EP1739162A1 - usage des compositions pour eliminer des composes de silicone - Google Patents

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EP1739162A1
EP1739162A1 EP05105954A EP05105954A EP1739162A1 EP 1739162 A1 EP1739162 A1 EP 1739162A1 EP 05105954 A EP05105954 A EP 05105954A EP 05105954 A EP05105954 A EP 05105954A EP 1739162 A1 EP1739162 A1 EP 1739162A1
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
    • C11D7/00—Compositions of detergents based essentially on non-surface-active compounds
    • C11D7/02—Inorganic compounds
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    • C11D7/14—Silicates
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
    • C11D2111/00—Cleaning compositions characterised by the objects to be cleaned; Cleaning compositions characterised by non-standard cleaning or washing processes
    • C11D2111/10—Objects to be cleaned
    • C11D2111/14—Hard surfaces
    • C11D2111/18—Glass; Plastics
    • 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
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    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T156/00—Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
    • Y10T156/10—Methods of surface bonding and/or assembly therefor

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  • the invention relates to the field of windscreen cleaning, in particular in vehicle construction and in vehicle repair.
  • the invention relates to the use of a composition comprising at least one support material and at least one silicic acid and / or at least one silicate for removing silicone compounds on a glass or glass ceramic surface.
  • a number of cleaning agents and methods are used to remove contaminants on disks. These include, for example, solvents such as alcohols or aqueous compositions with surfactants. However, such solvents are not suitable for dissolving silicone-containing soils or oils. Therefore, stronger solvents such as aliphatic solvents, aromatics or ketones are used. Due to occupational hygiene and safety reasons are such Solvent-based cleaning agents, however, often undesirable. In addition, solvents are not suitable for reliably removing silicone compounds. Furthermore, physical or physicochemical cleaning methods are known. These include in particular various plasma treatments, treatment with dry ice or treatment with abrasives, for example from the series of Scotch-Brite TM , commercially available from 3M TM .
  • compositions comprising at least one support material and at least one silica and / or at least one silicate leads to the efficient removal of silicone compounds from a glass or glass ceramic surface, without the glass or glass Glass ceramic surface damage.
  • such compositions have excellent processability.
  • One aspect of the present invention relates to the use of a composition
  • a composition comprising a carrier material and silica, preferably a fumed silica, and / or silicates for removing undesired impurities, in particular silicone compounds or oils, which are present as impurities on a glass or glass ceramic surface.
  • the carrier material of the composition according to the invention is a solvent or a material, in particular a fiber material or a polymer matrix.
  • Suitable solvents used are water and organic solvents. The selection is made according to technical, but preferably also according to ecological aspects, such as toxicity, water hazard classes or biodegradability.
  • Particularly suitable organic solvents are alcohols, preferably methanol, ethanol, propanol, isopropanol, butanol, higher alcohols, such as ethylene glycol, glycerol, polyether polyols, such as polyethylene glycols and ether alcohols, such as butylglycol, methoxypropanol, and alkylpolyethylene glycols, but also aldehydes, esters, ethers, amides or ketones, in particular acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, hydrocarbons, in particular methyl esters, ethyl esters, isopropyl esters, heptane, cyclohexane, xylene, toluene, white spirit and mixtures thereof.
  • Preferred are ethyl acetate, ethanol, isopropanol or heptane, as well as mixtures thereof.
  • water as a solvent.
  • mixtures of water with alcohols having a water content of more than 50 wt .-%, preferably more than 65 wt .-%, in particular more than 80 wt .-%.
  • the content of solvent is usually between 90 and 99.9 wt .-%, in particular between 95 and 99.9 wt .-%, preferably between 99 and 99.9 wt .-%, based on the weight of the composition.
  • the solvent is not used in the present invention to dissolve the silica or silicates, but is used for these components as a carrier material.
  • further additives comprising the composition according to the invention may be dissolved in the solvent.
  • the carrier material is a fiber material.
  • the fibers comprise or consist of organic or synthetic material. In particular, it is cellulose, cotton fibers, protein fibers or synthetic fibers. Fibers made of polyester or of a homo- or copolymers of ethylene and / or propylene or of viscose may be mentioned as synthetic fibers.
  • the fibers may here be short fibers or long fibers, spun, woven or non-woven fibers or filaments.
  • the fibers may be directional or stretched fibers. Furthermore, it may be advantageous to use different fibers, both in geometry and composition, with each other.
  • the fiber material comprises cavities. These cavities are constructed by suitable manufacturing methods. It is preferred that the cavities are not completely closed, but that they communicate with the environment directly or via channels. This is intended to create a sponge-like structure which in particular enables a high absorption capacity of liquids.
  • the body constructed of fibers can be prepared by a variety of methods known to those skilled in the art.
  • bodies are used which are a fabric, scrim or knitted fabric.
  • the fiber material may be a looser material of staple fibers or filaments, the cohesion of which is generally given by the inherent adhesion of the fibers.
  • the individual fibers may have a preferred direction or be undirected.
  • the body made of fibers can be mechanically consolidated by needling, meshing or by swirling by means of sharp water jets.
