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  • C09—DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; NATURAL RESINS; ADHESIVES; COMPOSITIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • C09J—ADHESIVES; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES
  • C09J103/00—Adhesives based on starch, amylose or amylopectin or on their derivatives or degradation products
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  • C08—ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
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• the present invention relates to an adhesive system and a method of producing a wood based product.
• Formaldehyde based resins such as phenol-formaldehyde resin, melamine- formaldehyde resin and urea-formaldehyde resin are widely used as binders in the production of wood based products.
• wood based products are composite products comprising layers glued together such as plywood, laminated flooring products and veneered products used in, e.g., furniture.
• board products such as particle-, chip- and fibreboards wherein wood chips and/or fibres, together with a binder, are pressed to form a board.
• formaldehyde Upon curing a formaldehyde based resin, formaldehyde may be released both during the manufacture of the wood based product and also later during use of the product. Formaldehyde emission to indoor air is a major concern since many years for health reasons.
• starch based adhesives As an alternative to formaldehyde based resins in wood adhesive compositions starch based adhesives have been proposed. Imam et al., "Wood Adhesive from Crosslinked Polyvinyl alcohol) and Partially Gelatinized Starch: Preparation and Properties", Starch/Starke 51 (1999) Nr. 6, S. 225-229, discloses an adhesive composition comprising starch and polyvinyl alcohol, the composition further comprising a melamine resin. US 2,051 ,025, US 2,102,937, US 3,487,033, US 3,355,307 disclose starch based adhesives used for making corrugated paperboard. WO 03/069061 A1 discloses a starch based adhesive used in making a paperboard product.
• the present invention provides an adhesive system which is based on starch which gives excellent gluing quality. Also, a method of gluing wood based materials is provided and a wood based product.
• the present invention provides an adhesive system comprising starch and one or more polymers (P) containing acetoacetoxy groups.
• adheresive system is herein meant a combination of two or more components which forms, functions as, and is intended to be used as, a wood adhesive.
• adhesive is herein also included the term "binder”.
• the weight ratio starch to polymers (P) in the adhesive system suitably from about from about 1 :2 to about 25:1 , preferably from about 1 :1 to about 15:1, most preferably from about 3:1 to about 8:1.
• the adhesive system comprises an adhesive composition comprising starch and one or more polymers (P) containing acetoacetoxy groups.
• the adhesive composition suitably comprises from about 1 to about 50 weight % of starch, preferably from about 10 to about 45 weight %, more preferably from about 20 to about 45 weight %, most preferably from about 30 to about 40 weight %.
• the adhesive composition suitably comprises from about 0.1 to about 50 weight % of the one or more polymers (P), preferably 1 to about 40 weight %, more preferably from about 2 to about 25 weight %, most preferably from about 3 to about 15 weight %.
• the amount of the sum of starch and the one or more polymers (P) in the adhesive composition is suitably from about 20 to about 70 weight %, preferably from about 35 to about 60 weight %.
• the solids content in the adhesive composition is suitably from about 20 to about 70 weight %, preferably from about 35 to about 60 weight %, most preferably from about 40 to about 50 weight %.
• solids content of the adhesive composition is herein meant the non-water part of the adhesive composition.
• the adhesive system comprises the starch and the one or more polymers (P) as separate components which remain separated until the actual gluing process commences, or is mixed a short time before the gluing process commences.
• short time is herein suitably meant less than about 1 hour, preferably less than about 30 minutes, most preferably less than about 15 minutes.
• the invention further relates to a method of manufacturing an adhesive composition comprising mixing starch and one or more polymers (P) containing acetoacetoxy groups in an aqueous phase.
• starch is added to an aqueous composition comprising the one or more polymers (P).
• the mixing is made at an elevated temperature to at least partly gelatinise the starch. In such a case, the temperature may be elevated in the aqueous composition before starch is added. Alternatively, the temperature may be elevated after starch has been added.
• the invention further relates to an adhesive composition obtainable by the method of manufacturing an adhesive composition.
• the starch is preferably at least partly gelatinised when present in the adhesive composition or when present as a separate component in a solution or dispersion.
• the required temperature for at least partly gelatinise the starch depends on the type of starch used, but is generally at least 50 0 C.
• the at least partly gelatinised starch is obtainable by subjecting an aqueous mixture comprising starch to an elevated temperature of suitably from about 50 to about 99°C, preferably from about 50 to about 80 0 C, most preferably from about 55 to about 70 0 C.
• the at least partly gelatinised starch is obtainable by maintaining the aqueous mixture comprising starch to the elevated temperature for suitably at least about 0.1 minutes, also suitably from about 0.1 to about 180 minutes, preferably at least 1 minute, also preferably from about 1 to about 100 minutes, most preferably at least 10 minutes, also most preferably from about 10 to about 60 minutes.
