EP2520696A1 - Fibre synthétique pour un revêtement de pelouse artificielle - Google Patents

Fibre synthétique pour un revêtement de pelouse artificielle Download PDF

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EP2520696A1
EP2520696A1 EP12005285A EP12005285A EP2520696A1 EP 2520696 A1 EP2520696 A1 EP 2520696A1 EP 12005285 A EP12005285 A EP 12005285A EP 12005285 A EP12005285 A EP 12005285A EP 2520696 A1 EP2520696 A1 EP 2520696A1
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artificial turf
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Rudolf Hufenus
Marcel Halbeisen
Martin Camenzind
Christian Affolter
Adriaan Spierings
Kaspar Zogg
Andreas Tischhauser
Gerhard Schramm
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D01—NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
    • D01F—CHEMICAL FEATURES IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CARBON FILAMENTS
    • D01F8/00—Conjugated, i.e. bi- or multicomponent, artificial filaments or the like; Manufacture thereof
    • D01F8/04—Conjugated, i.e. bi- or multicomponent, artificial filaments or the like; Manufacture thereof from synthetic polymers
    • D01F8/06—Conjugated, i.e. bi- or multicomponent, artificial filaments or the like; Manufacture thereof from synthetic polymers with at least one polyolefin as constituent
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D01—NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
    • D01D—MECHANICAL METHODS OR APPARATUS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS
    • D01D5/00—Formation of filaments, threads, or the like
    • D01D5/253—Formation of filaments, threads, or the like with a non-circular cross section; Spinnerette packs therefor
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D01—NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
    • D01D—MECHANICAL METHODS OR APPARATUS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS
    • D01D5/00—Formation of filaments, threads, or the like
    • D01D5/28—Formation of filaments, threads, or the like while mixing different spinning solutions or melts during the spinning operation; Spinnerette packs therefor
    • D01D5/30—Conjugate filaments; Spinnerette packs therefor
    • D01D5/36—Matrix structure; Spinnerette packs therefor
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D01—NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
    • D01F—CHEMICAL FEATURES IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CARBON FILAMENTS
    • D01F8/00—Conjugated, i.e. bi- or multicomponent, artificial filaments or the like; Manufacture thereof
    • D01F8/04—Conjugated, i.e. bi- or multicomponent, artificial filaments or the like; Manufacture thereof from synthetic polymers
    • D01F8/12—Conjugated, i.e. bi- or multicomponent, artificial filaments or the like; Manufacture thereof from synthetic polymers with at least one polyamide as constituent

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  • the present invention relates to a plastic fiber for an artificial turf.
  • the invention further relates to an artificial turf flooring and its use for a sports field or playground, in particular a football field.
  • Artificial grass is often used as an alternative to a natural lawn, especially on sports grounds and playgrounds. Compared to the latter, artificial turfs have the advantage that they have a higher load capacity and are relatively easy to care for. In addition, they are well playable compared to a natural lawn even in bad weather.
  • Corresponding artificial turf coverings comprise a turf formed by plastic pile threads which are mounted on a support.
  • pile threads made of skin-friendly polyethylene are used, which minimizes the risk of skin burns.
  • polyethylene pile yarns in particular have the disadvantage that they have a relatively weak Have resilience.
  • a relatively high density of pile threads per unit area is conventionally sought. This is to ensure that the individual pile threads are better supported by adjacent pile threads.
  • Unfilled artificial turf therefore usually has a density of about 3,000 to 6,000 pile threads per square decimeter.
  • Object of the present invention is thus to provide a natural grass blade as similar as possible synthetic fiber for an artificial turf covering which, while maintaining the surface properties - in particular the skin compatibility - known plastic fibers has a high resilience.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide an artificial turf covering which constantly ensures optimal playability even under prolonged use and which is very close to a natural turf.
  • the present invention thus relates to a plastic fiber for an artificial turf.
  • the plastic fiber comprises a first plastic component and one in the first Plastic component embedded second plastic component.
  • the second plastic component in this case has a higher resilience than the first plastic component and is in the form of at least two extending in the longitudinal direction of the plastic fiber strands. These usually run parallel to each other.
  • the resilience of the plastic fiber is increased overall; the strands of the second plastic component thus serve as a kind of "reinforcing strands" for the plastic fiber.