  • a fiber material is a cloth, preferably a cloth made of cellulose or cotton fibers, such as a paper towel, such as Tela®, commercially available from Tela-Kimberly Switzerland GmbH, or Kleenex®, commercially available from Hakle-Kimberly Switzerland. But also a microfiber cloth, wool, felt or fleece can be used.
  • the fiber material is preferably immersed in a suspension comprising silicic acid and / or silicates and a solvent, preferably an aqueous solvent.
  • Suitable solvents are those which have already been described above for the solvent as support material. Particularly suitable are water or an organic solvent.
  • the content of silica and / or silicates in the suspension is preferably between 0.01 and 10 wt .-%, between 0.01 and 5 wt .-%, preferably between 0.1 and 1 wt .-%, in particular between 0.1 and 0.5 wt. -%, particularly preferably between 0.2 and 0.4 wt .-%, based on the total weight of the suspension.
  • the fiber material can be used immediately or dried after immersion in the suspension.
  • the period during which a dried fiber material comprising silica and / or silicates is stored has no effect on the result of the cleaning.
  • the suspension may additionally comprise a binder. Suitable binders are natural or synthetic substances.
  • Will the Dry fiber material, preferably either the fiber material or the surface to be cleaned is wetted before use, preferably with water or a conventional cleaning agent, in particular with a glass cleaner. Particular preference is given to wetting the surface or fiber material to be cleaned with a composition comprising an adhesion promoter composition.
  • composition comprising a fiber material with silica and / or silicates
  • a fiber material can be sold with the silica and / or silicates and uses any liquid such as water, an organic solvent or a common glass cleaner in the application can be, which are applied in any way on the surface or the fiber material, so it can also be sprayed.
  • the carrier material is a polymer matrix.
  • a polymer matrix is a matrix of polymers comprising or consisting of natural or synthetic elastic polymers, rubber of vulcanized rubber or thermoplastics.
  • a suitable polymer matrix is elastic at the use temperature, ie at temperatures between -20 to 50 ° C, preferably between 0 to 40 ° C, more preferably between 10 to 30 ° C, in particular at 20 ° C.
  • suitable polymers are curing products of polymers which contain isocyanate groups, acrylate groups, epoxy groups and / or silane groups or mixtures thereof, in particular polymers based on polyurethanes.
  • the polymer is a polymer based on polyurethane.
  • Polyurethane-based polymers are prepared from polyisocyanate, preferably from polyurethane prepolymers containing several isocyanate groups.
  • the polyurethane prepolymer is obtained from the reaction of at least one polyisocyanate with a compound having two or more NCO-reactive functional groups.
  • NCO-reactive groups are in particular hydroxyl, mercapto and primary or secondary amino groups.
  • polyols As a compound having two or more NCO-reactive functional groups, in particular polyols, polyamines, or polyamino alcohols.
  • polyamino alcohols examples include diethanolamine, ethanolamine, triethanolamine and reaction products of epoxides with amines, especially of diglycidyl ethers with polyamines.
  • Particularly preferred polyols are polyether polyols, polycarbonate diols and polyester polyols.
  • polyoxyalkylenediols or polyoxyalkylenetriols are particularly suitable, in particular polyoxypropylenediols or polyoxypropylenetriols.
  • polyester polyols are those which are prepared, for example, from dihydric to trihydric alcohols, for example 1,2-ethanediol, diethylene glycol, 1,2-propanediol, dipropylene glycol, 1,4-butanediol, 1,5-pentanediol, 1, 6-hexanediol, neopentyl glycol, glycerol, 1,1,1-trimethylolpropane or mixtures of the abovementioned alcohols, with organic dicarboxylic acids or their anhydrides or esters, for example succinic acid, glutaric acid, adipic acid, suberic acid, sebacic acid, dodecanedicarboxylic acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid, phthalic acid, Isophthalic acid, terephthalic acid and hexahydrophthalic acid or mixtures of the aforementioned acids, and polyester polyols from lactones such as ⁇ -captol,
  • polyester polyols are polyester polyols of adipic acid, sebacic acid or dodecanedicarboxylic acid as the dicarboxylic acid and of hexanediol or neopentyl glycol as the dihydric alcohol.
  • the polyester polyols preferably have a molecular weight of from 1500 to 15 000 g / mol, in particular from 1500 to 8000 g / mol, preferably from 2000 to 5500 g / mol.
  • polyester polyols are adipic acid / hexanediol polyester and dodecanedicarboxylic acid / hexanediol polyester.
  • the preparation of the polyurethane prepolymers is carried out in a known manner directly from the polyisocyanates and the NCO-reactive compounds, for example the polyols, or by stepwise adduction.
  • polyurethane prepolymers of polyols and polyisocyanates in particular of diols, triols or diol / triol mixtures and of diisocyanates, trisocyanates or diisocyanate / triisocyanate mixtures.
  • thermoplastic polymer matrix comprising or consisting of at least one thermoplastic, which comprises or consists of a copolymer of at least two monomers.