• the starch is partly gelatinised to a less degree and is obtainable by subjecting an aqueous mixture comprising starch to an elevated temperature of preferably from about 50 to about 70°C, most preferably from about 55 to about 65°C.
• the partly gelatinised starch is obtainable by maintaining the aqueous mixture comprising starch to the elevated temperature for preferably at least 1 minute, also preferably from about 1 to about 40 minutes, most preferably at least 5 minutes, also most preferably from about 5 to about 30 minutes.
• the starch is partly gelatinised to a higher degree, or completely gelatinised, and is obtainable by subjecting an aqueous mixture comprising starch to an elevated temperature of preferably from about 70 to about 99°C, most preferably from about 80 to about 95°C.
• the partly gelatinised starch is obtainable by maintaining the aqueous mixture comprising starch to the elevated temperature for preferably at least 1 minute, also preferably from about 1 to about 240 minutes, most preferably at least 10 minutes, also most preferably from about 10 to about 100 minutes.
• suitable starches are native starches and modified starches made from, e.g., potato, corn, wheat, rice, peas etc., such as: acetylated degraded starch, alkyl succinic acid modified starch, oxidated starch, hydroxypropylated starch, cationic starch, amylopectin starch, high amylose acetylated starch, tapioka starch, native potato starch, native corn starch, native wheat starch, native rice starch, and, native pea starch.
• native starches and modified starches made from, e.g., potato, corn, wheat, rice, peas etc., such as: acetylated degraded starch, alkyl succinic acid modified starch, oxidated starch, hydroxypropylated starch, cationic starch, amylopectin starch, high amylose acetylated starch, tapioka starch, native potato starch, native corn star
• the one or more polymers (P) have suitably a weight average molecular weight of from about 1.000 to about 1.000.000 g/mol, preferably from about 10.000 to about 800.000 g/mol, more preferably from about 20.000 to about 600.000 g/mol, most preferably from about 50.000 to about 500.000 g/mol.
• the content of acetoacetoxy groups in the one or more polymers (P) is suitably from about 0.05 to about 15 mole%, preferably from about 1 to about 10 mole %.
• the one or more polymers (P) preferably comprise acetoacetylated polyvinyl alcohol (AAPVA).
• AAPVA acetoacetylated polyvinyl alcohol
• the adhesive system suitably further comprises one or more polymers (P 1) containing amine or amide groups.
• the one or more polymers (P1) preferably comprise primary amine groups or amide groups.
• the one or more polymers (P1) comprise one or more of polyvinylamine, polyvinylformamide, a polyethylene imine, a polyamidoamine, poly(vinylalcohol-co-vinylformamide) and poly(vinylalcohol-co- vinylamine.
• the one or more polymers (P1) comprise polyvinylamine or polyethylene imine.
• amide groups is herein included formamide groups.
• the one or more components of the adhesive system comprising starch, polymer (P) and, optionally, polymer (P1) respectively, or the adhesive composition comprising starch and polymer (P) may further comprise additives such as viscosity adjusting agents and fillers such as kaolin, wheat meal, soy meal, walnut shell meal, or other known to be suitable for use in wood adhesive formulations.
• the adhesive composition may also comprise inorganic- or organic salts which may have originated from a solution of the one or more polymers (P) or (P1) used when making the starch based adhesive composition.
• a part of the one or more polymers (P1) may be ionically charged, preferably cationically charged.
• the amount of negative counter-ions of the salts in the adhesive composition can be from 0 to about 10 weight %, or from about 0.1 to about 5 weight %, or from about 0.2 to about 1 weight %.
• a first applied component comprising the adhesive composition comprising starch and one or more polymers (P) is dried after application and later activated by adding an aqueous composition comprising the one or more polymers (P1).
• the starch based adhesive composition may also be combined with a further composition, suitably an adhesive composition, based on a dispersion of a polymer or copolymer of one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers, which does suitably not comprise any acetoacetoxy groups, and which does suitably also not comprise any amine or amide groups.
• the amount of starch based adhesive is suitably from about 10 to about 99 weight %, preferably from about 25 to about 85 weight %, most preferably from about 50 to about 75, based on the total of wet adhesive.
• This further adhesive composition may, besides being mixed-in with the starch based adhesive, also be used as a separate component in combination with the starch based adhesive composition.
• the starch based adhesive composition may comprise a polymer or copolymer of one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers, which does suitably not comprise any acetoacetoxy groups, and which does suitably also not comprise any amine or amide groups.
