinning fibers of an organic or inorganic material or natural fibers such as linen or cotton, and a polymer material, characterized in that the constituent fibers of said continuous wire are distributed uniformly in said polymeric material such that each of said fibers is coated by said polymeric material.
  • This composite yarn can be used alone or as a core for the manufacture of composite yarns obtained by a second coating with a polymer material.
  • the present invention also relates to a coated composite yarn obtainable by a coating process with a polymer material, characterized in that it comprises a core constituted by a composite yarn as defined above and that the polymeric material formed around the core and the constituent polymeric material of the core are of the same nature.
  • this composite yarn is likely to be used as a core for the manufacture of flame retardant composite yarns obtained by coating with polymers having fire-retardant fillers.
  • son generally and inherently has improved fire behavior using less flame retardant filler.
  • the present invention also relates to a coated flame retardant composite yarn obtainable by a coating process with a polymer material comprising a flame-retardant filler, characterized in that it comprises a core constituted by a composite yarn as defined above. and in that the polymeric material formed around the core and the constituent polymeric material of the core are of the same nature.
  • said coating can be carried out with a liquid monomer or polymer preparation, for example a liquid polymer preparation is obtained by melting a polymer or by dispersion, for example in the form of plastisol, and for example a liquid monomer preparation consists of a liquid monomer which will polymerize under the effect of heat or by irradiation, for example UV irradiation.
  • a liquid monomer preparation is obtained by melting a polymer or by dispersion, for example in the form of plastisol
  • a liquid monomer preparation consists of a liquid monomer which will polymerize under the effect of heat or by irradiation, for example UV irradiation.
  • the invention also relates to the method of manufacturing a composite yarn characterized in that subject a continuous yarn, obtained by spinning fibers of an organic or inorganic material or natural fibers, to a method of mechanical opening of the yarn allowing the separation of said fibers, simultaneously or prior to its coating with a polymer material.
  • It also relates to the method of manufacturing a composite yarn characterized in that subject a continuous yarn, obtained by spinning fibers of an organic or inorganic material or natural fibers, to a method of mechanical opening of the yarn allowing separating said fibers, simultaneously or prior to a primary coating with a liquid monomer or polymer preparation in the liquid state, and in that the composite yarn obtained is subjected to a second coating with a liquid preparation of monomer or polymer.
  • the monomer or polymer of the second coating is of the same kind as the monomer or polymer of the first coating.
  • It also relates to the method of manufacturing a fireproof composite yarn characterized in that subject a continuous yarn, obtained by spinning fibers of an organic or inorganic material or natural fibers, to a method of mechanical opening of the yarn allowing the separation of said fibers, simultaneously or prior to a primary coating with a liquid preparation of monomer or polymer in the liquid state not comprising no flame retardant filler, and in that the composite yarn obtained is subjected to a second coating with a liquid monomer or polymer preparation in the liquid state with a flame retardant filler.
  • mechanical opening any process which simultaneously or before the coating allows the opening of the fibers such as the derating, by the application of an air jet, a jet of water, a treatment by ultrasounds, the application of a mechanical pressure, for example a crushing of the wire or any method for removing the fibers to allow penetration of the polymeric material within the constituent fibers of said wire.
  • the yarn according to the invention has none of the stripping and shading phenomena observed with the yarns of the prior art.
  • liquid preparation of monomers or polymers is meant any liquid formulation based on monomers or polymers.
  • formulation any mixture comprising at least one product for example dispersion, solution, mixture of monomers and / or oligomers.
  • polymer dispersion any split-state polymer preparation comprising additives in an organic liquid or not.
  • plastisol is meant a dispersion of polymers, fillers and other additives, in the finely divided state, in a plasticizer.
  • polymer material it is possible to use chlorinated polymers, silicones, polyurethanes, acrylics, ethylene-vinyl acetate EVA copolymers, ethylene propylene diene monomer terpolymers, EPDM.
  • chlorinated polymer material it is possible to use, in accordance with the invention, any PVC resin that can be plasticized, and in particular that can therefore be used in the form of plastisol.
  • chlorinated polymer material is meant, or a pure chlorinated polymer or copolymer of vinyl chloride copolymerized with other monomers, or a chlorinated polymer that is alloyed with other polymers.
  • olefins such as, for example, ethylene, vinyl esters of saturated carboxylic acids, such as vinyl acetate, vinyl butyrate or maleates; halogenated vinyl derivatives such as, for example, vinylidene chloride, esters of acrylic or methacrylic acid such as butyl acrylate.
  • chlorinated polymers examples include polyvinyl chloride, but also chlorinated PVCs, polyvinylidene chlorides and chlorinated polyolefins.