  • EVA ethylene-vinyl acetate
  • APAO atactic poly- ⁇ -olefins
  • PP polypropylene
  • PE polyethylene
  • PVC polyvinyl chloride
  • PS polystyrene
  • ABS acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymers
  • PC polycarbonate
  • PA polyamide
  • PET polyethylene
  • POM polyoxymethylene
  • PE polyethylene
  • PE polypropylene
  • PP polypropylene
  • PP polyethylene
  • PVC polyvinyl chloride
  • PS polystyrene
  • ABS acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymers
  • PC polycarbonate
  • PA polyamide
  • PE polyester
  • POM polyoxymethylene
  • PE polyethylene
  • PE polypropylene
  • PP polypropylene
  • PP polypropylene
  • PP polypropylene
  • PE polyethylene
  • PVC polyvinyl chloride
  • PS polyst
  • polymer blends Mixtures of two or more polymers, so-called polymer blends, can also be used.
  • the composition according to the invention comprises at least one silicic acid or at least one silicate or mixtures thereof.
  • those silicas, or Preferred silicates which have a Mohs hardness of less than that of glass, preferably less than 7, preferably less than 6.6, more preferably less than 6, so that the glass or glass-ceramic surface is not scratched.
  • Suitable silicas are amorphous or colloidal silicas, such as fumed silicas or silica gel. Particularly preferred is a fumed silica, e.g. commercially available as Aerosil® from Degussa.
  • the silicates include the salts and esters of orthosilicic acid.
  • Particularly suitable as silicates are the layered silicates, in particular the clay minerals belonging to the layered silicates, such as, for example, kaolinite, dickite, nacrite, smectites, glauconite, vermiculite or bentonite. Particularly preferred are bentonites.
  • the carrier material is a solvent
  • a fumed silica is preferably used as the silica, because of its very slow sedimentation behavior.
  • the content of silica or silicates in a composition comprising solvent as support material is usually between 0.01 and 10 wt .-%, between 0.01 and 5 wt .-%, preferably between 0.1 and 1 wt .-%, in particular between 0.1 and 0.5 Wt .-%, particularly preferably between 0.2 and 0.4 wt .-%, based on the total weight of the composition.
  • the content of silica or silicates in a composition comprising a polymer matrix as support material is usually between 0.1 and 50 wt .-%, in particular between 1 and 30 wt .-%, preferably between 1 and 20 wt .-%, particularly preferably between 5 and 10% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition.
  • the silicic acid or silicates may be present, for example, bound in the carrier material as a suspension or bound to the carrier material.
  • the composition additionally comprises a wetting agent.
  • Wetting agent-comprising compositions are particularly preferred when the carrier material of the composition is a solvent, especially water.
  • a wetting agent natural or synthetic substances can be used, which reduce the surface tension of the water or other liquids in solutions.
  • wetting agents also called surfactants, anionic, cationic, nonionic or ampholytic surfactants or mixtures thereof can be used.
  • anionic surfactants are surfactants having carboxylate, sulfate, phosphate or sulfonate groups, such as, for example, aminic acid derivatives, alkylbenzenesulfonates, in particular dodecylbenzenesulfonates, fatty alcohol ether sulfates, fatty alcohol sulfates, soaps, alkylphenol ethoxylates, fatty alcohol ethoxylates, but also alkanesulfonates, olefin sulfonates or alkyl phosphates.
  • aminic acid derivatives such as, for example, aminic acid derivatives, alkylbenzenesulfonates, in particular dodecylbenzenesulfonates, fatty alcohol ether sulfates, fatty alcohol sulfates, soaps, alkylphenol ethoxylates, fatty alcohol ethoxylates, but also alkanesulfonates, o
  • nonionic surfactants examples include ethoxylates, such as, for example, ethoxylated addition products of alcohols, amines, fatty acids, fatty acid amides, alkylphenols, ethanolamides, fatty amines, polysiloxanes or fatty acid esters, but also alkyl or alkylphenyl polyglycol ethers, for example fatty alcohol polyglycol ethers , or fatty acid amides, alkyl glycosides, sugar esters, sorbitan esters, polysorbates or trialkylamine oxides.
  • ethoxylates such as, for example, ethoxylated addition products of alcohols, amines, fatty acids, fatty acid amides, alkylphenols, ethanolamides, fatty amines, polysiloxanes or fatty acid esters, but also alkyl or alkylphenyl polyglycol ethers, for example fatty alcohol polyglycol ethers ,
  • cationic surfactants are quaternary ammonium or phosphonium compounds, for example tetraalkylammonium salts, N-, N-dialkylimidazoline compounds, dimethyldistearylammonium compounds or N-alkylpyridine compounds, in particular ammonium chlorides.
  • ampholytic or amphoteric surfactants include amphoteric electrolytes, so-called ampholytes, such as aminocarboxylic acids or betaines.
  • wetting agents it is also possible to use polypropylene glycols, silicone-based surfactants or fluorosurfactants.
  • Particularly suitable wetting agents of the composition according to the invention are anionic surfactants, in particular alkylbenzenesulfonates, or nonionic surfactants, in particular ethoxylates.