• Suitable polymers or copolymers of one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers are vinyl ester homopolymers such as polyvinyl acetate, copolymers of vinylesters such as ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) or copolymers of vinylacetate with acrylic monomers such as methyl methacrylate or butylacrylate, styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), and polyacrylates.
• vinyl ester homopolymers such as polyvinyl acetate
• copolymers of vinylesters such as ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) or copolymers of vinylacetate with acrylic monomers such as methyl methacrylate or butylacrylate, styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), and polyacrylates.
• EVA ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer
• SBR styrene-butadiene rubber
• the inclusion of polymers or copolymers of one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers, of the types listed above, in the starch based adhesive composition, or in combination with the starch based adhesive composition, may improve the bonding characteristics, such as fiber tear of a veneered or laminated product.
• the adhesive system may also be combined with further components, which suitably act as cross-linkers shortly before use.
• Suitable components are: isocyanates, monomers or polymers containing acetoacetoxy groups, adipic acid, melamine formaldehyde resin, urea formaldehyde resin, melamine salts, aldehydes such as glutaraldehyde, glyoxal, and polymeric aldehydes such as dialdehyde starches, and, complexing agents such a zirconium salts.
• the amount of the cross-linker in the adhesive composition is suitably up to about 30 weight %, or from about 0.1 to about 30 weight %.
• the invention further relates to the use of the adhesive system according to the invention for gluing pieces of wood based materials forming a wood based product.
• the present invention also relates to a method of producing a wood based product comprising applying the adhesive system, comprising starch and one or more polymers (P) containing acetoacetoxy groups, according to the present invention, onto pieces of a wood-based material and joining the one or more pieces with one or more further pieces of a material, preferably wood based material.
• the method suitably comprises applying the adhesive system as an adhesive composition according to the present invention onto a piece of wood based material, contacting the surface with applied adhesive composition with a surface of another piece of wood based material, thereby joining the pieces through the formation of an adhesive joint between the pieces.
• the adhesive composition comprising starch and one or more polymers (P) is dried after application and later activated by adding an aqueous composition.
• the adhesive system is applied onto one or more pieces of a wood-based material as separate components, wherein one component comprises the starch and a further component comprises the one or more polymers (P).
• the two components are suitably applied in a sequence of time from each other. Alternatively, the two components are suitably applied simultaneously onto the wood based material.
• the component comprising starch may comprise a starch solution or dispersion, or comprise the starch as a solid material.
• the component comprising the one or more polymers (P) is suitably a solution or dispersion.
• the polymer (P) is suitably present in an aqueous composition comprising from about 1 to about 99 weight % of polymer (P), preferably from about 2 to about 80 weight %, more preferably from about 2 to about 50 weight %, even more preferably from about 3 to about 30 weight %, most preferably from about 5 to about 20 weight %.
• one piece of material may have one component comprising starch of the adhesive system applied while another piece has one component of the adhesive system comprising the one or more polymers (P) applied.
• the components of the adhesive system are preferably applied onto the wood based material in a sequence of time from each other, as a first component applied and a second component applied.
• a first applied component if being a solution or dispersion, is dried after application before the second component is applied.
• the first component of the adhesive system applied onto the wood based material is suitably the component comprising starch and the second component applied suitably comprises the one or more polymers (P).
• the first component applied suitably comprises a starch solution or dispersion and the second component applied suitably comprises a solution or dispersion of the one or more polymers (P).
• the first component applied comprising starch is suitably dried after application and before the second component applied comprising the one or more polymers (P) is applied.
• the first component applied suitably comprises solid starch and the second component applied suitably comprises a solution or dispersion of the one or more polymers (P).
• the first component of the adhesive system applied onto the wood based material is suitably the component comprising the one or more polymers (P) and the second component applied suitably comprises starch.
• the first component applied suitably comprises a solution or dispersion of the one or more polymers (P) and the second component applied comprises starch, either as a solution or dispersion, or as a solid material.
• (P) is suitably dried after application and before the second component comprising starch is applied.
• the solid starch used in the present invention is suitably a powder and may have various moisture contents.
• wood-based materials is herein, beside solid wood, also included wooden materials such as fibre-, chip-, and particleboard materials.
• the surfaces to be joined may be of the same or different type of wood based material.
• the wood based material can be any type and form of wood based material such as chips, fibres, sheets, laminas, veneers, pieces etc.
• the method suitably comprises application of the adhesive composition according to the invention onto a surface so that the glue joint will comprise an originally applied amount of from about 0.1 to about 500 g/m 2 .