  • recovery is well known to those skilled in the art and refers to the ability of the plastic component or plastic fiber, after release of a force acting thereon, to retain the original, i. before or after the action of force completely or partially resume this form.
  • an increased resilience is due to an increased rigidity of the material.
  • a plastic fiber having a high recovery capability can be obtained without impairing the surface properties ensured by the first plastic component, and in particular its skin compatibility.
  • the present invention allows two previously incompatible preferred properties of the plastic fiber, namely a good skin compatibility and a high resilience to combine with each other.
  • the plastic fiber of the present invention makes it possible to provide an artificial turf covering which constantly ensures optimum playability even under prolonged stress.
  • a crop density can be selected which is relatively low and thus approximated to the crop density of a natural grass, without the pile yarns forming the grass pile remaining under heavy use of the artificial grass and thus impairing the sport-functional properties.
  • it is achieved by the invention according to the reduction in Halm convince that the artificial turf covering both a visual nature and in terms of ball rolling or ball rebound properties can be adjusted to a natural grass.
  • the plastic fiber has in cross-section a shape with a first axis of symmetry and a second axis of symmetry perpendicular to the first axis of symmetry, wherein the extent in the direction of the second axis of symmetry is less than the extent in the direction of the first axis of symmetry.
  • the plastic fiber in cross section has the shape of a diamond with rounded corners.
  • edges and thinnings are avoided, which additionally contributes to a high wear resistance of the plastic fiber.
  • the described shape of the natural shape of a grass blade comes very close, which in the end further contributes to the fact that a corresponding artificial turf covering looks very similar to a natural turf.
  • the strands of the second plastic component are arranged at least approximately along the first axis of symmetry.
  • the plastic fiber of the present invention is generally designed as a monofilament.
  • the dimensions of the plastic fiber usually correspond essentially to those of natural blades of grass;
  • the yarn count of the individual monofilaments is in the range of about 1'400 to 2'400 dtex.
  • the first plastic component comprises a polyolefin.
  • the polyolefin is polyethylene and / or polypropylene, more preferably polyethylene. Said polyolefins, and in particular polyethylene, are particularly skin-friendly, so that skin burning can be effectively avoided even if the user glides over the turf at a relatively high speed, which is very often the case in football in particular.
  • the second plastic component comprises a polyamide. This has a very high resilience and is also preferred because of its very easy availability.
  • the number of strands of the second plastic component is 2 to 10, preferably 2 to 7, most preferably 5. According to this embodiment, the bending behavior of the plastic fiber can be additionally optimized.
  • a brush type is not present or within an acceptable range if the strands of the second plastic component are arranged in cross-section at least approximately along a straight line. This ensures a degree of resilience with sufficient resilience of the plastic fiber, which also contributes to an optimized playability of the lawn.
  • the plastic fiber according to the present invention is usually produced by extrusion.
  • the first plastic component is extruded simultaneously with the second plastic component, wherein a spinneret is used, which has a first opening for the first plastic component and a respective further opening for each strand of the second plastic component. Since the melting points of the first and the second plastic component generally differ from one another, the corresponding openings are generally tempered differently.
  • a spinneret which has a spinning opening with rhombus-shaped ("diamond" -shaped) cross-section for the first plastic component, in which further spinning openings with a circular cross-section are arranged for the second plastic component. If a plastic fiber extruded over such a spinneret is subsequently stretched, then a plastic fiber can be obtained which has the shape of a rhombus with rounded corners in cross-section. As stated above, such plastic fibers have particularly advantageous properties, in particular high wear resistance.
  • the invention further relates to an artificial turf covering comprising a flat carrier and a Nutzflor, which is formed from bonded to the carrier pile threads.
  • the pile threads are at least partially formed from a plastic fiber as described above.
  • the artificial turf flooring may have a relatively low and a natural turf approximated Halm Why without the pile threads would also lie under heavy load.
  • the ball roll behavior and ball rebound behavior can be matched to that on a natural turf and thus improved by the increased resilience of the plastic fiber according to the invention or the attainable reduction of the stem density.
  • the plastic fiber according to the invention which is particularly in the amateur field in terms of good playability of the artificial turf.
  • a high grip of the lawn can be ensured by the increased resilience and the resulting reduction in Halm Notice.
  • the artificial turf covering has a base layer of polyamide fibers, as is the case with the Triple T Technology TM synthetic turf specifically designed for use as football turf.