  • Especially suitable wetting agents are ethoxylated polysiloxanes, ethoxylated fluorosurfactants, dodecylbenzenesulfonates or nonylphenol ethoxylates.
  • the content of wetting agent is usually between 0 and 10 wt .-%, in particular between 0 and 5 wt .-%, preferably between 0.01 and 1 wt .-%, particularly preferably between 0.1 and 0.5 wt .-%, based on the total weight of the composition.
  • the composition comprises at least one adhesion promoter composition, in particular a primer composition comprising at least one hydrolyzable adhesion promoter substance comprising or consisting of a silane and / or titanate compound.
  • the at least one hydrolyzable adhesion promoter substance can be an organosilicon compound. Basically, all are the specialist known organosilicon compounds which are used as adhesion promoters suitable.
  • This organosilicon compound preferably carries at least one, in particular at least two, alkoxy group which is or are bonded directly to a silicon atom via an oxygen-silicon bond.
  • the organosilicon compound carries at least one substituent which is bonded via a silicon-carbon bond to the silicon atom, and which optionally has a functional group which is selected from the group comprising oxirane, hydroxy, (meth) acryloxy, amino , Mercapto and vinyl groups.
  • the hydrolyzable adhesion promoter substance is a compound of the formula (I)
  • the substituent R 1 in this case represents a linear or branched, optionally cyclic, alkylene group having 1 to 20 C atoms, optionally with aromatic moieties, and optionally with one or more heteroatoms, in particular nitrogen atoms.
  • the substituent R 2 is an alkyl group having 1 to 5 C atoms, in particular methyl or ethyl.
  • the substituent R 3 is an alkyl group having 1 to 8 C atoms, in particular methyl and the substituent X is an H, or a functional group which is selected from the group comprising oxirane, OH, (meth) acryloxy, amine , SH and vinyl.
  • a stands for one of the values 0.1 or 2.
  • a 0.
  • R 1 are methylene, propylene, methylpropylene, butylene or dimethylbutylene.
  • R 1 is a propylene group.
  • Suitable organosilicon compounds are readily available commercially and are particularly preferably selected from the group comprising methyltriacetoxysilane, ethyltriacetoxysilane, 3-methacryloxypropyltrialkoxysilanes, 3-aminopropyltrialkoxysilanes, bis [3- (trialkoxysilyl) -propyl] -amines, Tris- [3- (trialkoxysilyl) -propyl] -amines, 3-aminopropyltrialkoxysilanes, N- (2-aminoethyl) -3-aminopropyltrialkoxysilanes, N- (2-aminoethyl) -N- (2-aminoethyl) -3- aminopropyl-trialkoxysilanes, 3-glycidyloxypropyltrialkoxysilanes, 3-mercaptopropyltrialkoxysilanes, vinyl
  • the at least one hydrolyzable adhesion promoter substance can furthermore be an organotitanium compound.
  • organotitanium compounds which are known to the person skilled in the art and which are used as adhesion promoters are suitable.
  • organotitanium compound which carries at least one functional group which is selected from the group comprising alkoxy group, sulfonate group, phosphates, carboxylate group acetylacetonate, or mixtures thereof, and which is bonded via an oxygen-titanium bond directly to a titanium atom ,
  • alkoxy groups are isopropoxy and so-called neoalkoxy substituents, in particular the following formula
  • Particularly suitable sulfonic acids are aromatic sulfonic acids whose aromatic groups have been substituted by an alkyl group.
  • Preferred sulfonic acids are radicals of the following formula
  • carboxylates of fatty acids have proved particularly suitable as carboxylate groups.
  • Preferred carboxylates are stearates and isostearates.
  • the dashed bond indicates the connection to the titanium atom.
  • Organo-titanium compounds are commercially available, for example from Kenrich Petrochemicals or DuPont.
  • suitable organotitanium compound compounds are, for example, Ken-React® KR TTS, KR 7, KR 9S, KR 12, KR 26S, KR 33DS, KR 38S, KR 39DS, KR44, KR 134S, KR 138S, KR 158FS, KR212, KR 238S, KR 262ES, KR 138D, KR 158D, KR238T, KR 238M, KR238A, KR238J, KR262A, LICA 38J,, KR 55, LICA1, LICA 09, LICA 12, LICA 38, LICA 44, LICA 97, LICA 99, KR OPPR, KROPP2, from Kenrich Petrochemicals or Tyzor® ET, TPT, NPT, BTM AA, AA-75, AA-95, AA-105, TE, ETAM
  • Ken-React® KR 7, KR 9S, KR 12, KR 26S, KR 38S, KR44, LICA 09, LICA 44 and Tyzor® ET TPT, NPT, BTM, AA, AA-75, AA-95, AA apply -105, TE, ETAM by DuPont.
  • the at least one hydrolyzable adhesion promoter substance can furthermore be an organozirconium compound.
  • organozirconium compounds known to the person skilled in the art, which are used as adhesion promoters, are suitable.