• the applied amount depends on the product to be produced: for compression moulded veneers it is preferably from about 50 to about 200 g/m 2 , for laminated flooring material it is preferably from about 100 to about 160 g/m 2 , and for laminated beams it is preferably from about 180 to about 500 g/m 2 .
• the suitable upper limit also depends on which type of wood based material that is applied with the solution.
• the adhesive composition may be applied on one or both of the surfaces to be joined. If applied on both surfaces, the sum of the amounts applied on each surface will correspond to the preferred amounts for the whole glue joint specified.
• the method suitably comprises the joining of more than two pieces of wood based materials, preferably from 2 to 15.
• the method comprises gluing pieces of wood based materials wherein the pieces of wood based material are wood chips, in which the term "wood chips” herein includes chips, shavings, flakes, sawdust particles and any similar finely divided wood based material.
• the wood based product is a composite product such as a chip-, particle- or fibre board, or an oriented strand board.
• the moisture content of the wood chips to be used is suitably from about 0 to about 20 weight %, preferably from about 1 to about 10 weight %, more preferably from about 1.5 to about 5 weight %.
• the weight ratio wood chips to adhesive system is suitably from about 100:1 to about 1 :1 , preferably from about 50:1 to about 2:1, more preferably from about 30: 1 to about 2.5:1, most preferably from about 15:1 to about 3:1.
• the moisture content of the mixture of wood chips and adhesive system at the beginning of the pressing is suitably from about 3 to about 25 weight %, preferably from about 5 to about 20 weight %, more preferably from about 6 to about 18 weight %, most preferably from about 7 to about 15 weight %.
• the application of the adhesive system is preferably followed by pressing.
• the pressing suitably takes place at an elevated temperature.
• the pressing temperature depends on which wood based product intended to be manufactured but can suitably be from about 0 to about 250 0 C and preferably from about 70 to about 200 0 C.
• the pressing temperature when no cross- linker has been added to the adhesive composition, is suitably from about 0°C to about 200 0 C, preferably from about 20 to about 150 0 C, even more preferably from about 50 to about 130°C, most preferably from about 70 to about 130°C.
• the pressing temperature may sometimes be decreased depending on the efficiency of the cross-linker.
• the pressing temperature is preferably from about 100 to about 225 0 C, most preferably from about 150 to about
• the pressing temperature is preferably from about 70 to about 175 0 C, most preferably from about 90 to about 160 0 C.
• the pressing time and pressing temperature are linked so that lower pressing temperatures generally require longer pressing times.
• the wood based product to be produced does also determine suitable pressing temperatures and pressing times.
• the pressing time is suitably at least about 10 s , also suitably from about 10 s to about 60 minutes, preferably at least about 30 s, also preferably from about 30 s to about 30 minutes, most preferably at least about 1 minute, also preferably from about 1 to about 15 minutes.
• the pieces of wood based material are sheets or lamellas.
• the wood based product is suitably a laminated flooring material, veneered flooring, a veneered furniture material, a wall panel, a roofing panel, plywood or a laminated beam.
• the method suitably comprises application of the adhesive system according to the invention as separate components of the starch and the polymer (P) onto a surface.
• both the starch and polymer (P) are applied as aqueous compositions.
• the starch and polymer (P) can be applied onto separate surfaces intended to be joined.
• the total amount of applied adhesive system onto the one or both surfaces is such that the glue joint suitably comprises an originally applied amount of from about 0.1 to about 500 g/m 2 .
• the applied amount depends on the product to be produced: for compression moulded veneers it is preferably from about 50 to about 200 g/m 2 , for laminated flooring material it is preferably from about 100 to about 160 g/m 2 .
• the suitable upper limit also depends on which type of wood based material that is applied with the solution.
• the method suitably comprises application of the adhesive system according to the invention as separate components of the starch and the polymer (P) onto the wood chips.
• the starch can be applied in solid form or as present in an aqueous composition.
• the starch is applied in solid form.
• the polymer (P) is suitably applied as an aqueous composition.
• the polymer (P) is preferably first added to the chips followed by addition of the starch.
• the present invention also relates to a wood based product obtainable by the method of producing a wood based product.
• the invention further relates to a wood based product comprising pieces of wood based material joined with an adhesive comprising starch and one or more polymers (P) containing acetoacetoxy groups.
• the wood based product of the invention is suitably a laminated or veneered material, such as laminated flooring, veneered flooring, a veneered furniture material, plywood, a wall panel, a roofing panel, a laminated beam, or a composite product such as a particle board, fibre board, chip board or oriented strand board.
• a laminated or veneered material such as laminated flooring, veneered flooring, a veneered furniture material, plywood, a wall panel, a roofing panel, a laminated beam, or a composite product such as a particle board, fibre board, chip board or oriented strand board.