  • the chlorinated polymer material according to the present invention has a weight content of halogen of between 40 and 70%.
  • silicone polymer material it is possible to use according to the invention the organopolysiloxanes and more particularly the polysiloxane resins and elastomers with or without a diluent.
  • polyurethane polymer material it is possible to use according to the invention any material consisting of a hydrocarbon chain comprising the urethane or -NHCOO- unit.
  • the continuous wire it is itself constituted by one or more continuous filaments or fibers. Its chemical nature may be organic, for example polyester, polyamide, polyvinyl, acrylic, of natural origin such as linen or cotton, or inorganic, for example glass or silica, it being understood that its melting point must be greater than that of implementation of the polymer material
  • the flame retardant filler is selected from the group consisting of zinc borate, aluminum hydroxide, antimony trioxide and zinc hydroxystannate, molybdenum compounds, halogenated derivatives, active halogen compounds, phosphorus compounds and intumescent systems.
  • fillers may be incorporated and dispensed in the liquid preparation of monomers or polymers, in addition to the flame retardant filler, for example a pigment filler, silica, talc, glass beads and / or a stabilizing filler.
  • a pigment filler silica, talc, glass beads and / or a stabilizing filler.
  • the composition total weight of the composite yarn, in inorganic materials is obviously modified or affected.
  • plasticizers for example comprising at least one phthalate, and therefore not to compromise the properties of implementation of the wire, vis-à-vis its subsequent weaving.
  • the invention also makes it possible to limit the fire-retardant load by weight, in proportions not exceeding 50% of the plastic matrix. Beyond this, there is an alteration of the mechanical properties of the composite yarn.
  • the homogeneous distribution of the fibers 1 in the preparation of monomer or polymer 2 applied in the liquid state and cooled or polymerized after application is observed.
  • the secondary coating 3 is also regularly distributed in the composite yarn according to the invention.
  • the rate of carriage is the rate of impregnation of the wire is defined by the following formula: weight of coated wire - wire weight weight of coated wire ⁇ 100
  • ILO represents the Limit Oxygen Index, it is determined according to standard NF G 07128.
  • a mineral / continuous fiberglass / silionne wire that is to say by subjecting the wire to a mechanical opening by knockout simultaneously or prior to coating with a liquid polymer preparation based on silicone polymer is obtained a fireproof composite wire coated according to the invention without halogen.
  • the coating formulation is defined by a viscosity of between 500 and 10,000 mPa.s and preferably between 1000 and 5000 mPa.s, measured at 25 ° C. with a Brookfield RVT viscometer at 20 rpm, spindle 4.
  • the coating is carried out with a formulation comprising the following products: Silicone 100 pcr Solvent / water 0 to 50 pcr Charges (pigment, flame retardant ..) 0 to 20 pcr crosslinking 2 to 6 pcr additives 0 to 5 pcr additives 0 to 5 pcr
  • the diluents are selected from toluene, xylene, white spirit or water.
  • the fillers consist, for example, of Firebreak ZB zinc borate, aluminum hydroxide (OMYA), SH5n promoter alumina Elastosil 45568 VP or HF86 (WACKER), retarder HTV-SB WACKER), water repellent WS60E (WACKER) or glass beads (SOVITEC), RAL pigment paste from WACKER.
  • OMYA aluminum hydroxide
  • WACKER retarder HTV-SB WACKER
  • WACKER water repellent WS60E
  • SOVITEC glass beads
  • the silicones used are crosslinkable to UV.
  • Fabrics obtained with a composite yarn according to the invention do not need a posterior treatment to improve their fire behavior.
  • a composite yarn according to the invention has no defibrillation at the cut, it is more hydrophobic, its feel is more "soft", and textiles obtained by weaving are antifouling.
  • a composite yarn according to the present invention can be integrated in all textile structures, or assembled in any textile structures required, two-dimensional (webs, fabrics, etc.) or three-dimensional (braids for example).
  • the composite yarn can first be cut and divided into elementary yarns, which can be interwoven and fixed to one another in the form of non-woven textile structures, eg mats. Fixing the elementary son intermingled may be obtained by impregnation with a suitable adhesive substance, or by thermo-fusion of the polymer material of the sheath.
  • the composite yarn can then be assembled on itself, in any suitable knitted textile structures but it can be assembled with other yarns, according to the present invention or not, to constitute different two-dimensional or three-dimensional structures; in the latter case, they may be grids in which the yarns according to the present invention are crisscrossed and fixed with other yarns, according to the present invention or not, and of fabrics, in which the composite yarns according to the invention are woven with other warp and / or weft yarns, also according to the invention or not.
  • a very particular application of the present invention relates to obtaining technical fabrics for the production or manufacture of blinds or curtains both inside and outside.

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