EP4623028A1 - Glass fiber reinforced polymer composition - Google Patents
Glass fiber reinforced polymer compositionInfo
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- EP4623028A1 EP4623028A1 EP23806293.9A EP23806293A EP4623028A1 EP 4623028 A1 EP4623028 A1 EP 4623028A1 EP 23806293 A EP23806293 A EP 23806293A EP 4623028 A1 EP4623028 A1 EP 4623028A1
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- polymer composition
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- polypropylene
- glass fibers
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C08—ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
- C08K—Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients
- C08K7/00—Use of ingredients characterised by shape
- C08K7/02—Fibres or whiskers
- C08K7/04—Fibres or whiskers inorganic
- C08K7/14—Glass
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- the invention relates to a glass fiber reinforced polymer composition, to a process for obtaining such composition, and to an article comprising such composition.
- WO2011042364A1 discloses a fiber reinforced composition comprising a heterophasic propylene copolymer, a propylene homopolymer and/or a propylene copolymer, and fibers, wherein the propylene copolymer comprises not more than 2.0 wt.-% C2 to C10 a-olefins other than propylene, the propylene homopolymer and the propylene copolymer have a melt flow rate MFR2 (230 °C) of at least 500 g/10min, and the composition has a melt flow rate MFR2 (230 °C) of at least 10 g/10min.
- the fiber reinforced composition has increased flowability without sacrificing mechanical performance.
- polypropylene wherein the polypropylene has a melt enthalpy in the first heating circle in the range of 80 to 95 J/g, wherein the amount of the polypropylene is in the range from 60 to 90 wt% based on the total amount of the polymer composition;
- the amount of the glass fibers is in the range from 10 to 35 wt% based on the total amount of the polymer composition.
- the polypropylene according to the invention may be a propylene random copolymer, or a heterophasic propylene copolymer or a propylene homopolymer, preferably the polypropylene is a polypropylene homopolymer.
- the polypropylene preferably has a melt flow rate (MFR) in the range from 50 to 150 g/10min, preferably from 60 to 120 g/10min as measured according to ISO 1133-1:2011 (2.16Kg, 230°C)
- the polypropylene according to the invention has a melt enthalpy in the first heating circle in the range of 80 to 95 J/g, preferably in the range from 85 to 90 J/g.
- the melt enthalpy in the first heating circle, the melt enthalpy in the second heating circle and the crystallization temperature is determined in a differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) with the setting of:
- the polypropylene having a melt enthalpy in the first heating circle in the preferred range and/or a melt enthalpy in the second heating circle in the preferred range and/or a crystallization temperature in the preferred range leads to even further improvement of stiffness.
- the glass fiber comprises at most 2 wt%, preferably in the range from 0.10 to 1wt% of a sizing based on the weight of the glass fiber.
- the amount of sizing can be determined using ISO 1887:2014.
- sizing compositions include solvent-based compositions, such as an organic material dissolved in aqueous solutions or dispersed in water and melt- or radiation cure-based compositions.
- solvent-based compositions such as an organic material dissolved in aqueous solutions or dispersed in water and melt- or radiation cure-based compositions.
- the sizing composition is an aqueous sizing composition.
- the coupling agents are generally used to improve the adhesion between the matrix thermoplastic polymer and the fibre reinforcements.
- Suitable examples of coupling agents known in the art as being used for the glass fibres include organofunctional silanes.
- the coupling agent which has been added to the sizing composition is an aminosilane, such as aminomethyl- trimethoxysilane, N-(beta-aminoethyl)-gamma-aminopropyl- trimethoxysilane, gamma-aminopropyl-trimethoxysilane gamma-methylaminopropyl- trimethoxysilane, delta-aminobutyl-triethoxysilane, 1 ,4-aminophenyl- trimethoxysilane.
- the sizing composition contains an aminosilane to enable a good adhesion to the thermoplastic matrix.
- the sizing composition may further comprise any other additional components known to the person skilled in the art to be suitable for sizing compositions. Suitable examples include but are not limited to lubricants (used to prevent damage to the strands by abrasion) antistatic agents, crosslinking agents, plasticizers, surfactants, nucleation agents, antioxidants, pigments as well as mixtures thereof.
- the glass fibers preferably have an average length in the range from 0.1 to 1.5 mm, preferably from 0.2 to 1.2 mm, more preferably in the range from 0.2 to 1.0 mm.
- the length of the dispersed fibers reduce during the preparation of the polymer composition according to the invention, in avoidance of any confusion, the length of the glass fibers in the present invention refers to the length of the glass fibers in the polymer composition.
