EP1598707A1 - Toner mit Pulverrundkorn und Verfahren - Google Patents

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EP1598707A1
EP1598707A1 EP05010089A EP05010089A EP1598707A1 EP 1598707 A1 EP1598707 A1 EP 1598707A1 EP 05010089 A EP05010089 A EP 05010089A EP 05010089 A EP05010089 A EP 05010089A EP 1598707 A1 EP1598707 A1 EP 1598707A1
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Michael Di. Bayer
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    • G03G9/081Preparation methods by mixing the toner components in a liquefied state; melt kneading; reactive mixing
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    • G03G9/08702Binders for toner particles comprising macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
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  • the present invention relates to a toner powder, a method for the same Production and its use.
  • toner powdered print media
  • Electrophotographic processes transferred to the documents to be printed and then - usually thermally - fixed.
  • the stated toners are usually made of a resin component, a colorant, usually a pigment and functional additives, which the Support processing, built.
  • CPT called chemically produced toner
  • round particles are obtained which subsequently first from the liquid polymerization medium by filtration and drying be separated and then classified into the desired grain size.
  • the present invention therefore relates to a toner powder which is characterized characterized in that the powder particles have a round shape.
  • the particle diameter of the powder particles is preferably 1 to 50 ⁇ m, preferably 5 to 20 microns and more preferably 8 to 15 microns.
  • the toner powder contains at least one metallocene wax.
  • the toner powder contains at least one metallocene wax and at least a pigment.
  • the toner powder contains at least one metallocene wax, at least one pigment and at least one additive.
  • the additive is a charge control agent.
  • the metallocene waxes are polyolefin waxes, preferably to homopolymers of ethylene or propylene or copolymers of Ethylene or propylene with each other or with one or more 1-olefins with 4 to 50, preferably with 4 to 20 C atoms.
  • the metallocene waxes are polyolefin waxes having a dropping point between 90 and 160 ° C, preferably between 100 and 155 ° C, a melt viscosity at 140 ° C between 10 and 10,000 mPa.s, preferably between 50 and 5000 mPa.s and a Density at 20 ° C between 0.89 and 0.96 cm 3 / g, preferably between 0.91 and 0.94 cm 3 / g.
  • the metallocene waxes are polar modified.
  • the invention also relates to a process for the preparation of the invention Toner powder, which is characterized in that a metallocene wax melts and then using a thermal spray method above the Melting point of the metallocene wax first atomized to droplets and then in a cooling gas atmosphere to solidify to round particles
  • the gas of the cooling gas atmosphere is air, Nitrogen or mixtures thereof.
  • the thus obtained round particles are preferably introduced by a Classified fractionation process.
  • the upper and lower grain fractions of the classified powder are preferred again melted and returned to the process.
  • the invention also relates to the use of the toner powder according to the invention for the production of printed matter.
  • the invention also relates to the use of the toner powder according to the invention in or for digital printing.
  • the invention also relates to the use of the toner powder according to the invention in or for photocopiers and printing presses.
  • the present invention thus relates to the use of a polyolefin which a dropping point between 40 and 160 ° C, a melt viscosity of 2 to 20,000 mPa.s, and having a needle penetration number of 1 to 50.
  • the dropping point is according to DIN 51801, Edition 1980-12, the melt viscosity after DIN 53018-1 and -2, Issue 1976-03 and the needle penetration number after DIN 51579, issue 1965-05 determined.
  • polyolefin waxes are homopolymers of ethylene or propylene or Copolymers of ethylene or propylene with each other or with one or several 1-olefins in question.
  • 1-olefins are linear or branched olefins with 4-18 C-atoms, preferably 4-6 C-atoms used. Examples are 1-butene, 1-hexene, 1-octene or 1-octadecene, furthermore styrene.
  • Preferred are Copolymers of ethylene with propene or 1-butene. The copolymers are too 70-99.9, preferably to 80-99 wt .-% of ethylene.
  • Metallocene catalysts for the preparation of the polyolefin waxes are chiral or nonchiral transition metal compounds of the formula M 1 L x .
  • the transition metal compound M 1 L x contains at least one metal central atom M 1 , to which at least one ⁇ ligand, for example a cyclopentadienyl ligand, is bound.
  • substituents such as halogen, alkyl, alkoxy or aryl groups may be bonded to the central metal atom M 1 .
  • M 1 is preferably an element of III., IV., V. or VI.
  • Cyclopentadienyl ligand is understood as meaning unsubstituted cyclopentadienyl radicals and substituted cyclopentadienyl radicals, such as methylcyclopentadienyl, indenyl, 2-methylindenyl, 2-methyl-4-phenylindenyl, tetrahydroindenyl or octahydrofluorenyl radicals.
  • the ⁇ ligands may be bridged or unbridged, with single and multiple bridging - including ring systems - are possible.
  • the term metallocene also includes compounds having more than one metallocene fragment, so-called polynuclear metallocenes. These can have any substitution patterns and bridging variants.
  • the individual metallocene fragments of such polynuclear metallocenes may be both the same and different. Examples of such polynuclear metallocenes are described, for example, in EP-A-0 632 063.
  • polar modified metallocene waxes are also suitable.
  • the polar Modification of these polyolefin waxes can be achieved by oxidation with oxygen or oxygen-containing gases below or above the melting point.
  • the wax is in the molten state at temperatures between the melting point of the wax and 200 ° C by introducing Oxygen or oxygen-containing gases, preferably air, oxidized.
  • Oxidation modified waxes have acid numbers between 0.1 and 100, preferably 1 and 30 mg KOH / g, melt viscosities, measured at 170 ° C, from 5 to 10000 mPa.s, preferably 20 to 5000 mPa.s and softening points of 80 to 160 ° C on.