  • the inventive plastic fiber in such an artificial turf covering can be ensured due to the increased resilience or the achievable reduction in Halm Notice that the cams or nubs of football boots optimally engage in the base layer, allowing faster and more powerful direction changes of the user or the football player allowed.
  • a base layer of polyamide fibers is also preferred because water is incorporated therein. On evaporation, this cools the utility pile of the synthetic turf, further minimizing the risk of major burns.
  • the polyamide fibers are crimped and thereby form a moss-like layer, a nearly optimal water storage is ensured by the base layer.
  • the pile threads are typically introduced by tufting in the carrier.
  • the pile threads are fixed by means of an applied on the underside of the carrier adhesive, such as water-resistant latex on the support.
  • the straw group of the pile threads introduced in the tufting process are preferably wound by a polyamide monofilament, whereby an additional anchoring of the pile threads is ensured.
  • the artificial turf covering of the present invention is visually very close to a natural turf especially if the length of the pile tufts of the utility tuft is from the top of the trough measured in the range of about 2.5 to 4 cm.
  • a first part of the pile threads of the utility pile be measured longer from the upper side of the support than a second part of the pile threads of the utility pile.
  • the shorter pile threads of the utility pile mimic the regrowing blades of a natural grass.
  • further preferred ball roll and ball rebound properties result.
  • the pile threads of the first part be longer by about 5 to 10 mm than the pile threads of the second part.
  • the Nutzflor on its side facing away from the carrier has a density of less than 1'400 pile threads per square decimeter, which ensures almost optimal optical properties and excellent playability of the artificial turf.
  • the density of this preferred embodiment is thus considerably lower than the density of 3,000 to 6,000 pile threads per square decimeter, which is usually required for known synthetic turf coverings, depending on the material.
  • the artificial turf flooring of the present invention can be used for both unfilled systems, such as in the EP-A-1696077 described for filled systems, such as in the US 2001/0033902 described or for so-called hybrid systems, ie systems which have only a plastic granulate layer, such as in the European patent application no. 09014780 described, are used. Since the advantages of the present invention become particularly apparent in unfilled systems, the artificial turf covering is preferably unfilled.
  • FIG. 1 The invention is based on the appended FIG. 1 further illustrated. This represents a purely schematic one Cross-sectional view of a plastic fiber according to the invention.
  • the plastic fiber 2 shown in the figure has in cross-section substantially the shape of a rhombus with rounded corners.
  • the rhombus defines a first axis of symmetry, cross-sectional major axis A, and a second symmetry axis extending at right angles thereto, cross-sectional secondary axis B.
  • the extent in the direction of the cross-sectional secondary axis B is less than the extent in the direction of the cross-sectional main axis A.
  • the plastic fiber 2 comprises a first plastic component 4 and a second plastic component 6 embedded in the first plastic component, wherein the second plastic component has a higher resilience than the first plastic components.
  • the first plastic component comprises a polyolefin and the second plastic component comprises a polyamide.
  • the second plastic component 6 is in the form of five strands 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d, 8e extending in the longitudinal direction of the plastic fiber.
  • the strands 8a-8e have a substantially circular shape in cross-section and are arranged along the main axis A.
  • the shape of the synthetic fiber and the number and shape of the strands of the embodiment shown in the figure are intended to be purely exemplary and can be adapted by the skilled person depending on the result to be achieved.

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DE10307174A1 (de) 2003-02-20 2004-09-02 Motech Gmbh Technology & Systems Mehrschicht-Monofilament und Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Mehrschicht-Monofilamentes
EP1696077A1 (fr) 2005-01-29 2006-08-30 Tiara-Teppichboden AG Matériau de revêtement, en particulier gazon artificiel
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US20010033902A1 (en) 2000-02-14 2001-10-25 Seaton Reed J. Artificial turf system
US20040045145A1 (en) * 2002-09-09 2004-03-11 Ching-Tang Wang Method for producing ultrafine fiber and artificial leather
WO2004027130A1 (fr) * 2002-09-17 2004-04-01 Fibervisions A/S Fibres en polyolefine et leur utilisation dans la preparation de nontisses a volume et resilience eleves
DE10307174A1 (de) 2003-02-20 2004-09-02 Motech Gmbh Technology & Systems Mehrschicht-Monofilament und Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Mehrschicht-Monofilamentes
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