- the average length of the glass fibers can for example be obtained by incinerating the polymer composition, then the glass fibers are manually dispersed on a scanner using brushes and tweezers and a digital image is generated.
- a fully automated image processing algorithm detects all glass fibers without manual input by the operator. 350,000 to 750,000 fiber length are detected to calculate the average fiber length.
- the polymer composition according to the invention comprises
- polypropylene wherein the polypropylene has a melt enthalpy in the first heating circle in the range of 80 to 95 J/g, wherein the amount of the polypropylene is in the range from 60 to 90 wt%, preferably in the range from 65 to 75 wt% based on the total amount of the polymer composition;
- the polymer composition according to the invention preferably has a density in the range from 1.10 to 1.20 g/cm3 as measured according to ISO 1183-1 :2019.
- the polymer composition further comprise conventional additives, e.g. anti-oxidant, nucleating agent, UV stabilizer, etc.
- additives e.g. anti-oxidant, nucleating agent, UV stabilizer, etc.
- the amount of the additives is at most 5 wt%, preferably at most 3 wt% based on the total amount of the polymer composition.
- the present invention further relates to a process for the preparation of the polymer composition according to the invention comprising the sequential steps of:
- the present invention further relates to an article comprising the polymer composition according to the invention, wherein the amount of the polymer composition is in the range from 95 to 100 wt% based on the total amount of the article.
- the article is an automotive part, preferably an automotive exterior part.
- PP1 is a homopolymer commercially available from SABIC with grade name PP 595A. PP1 has an MFR of 47 dg/min as measured according to ISO 1133-1:2011 (2.16Kg, 230°C).
- SGF 1 refers to glass fibers with grade name T-480 commercially available from NEG having an average diameter of 13 pm.
- SGF 2 1 refers to glass fibers with grade name T-480H commercially available from NEG having an average diameter of 10 pm
- Additive package consists of 50 wt% color masterbatch, 40 wt% anti-oxidant and 10 wt% antiscratch agent basing on the total weight of the additive package.
- Examples were prepared by compounding the compositions in Table 1 in a twin screw extruder then injection molded in to the samples for measurements.
- DSC was measured in accordance to the following protocol: Sample is sealed in Tzero hermetic aluminum pan (40pl);
- Heat program on the DSC machine is set as: At the speed of 10 °C/min, o First heating circle:
- the thermal properties of PP1 and PP2 are shown in Table 1.
- Tm refers to melting temperature
- dHm refers to melt enthalpy
- Tc refers to crystallization temperature
- dHc refers to crystallization enthalpy
- the footnotes 1 and 2 refer to the heat circle.
- the thermal properties of PP1 and PP2 are shown in Table 1
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| EP22208468 | 2022-11-21 | ||
| PCT/EP2023/082041 WO2024110301A1 (en) | 2022-11-21 | 2023-11-16 | Glass fiber reinforced polymer composition |
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| EP4623028A1 true EP4623028A1 (en) | 2025-10-01 |
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| EP23806293.9A Pending EP4623028A1 (en) | 2022-11-21 | 2023-11-16 | Glass fiber reinforced polymer composition |
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| EP (1) | EP4623028A1 (en) |
| CN (1) | CN120112592A (en) |
| WO (1) | WO2024110301A1 (en) |
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| US4338233A (en) | 1981-06-15 | 1982-07-06 | Ppg Industries, Inc. | Aqueous sizing composition and sized glass fibers and method |
| DE3675081D1 (en) | 1985-06-25 | 1990-11-29 | Ppg Industries Inc | CHEMICAL TREATED FIBERS FOR REINFORCING POLYMER MATERIALS AND METHOD. |
| EP1460166B1 (en) | 2001-12-27 | 2015-10-21 | Fiber Glass Japan Kabushiki Kaisha | Binder for glass fiber, glass fiber for olefin resin reinforcement, and process for producing olefin resin composition for fiber-reinforced molding |
| PL2308923T3 (en) | 2009-10-09 | 2012-11-30 | Borealis Ag | Glass fibre composite of improved processability |
| US8618214B2 (en) * | 2010-12-17 | 2013-12-31 | Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company | Fiber-reinforced polypropylene/elastomer composite |
| US9290646B2 (en) * | 2013-10-04 | 2016-03-22 | Equistar Chemicals, Lp | Molded articles (including automobile parts) and related filled thermoplastic polyolefin compositions |
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- 2023-11-16 CN CN202380074443.2A patent/CN120112592A/en active Pending
- 2023-11-16 EP EP23806293.9A patent/EP4623028A1/en active Pending
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| WO2024110301A1 (en) | 2024-05-30 |
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