  • Particularly suitable are organozirconium compounds which carry at least one functional group which is selected from the group comprising alkoxy group, sulfonate group, carboxylate group, phosphate or mixtures thereof, and which is bonded directly to a zirconium atom via an oxygen-zirconium bond.
  • alkoxy groups are isopropoxy and so-called neoalkoxy substituents, in particular the following formula
  • Particularly suitable sulfonic acids are aromatic sulfonic acids whose aromatic groups have been substituted by an alkyl group.
  • Preferred sulfonic acids are radicals of the following formula
  • carboxylates of fatty acids have proved particularly suitable as carboxylate groups.
  • Preferred carboxylates are stearates and isostearates.
  • the dashed bond indicates the connection to the zirconium atom.
  • Organozirconium compounds are commercially available, for example from Kenrich Petrochemicals.
  • suitable organozirconium compounds are, for example, Ken-React® NZ 38J, NZ TPPJ, KZ OPPR, KZ TPP, NZ 01, NZ 09, NZ 12, NZ38, NZ 44, NZ 97.
  • the adhesion promoter substance of the composition according to the invention may contain mixtures of at least one organosilicon compound with at least one organotitanium compound and / or with at least one organozirconium compound.
  • mixtures of at least one organotitanium compound with at least one organozirconium compound are possible. Preference is given to mixtures of at least one organosilicon compound with at least one organotitanium compound.
  • adhesion promoter substances of the formulas (1) have proven to be particularly suitable as mixtures of organosilicon compounds, where at least one of these substituents H is a substituent X. and at least one of these substances carries a functional group selected from the group comprising oxirane, (meth) acryloxy, amine, SH and vinyl, as substituents X carries.
  • These mixtures are preferably at least one alkyl trialkoxysilane with an aminoalkyltrialkoxysilane and / or mercaptoalkyltrialkoxysilane.
  • the adhesion promoter composition may comprise further constituents in addition to the described hydrolyzable adhesion promoter substances.
  • Such adhesion promoter compositions comprise, in the case where the support material of the composition according to the invention is not an organic solvent, preferably at least one organic solvent in addition to the hydrolyzable adhesion promoter substance.
  • Particularly suitable are organic solvents such as those described above for the carrier material.
  • a reactive binder may be present, in particular polyurethane prepolymers with isocyanate groups and / or silane groups to be mentioned; or polyisocyanates may be present, for example tris (4-isocyanatophenyl) methane, tris (4-isocyanatophenyl) thiophosphate, the already mentioned monomeric MDI, TDI, HDI and IPDI, as well as oligo-, poly- or copolymers thereof monomers, such as polymeric HDI, polymeric MDI, available commercially for example as Voranate ® M 229 (Dow), Desmodur ® VL R 20 (Bayer), or allophanates, biurets, uretdiones and isocyanurates of these monomers, in particular HDI biurets, such as commercially available as Desmodur ® N-100 (Bayer), Luxate ® HDB 9000 (Lyondell / Bayer
  • catalysts for hydrolysis e.g. of silane groups, for example in the form of organic carboxylic acids such as benzoic acid or salicylic acid, organic carboxylic anhydrides such as phthalic anhydride or hexahydrophthalic anhydride, silyl esters of organic carboxylic acids, organic sulfonic acids such as p-toluenesulfonic acid or 4-dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid, or other organic or inorganic acids, or mixtures of the foregoing acids; and catalysts for the reaction of isocyanate groups, for example, tin compounds such as stannous octoate, monobutyltin trichloride, dibutyltin dichloride, dibutyltin oxide, dibutyltin diacetate, dibutyltin dilaurate, dibutyltin diacetylacetonate, dibutyltin dicarbox
  • silane groups for example in the form of
  • neodecanoate zinc compounds such as zinc (II) octoate, and amino group-containing compounds such as 2,2'-dimorpholinodiethyl ether, 1,4-diazabicyclo [2.2.2] octane, 1,8-diazabicyclo [5.4.0] undec-7 -en; and other catalysts such as titanates and zirconates.
  • zinc compounds such as zinc (II) octoate
  • amino group-containing compounds such as 2,2'-dimorpholinodiethyl ether, 1,4-diazabicyclo [2.2.2] octane, 1,8-diazabicyclo [5.4.0] undec-7 -en
  • other catalysts such as titanates and zirconates.
  • fillers and additives can be used.
  • fillers and additives can be used.
  • examples of non-limiting nature are talc, carbon black, organic and inorganic pigments, stabilizers, as well as chemical and physical drying agents.
  • the described adhesion promoter composition is prepared and stored in the absence of moisture.
  • a composition according to the invention comprising an adhesion promoter composition is particularly advantageous when the support material is an organic solvent.
  • the Adhesion promoter comprehensive composition has the advantage that an application step can be saved, because the cleaned surface to which an adhesive is to be applied, no longer has to be pretreated with a primer composition before applying the adhesive, since the pretreatment with adhesion promoter already with the cleaning the composition according to the invention comprising an adhesion promoter composition. If an adhesive is used which adheres well to the surface even without an adhesion promoter, no adhesion promoter is necessary, neither in the composition according to the invention nor as a pretreatment on the cleaned surface.