  • oxidates such as by their esterification with mono- or polyhydric aliphatic or aromatic Alcohols, e.g. Ethanol, propanols, butanols, ethanediol, butanediols, glycerol, Trimethylolpropane, pentaerythritol or benzyl alcohol can be produced.
  • Ethanol propanols, butanols, ethanediol, butanediols, glycerol, Trimethylolpropane, pentaerythritol or benzyl alcohol
  • further derivatization is such Ester, for example, by esterification with acid components such as acrylic acid or Methacrylic acid possible.
  • polar modification is the implementation of the Polyolefin wax with ⁇ , ⁇ -unsaturated carboxylic acids or their derivatives, optionally in the presence of a radical initiator.
  • ⁇ , ⁇ -unsaturated carboxylic acids may be mentioned acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, Crotonic acid and maleic acid.
  • derivatives of ⁇ , ⁇ -unsaturated Carboxylic acids are their esters or amides or anhydrides, e.g. Acrylic acid alkyl esters, acrylic acid amides, maleic acid diesters or diesters, Maleic anhydride or amides of maleic acid, e.g. Maleimide or N-alkyl substituted Called maleinimides.
  • maleic acid and its derivatives especially preferred is maleic anhydride.
  • the ⁇ , ⁇ -unsaturated carboxylic acids or their Derivatives come in an amount, based on polyolefin wax, from 0.1-20% by weight. The preparation of such radically generated polar Reaction products are described for example in EP 0941257.
  • melt viscosities measured at 170 ° C, of 5 to 10,000 mPa.s, preferably 10 to 5000 mPa.s, saponification numbers of 0.1 to 100 mg KOH / g, preferably 2 to 80 mg KOH / g and softening points of 80 to 160 ° C, preferably 100 to 155 ° C on.
  • wax products by Free radical conversion of polyolefin waxes with styrene in an amount of 0.1 - 30 wt .-%, based on the polyolefin wax used were prepared.
  • the powder according to the invention may contain at least one further wax.
  • These are preferably polyolefins, with Ziegler catalysts were made to natural waxes such as candelilla waxes, or beeswax Carnauba Waxes, or around montan waxes and their derivatives, Fischer-Tropsch Synthesized waxes, whether or not in polar modified form Polysiloxane-modified alkyls.
  • the powder of the invention may further contain resins which are natural Origin or synthetically produced.
  • Resins as they are in According to the invention can be contained powder, are hydrocarbon resins Base of abietic acid or based on cumarone-indene.
  • Synthetic resins are based on ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, styrene-acrylate, polyester or Constructed polysiloxanes.
  • the usable resins of the invention have a softening point of 30 - 150 ° C.
  • pigments in the context of the present invention Inclusion pigments as used for ceramic paints.
  • Suitable pigment is also a finely divided organic or inorganic Pigment and / or an organic dye or a mixture of different organic and / or inorganic pigments and / or organic dyes.
  • the pigments can be in the form of dry powder as well water-moist press cake are used.
  • phthalocyanine quinacridone, Perylene, perinone, thioindigo, anthanthrone, anthraquinone, flavanthrone, Indanthrone, isoviolanthrone, pyranthrone, dioxazine, quinophthalone, isoindolinone, Is
  • Suitable inorganic pigments are, for example, titanium dioxides, zinc sulfides, Iron oxides, chromium oxides, ultramarine, nickel or chromium antimony titanium oxides, Cobalt oxides and bismuth vanadates.
  • Organic dyes include acid dyes, direct dyes, Sulfur dyes and their leuco form, metal complex dyes or Reactive dyes into consideration, wherein in the case of reactive dyes with Nucleophiles reacted dyes can be used.
  • those are suitable whose use a blue scale determined light fastness with a grade greater than 5, in particular greater than 6 is judged.
  • those for the preparation of the preparations pigments used to be as finely divided as possible, with preference 95% and more preferably 99% of the pigment particles have a particle size ⁇ 500 nm.
  • the mean particle size is ideally at a value ⁇ 150 nm.
  • the morphology of the Pigment particles very much different, and accordingly, the Viscosity behavior of the pigment preparations as a function of the particle shape be very different. Preference is given to pure or subsequently purified Pigments with as few organic or inorganic impurities as possible used.
  • organic pigments there are carbon black pigments, such as e.g. Gas or furnace carbon black; Monoazo and disazo pigments, especially the color Index Pigments Pigment Yellow 1, Pigment Yellow 3, Pigment Yellow 12, Pigment Yellow 13, Pigment Yellow 14, Pigment Yellow 16, Pigment Yellow 17, Pigment Yellow 73, Pigment Yellow 74, Pigment Yellow 81, Pigment Yellow 83, Pigment Yellow 87, Pigment Yellow 97, Pigment Yellow 111, Pigment Yellow 126, Pigment Yellow 127, Pigment Yellow 128, Pigment Yellow 155, Pigment Yellow 174, Pigment Yellow 176, Pigment Yellow 191, Pigment Red 38, Pigment Red 144, Pigment Red 214, Pigment Red 242, Pigment Red 262, Pigment Red 266, Pigment Red 269, Pigment Red 274, Pigment Orange 13, Pigment Orange 34 or Pigment Brown 41; ⁇ -naphthol and naphthol AS pigments, in particular the Color Index pigments Pigment Red 2, Pigment Red 3, Pigment Red 4, Pigment Red 5, Pigment Red 9,
  • organic dyes are the color index dyes acid Yellow 17, Acid Yellow 23, Direct Yellow 86, Direct Yellow 98, Direct Yellow 132, Reactive Yellow 37, Acid Red 52, Acid Red 289, Reactive Red 23, Reactive Red 180, Acid Blue 9, Direct Blue 199 and those reacted with nucleophiles To name reactive dyes.

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