• it is plywood, a veneered furniture material, veneered flooring, laminated flooring or a particle board.
• the wood based product of the invention comprises one or more layers, joined with one or more adhesive joints comprising starch and one or more polymers (P) containing acetoacetoxy groups.
• the wood based product of the invention comprises a composite product comprising wood based chips joined together with an adhesive comprising starch and one or more polymers (P) containing acetoacetoxy groups.
• the composite product suitably comprises from about 70 to about 98 weight %, preferably from about 80 to about 90 weight %, of wood based material, from about 2 to about 25 weight %, preferably from about 5 to about 15 weight %, of starch, and from about 0.5 to about 10 weight %, preferably from about 2 to about 6 weight % of the one or more polymers (P), the amounts calculated as dry weight of the composite product.
• the composite product is preferably a chip-, particle- or fibre board, or an oriented strand board.
• the amount of starch in the one or more dry adhesive joints in the finished wood based product is suitably from about 10 to about 75 weight %, preferably from about 25 to about 65 weight %, most preferably from about 40 to about 60 weight %.
• the amount of the one or more polymers (P) in the one or more dry adhesive joints in the finished wood based product is suitably from about 25 to about 90 weight %, preferably from about 35 to about 75 weight %, most preferably from about 40 to about 60 weight %.
• Example 1 A starch based adhesive was made by mixing 66 g of an aqueous solution of about 13 weight % acetoacetylated polyvinylalcohol (AAPVA) (Gohsefimer® Z-
• the starch was partly gelatinised by stirring the mixture at 63°C for 20 minutes.
• the dry content of the adhesive was measured to 43 weight %.
• Two veneered products were manufactured by gluing a top veneer of 0.6 mm beech onto one side of 15x15 cm particle boards.
• the boards were applied with 3.7 g of an adhesive composition according to Example 1 and the veneers were directly pressed onto the boards during 1 minute at 90 and 130°C respectively.
• the fiber tear (chisel) was tested.
• Example 2 To 10 parts of the adhesive composition according to Example 1 was added 0.4 parts of an aqueous solution of about 7.5 weight % (22 weight % total dry content including counter ions and salts) polyvinyl amine (Lupamin® 9095 from Basf). Veneered products were manufactured by gluing a top veneer of 0.6 mm beech onto one side of a 15x15 cm particle board. The boards were applied with 3.7 g of the adhesive composition and veneers were directly pressed onto the boards during 1 minute at 90 and 130 0 C respectively. The fiber tear (chisel) was tested.
• aqueous solution of about 7.5 weight % (22 weight % total dry content including counter ions and salts) polyvinyl amine (Lupamin® 9095 from Basf). Veneered products were manufactured by gluing a top veneer of 0.6 mm beech onto one side of a 15x15 cm particle board. The boards were applied with 3.7 g of the adhesive composition and veneers were directly pressed onto the boards during 1
• Example 2 the same adhesive composition as in Example 1 was applied in an amount of 3.34 g onto a particle board and dried.
• the dried adhesive layer was then remoistened by adding 1.18 g of water followed by veneering a layer of beech onto the boards.
• the assembly was pressed during 1 minute at 130°C.
• the fiber tear (%) was tested.
• Example 5 A particle board was manufactured by mixing 864 g wood chips, having a moisture content of 2 weight %, with 285 g of an adhesive composition made by mixing 259 g of an aqueous solution of about 17 weight % acetoacetylated polyvinylalcohol (AAPVA) (Gohsefimer® Z-220 from Nippon Gohsei), 3 g water and 138 g corn starch (C*Gum NC 03432 from Cerestar, 10% moisture content). The starch was partly gelatinised by stirring the mixture at 63°C for 20 minutes. The chips mixture was formed into a sheet of 30x30 cm and pressed at 185°C for three minutes into a board of 16 mm thickness.
• AAPVA acetoacetylated polyvinylalcohol
• the sequence of pressure was 160 kg/cm 2 during 30 s, 40 kg/ cm 2 during 2.5 min and no pressure during the last 30 s.
• the tensile strength (internal bond, IB) was measured by gluing pieces of 5 x 5 cm onto two metal blocks and tearing them apart.
• Thickness swelling (TSW) and water absorption (ABS) were also measured. Thickness swelling was measured by determining the degree of swelling after a piece of 5 x 5 cm had been immersed in water (20 0 C, 24 hrs).
• Water absorption was measured by determining the weight increase after a piece of 5 x 5 cm had been immersed in water (20 0 C, 24 hrs).
• the IB value was 180 kPa, TSW 55% and ABS (24 h) was 165%.

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