  • composition may also contain conventional additives, in particular leveling agents, defoamers, surfactants, biocides, anti-settling agents, stabilizers, inhibitors, pigments, dyes or odorous substances.
  • additives in particular leveling agents, defoamers, surfactants, biocides, anti-settling agents, stabilizers, inhibitors, pigments, dyes or odorous substances.
  • the composition for use as a cleaning agent for removing unwanted impurities comprises water, fumed silica and a wetting agent, or it comprises an organic solvent, fumed silica and a silane-containing adhesion promoter.
  • the composition consists of water, fumed silica and a wetting agent, or of an organic solvent, fumed silica and a silane-containing adhesion promoter.
  • the composition preferably comprises the composition of polymer matrix based on polyurethane and fumed silica.
  • the composition preferably comprises the composition of fiber material and fumed silica. This composition is wetted to clean a surface, preferably with a solution comprising a primer composition.
  • the composition described above is preferably used for removing unwanted impurities, in particular silicone compounds or oils, which are present as impurities on a wafer surface, in particular on a glass or glass ceramic surface.
  • impurities are lamination processes where silicone-containing gaskets are used on a glass or glass ceramic surface; Release agents and lubricants based on mineral oils or silicone-like soils; Manufacturing processes, e.g. "Pressbending” and dusts that settle over time or during transport; Fingerprints or hand creams.
  • Disc throughout the present specification is understood to mean a flat or curved plate of glass or a substantially transparent plastic. These may be single-layered or multi-layered plates, in particular also panes with foils between the glass plates, such as those used as safety glass panes in automotive engineering, for example for the windshield and / or panes with a ceramic coating, preferably glass panes with ceramic coating.
  • the present invention relates to the use of a fumed silica as a cleaning agent, in particular as a cleaning agent for the removal of oil, grease or silicone.
  • a fumed silica is particularly preferred.
  • Another aspect of the present invention relates to a method for cleaning a surface of a substrate S1, preferably a glass or glass ceramic surface, characterized in that the surface of the substrate S1 is cleaned with a composition according to the invention.
  • the present invention relates to a method for bonding substrates S1 and S2 comprising the steps of (a) cleaning the surface of the substrate S1 with a composition according to the invention; (b) applying an adhesive to the surface of the substrate S1 or S2; (c) contacting the surface of the substrate S2 with the adhesive disposed on the substrate S1 , or contacting the surface of the substrate S1 with the adhesive disposed on the substrate S2 ; and (d) curing the adhesive.
  • the substrates S1 and S2 are the same or different from each other.
  • the substrate S1 is a disk, preferably made of glass, preferably with a ceramic coating.
  • the substrate S2 may be a variety of materials. In particular, plastics, organic materials such as leather, fabrics, paper, wood, resin bonded wood materials, resin-Texil composites, glass, porcelain, ceramics and metals, especially painted metals are suitable.
  • plastics are polyvinyl chloride (PVC), acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymers (ABS), SMC (sheet molding compound), polycarbonate (PC), polyamide (PA), polyester (PE), polyoxymethylene (POM), polyolefins, in particular polyethylene (PE) or polypropylene (PP), preferably PP or PE surface-treated with plasma, corona or flame.
  • PVC polyvinyl chloride
  • ABS acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymers
  • SMC sheet molding compound
  • PC polycarbonate
  • PA polyamide
  • PET polyester
  • POM polyoxymethylene
  • polyolefins in particular polyethylene (PE) or polypropylene (PP), preferably PP or PE surface-treated with plasma, corona or flame.
  • the method according to the invention can preferably be used in vehicle construction, where glass is bonded to a body coated with paint, or in door or window construction, where glass is glued to
  • cleaning means the cleaning of a surface, preferably a glass or glass-ceramic surface, that is to say the removal of undesired substances from a surface, preferably the removal of silicone compounds.
  • the composition according to the invention over a surface to be cleaned one or more times, preferably 2 to 40 times, more preferably 4 to 30 times, even more preferably 10 to 20 times, more preferably 20 times, rubbed.
  • rubbing means that the composition according to the invention is moved in contact with the surface to be cleaned once without settling or interruption in one direction. If rubbed several times, it can always be rubbed in the same direction or in different directions. Preferably, it is alternately rubbed in the opposite direction.
  • the rubbing can be done manually or mechanically, in particular by means of robots.
  • light rubbing is applied to the surface to be cleaned during rubbing. It is preferred to rub until the surface to be cleaned is substantially completely wetted when it is rubbed with a cloth moistened with an aqueous solution.
  • the inventive composition comprises a solvent as a carrier material
  • the composition is preferably applied to a fiber material or sponge and then rubbed with the moistened fiber material or sponge over the surface to be cleaned.
  • composition according to the invention comprises a material, preferably a polymer matrix or a fiber material, as carrier material, it is preferably rubbed directly with the composition over the surface to be cleaned.
  • carrier material is a fiber material, preferably the fiber material or the surface to be cleaned is wetted for cleaning, preferably with a liquid, in particular water or a solution comprising an adhesion promoter substance.
  • the surface may be wetted with an aqueous solution. If wetting is good, the surface at the wetted site is substantially free of oily, greasy or silicone contaminants. It is also possible to carry out an adhesion test with an adhesive bonded to the cleaned surface, as described in the examples as a 'bead test'.
  • an adhesive is used.
  • the adhesive is applied to the cleaned substrate S1 and then contacted with the substrate S2 .
  • the adhesive is applied to the substrate S2 and then contacted with the cleaned substrate S1 .
  • one-component moisture-curing adhesives or two-component polyurethane adhesives are suitable as polyurethane adhesives.
  • Such adhesives contain polyisocyanates, especially in the form of isocyanate group-containing prepolymers.
  • Polyurethane adhesives such as those sold by Sika Nurse AG under the product lines Sikaflex®, SikaPower® and SikaForce®, are preferred.
  • (Meth) acrylate adhesives are to be understood as meaning two-component adhesives whose first component comprises acrylic acid and / or methacrylic acid and / or their esters, and whose second component comprises a free-radical initiator, in particular a peroxide.
  • Preferred such adhesives are commercially available from Sika Nurse AG under the SikaFast® product line.
  • Epoxy adhesives are adhesives which are formulated on the basis of glycidyl ethers, in particular diglycidyl ethers of bisphenol A and / or bisphenol F. Particularly suitable are two-component epoxy resin adhesives, one component of which contains diglycidyl ethers of bisphenol A and / or bisphenol F and the second component of which contains polyamines and / or polymercaptans. Preference is given to two-component epoxy resin adhesives, such as those under the product line Sikadur® commercially available from Sika Buch AG.
  • the two-component epoxy resin adhesives Sikadur®-Combiflex®, Sikadur®-31, Sikadur®-31DW and Sikadur®-33, preferably Sikadur®-Combiflex®, from Sika Buch AG have proven particularly suitable for bonding films.
  • Adhesives based on alkoxysilane-functional prepolymers are understood in particular to be adhesives based on MS polymers or SPUR (silane-terminated polyurethane) prepolymers.
  • the method of bonding comprises a further step (a ') between step (a) and step (b).
  • This step (a ') involves the application of a primer composition to the surface of the substrate S1.
  • This embodiment is advantageous if the composition according to the invention for cleaning the surface of the substrate S1 does not comprise an adhesion promoter composition.
  • adhesion promoter compositions the same adhesion promoter compositions can be used as previously for the composition according to the invention have been described.
  • the primer composition is applied to the substrate by brush, felt, cloth or sponge. This order can be done manually or automatically, in particular by means of robots. Furthermore, several layers of the adhesion promoter composition can also be applied.
  • the surface of the substrate S2 is pretreated prior to bonding. These may be application of a primer composition and / or mechanical cleaning.
  • step (d) is not to be understood as the beginning of the curing, that is to say the beginning of the crosslinking, but to the extent that the crosslinking has already progressed sufficiently far that the adhesive has already built up such a high strength that he can transmit forces and has reached the so-called early strength.
  • the curing is complete when the adhesive has reached its final strength.
  • the present invention relates to a composition
  • a composition comprising at least one fiber material and at least one silica, preferably a fumed silica, and / or at least one silicate.
  • Suitable fiber materials are, in particular, those which have already been described above for the carrier material, in particular a cellulose, cotton or microfiber cloth.
  • silicic acid or silicates those having a Mohs hardness lower than that of glass, preferably less than 7, preferably less than 6.6, more preferably less than 6, are preferable, so that the glass or glass-ceramic surface is not scratched.
  • Suitable silicas are amorphous or colloidal silicas, such as fumed silicas or silica gel. Particularly preferred is a fumed silica, e.g. commercially available as Aerosil® from Degussa.
  • the silicates include the salts and esters of orthosilicic acid.
  • Particularly suitable as silicates are the layered silicates, in particular the clay minerals belonging to the layered silicates, such as, for example, kaolinite, dickite, nacrite, smectites, glauconite, vermiculite or bentonite. Particularly preferred are bentonites.
  • the present invention further relates to a composition which is free of an organic polymer or prepolymer and which comprises at least one solvent and at least one silicic acid and / or at least one silicate.
  • silicic acid or silicates preference is given to those silicas or silicates as have been described above for the composition comprising a fibrous material and at least one silicic acid and / or at least one silicate. Particularly preferred is a fumed silica.
  • Suitable solvents are those solvents which have been described above for the support material, in particular water or an organic solvent. Particularly preferred is an organic solvent.
  • the weight% w, x, y and z are each based on the total weight of the composition of A, B , C and optionally D.
  • the present composition of A , B , C and optionally D does not contain any organic polymer or prepolymer. It is obvious to the person skilled in the art that the at least one adhesion promoter substance B in the composition of A , B , C and optionally D can be present in a negligible amount in hydrolyzed or oligomerized form.
  • Suitable solvents A are those solvents which have been described above for the support material, in particular water or an organic solvent. Particularly preferred is an organic solvent.
  • the adhesion promoter substance B is preferably present in an amount of x > 0.
  • substance C selected from the group comprising silicic acid or silicates preference is given to those silicas or silicates as have been described above for the composition comprising a fiber material and at least one silica and / or at least one silicate.
  • Particularly preferred is the fumed silica or silica gel.
  • additive D it is possible to use customary additives, in particular leveling agents, defoamers, surfactants, biocides, anti-settling agents, stabilizers, inhibitors, pigments, dyes or odorous substances.
  • composition according to the invention is outstandingly suitable for removing silicone compounds from pane surfaces.
  • surface of a substrate, in particular a glass or glass-ceramic surface treated, in particular cleaned, with a composition according to the invention, as described above has greatly improved adhesiveness. This is also possible without the need for additional pretreatments, such as the application of adhesion promoter compositions.
  • the glass surface was activated after treatment with the composition according to the invention with the Sika® activator (commercially available from Sika Buch AG).
  • the adhesive was tested after a curing time of 7 days for climatised room storage ('KL') (23 ° C, 50% relative humidity).
  • a cellulose cloth was dipped in a suspension of Aerosil® and heptane and then dried at room temperature for one hour.
  • the dried cloth was wetted with a primer solution and the wetted cloth was rubbed 4 or 20 times over the locations of a substrate contaminated with silicone compounds. Subsequently, it was rubbed with a dry, fluff-free cloth. All cleaning and adhesive application tests were carried out at 23 ° C and 50% relative humidity.
  • the substrate used was a front glass by Opel Corsa with visible silicone impurities on the glass ceramic rim.
  • the disc was Opel Corsa 1855C Saint-Gobain SEKURIT DOT 215 ML61 SA1 43R-0030005.
  • the glass surface was activated with the Sika® activator (commercially available from Sika Sau AG) and triangular beads of the one-component, moisture-curing polyurethane adhesive SIKATACK®-MOVE GOES COOL (commercially available from Sika Buch AG) were applied to the cleaned glass-ceramic surface by means of an extrusion cartridge and nozzle , The triangular beads were pressed using polyethylene film (available from Prodingermaschine AG, Switzerland).
  • the adhesive was tested after a curing time of 7 days for climatised room storage ('KL') (23 ° C, 50% relative humidity).
  • the adhesion of the adhesive was tested by means of 'bead test' as previously described.
  • Adhesive adhesion to a glass surface which has been cleaned with a cellulose cloth, which was first dipped in a suspension comprising Aerosil®, dried and then immersed in a primer solution, and activated simultaneously with the cleaning in one step has been.
  • Table 4 shows that a cellulose cloth coated with Aerosil® can efficiently remove silicone contaminants from a glass surface and thus provide good adhesion.
  • compositions comprising PP1 were allowed to cure for 7 days in a conditioned room storage ('KL') (23 ° C, 50% relative humidity).
  • composition comprising PP2 was allowed to cure for 7 days in conditioned room storage ('KL') (50 ° C, 50% relative humidity).
  • the polyurethane prepolymer PP1 was prepared as follows: 885 g of polyol Acclaim ® 4200 N (Bayer; polypropylene oxide diol having an OH number of 28.5 mg KOH / g) and 115 g of 4,4'-methylenediphenyl diisocyanate (MDI; Desmodur 44 MC L, Bayer ) were reacted by known method at 80 ° C to an NCO-terminated polyurethane polymer.
  • the reaction product had a titrimetrically determined content of free isocyanate groups of 1.86% by weight and a viscosity at 20 ° C of 37 Pa ⁇ s.
  • the amount of added substances is given in Table 5. It was ever made a composition of a total of 50 g. The cured polymer matrix was rubbed 20 times over the sites of a substrate which were contaminated with silicone compounds. Subsequently, it was rubbed with a dry, fluff-free cloth. All cleaning and adhesive applications were performed at 23 ° C and 50% relative humidity.
  • the substrate used was a front glass by Opel Corsa with visible silicone impurities on the glass ceramic rim.
  • the disc was Opel Corsa 1855C Saint-Gobain SEKURIT DOT 215 ML61 SA1 43R-0030005.
  • the glass surface was activated with the Sika® activator (commercially available from Sika für AG) and then an adhesive was applied to the cleaned glass ceramic surface.
  • Sika® activator commercially available from Sika für AG
  • an adhesive was applied to the cleaned glass ceramic surface.
  • triangular beads of the one-component, moisture-curing polyurethane adhesive SIKATACK®-MOVE GOES COOL commercially available from Sika für AG
  • the triangular beads were pressed using polyethylene film (commercially available from Prodingermaschine AG, Switzerland).
  • the adhesive was tested after a curing time of 7 days for climatised room storage ('KL') (23 ° C, 50% relative humidity).
  • Table 5 shows that good adhesion to a glass-ceramic surface is present if, prior to adhesive application, the silicone impurities were efficiently removed at the site of use of the adhesive on the windscreen by treatment with a polymer matrix according to the invention.
  • the impurities of silicone compounds are preferably eradicated with the polymer matrix according to the invention.

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