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JP2004186063A
JP2004186063A JP2002353561A JP2002353561A JP2004186063A JP 2004186063 A JP2004186063 A JP 2004186063A JP 2002353561 A JP2002353561 A JP 2002353561A JP 2002353561 A JP2002353561 A JP 2002353561A JP 2004186063 A JP2004186063 A JP 2004186063A
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Motoya Kawakita
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<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a protecting member for wire harness in which sufficient flame-resistance can be realized in mounting it on a wire harness. <P>SOLUTION: In a FMVSS (federal motor vehicle safety standard) No. 302 flame-resistance test, in a state that the wire harness protecting member is mounted on a wire harness, the member has the flame-resistance of 100 mm/min or less, and in a 5% tensile strain mode, it is composed of an olefinic polymer composition having an elastic modulus E' less than 40 MPa and loss tangent tanδ more than 0.15. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

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【0001】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は、ワイヤーハーネス用保護部材に関する。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
自動車用ワイヤーハーネス電線用保護部材、例えばチューブ及びシートは、これまで主としてポリ塩化ビニルから形成されていた。しかし、近年の地球環境対策を考慮して、自動車用ワイヤーハーネス用保護部材の製造に、ポリ塩化ビニルに代えてハロゲンフリー材料が使用されるようになっている。従来のハロゲンフリー材料は、耐熱性、耐摩耗性を重視して、オレフィン系熱可塑性エラストマー、例えばプロピレン−エチレン−プロピレン共重合体に難燃剤として金属水酸化物を添加し、更に滑剤として脂肪酸塩などを添加した組成物が使用されている(例えば、特許文献1)。
【0003】
自動車用ワイヤーハーネス用保護部材には、近年、益々高い難燃性が要求されるようになっているが、そのような要求を満たすために金属水酸化物の量を増すと、材料の質量増加や、柔軟性不足による作業性(チューブ束取り、ワイヤーハーネスへの装着性など)の低下などの問題が生じる。
しかしながら、従来のワイヤーハーネス用保護部材の難燃性は、部材単独で評価されており、実際にワイヤーハーネスに装着した場合に必要な難燃性よりも光度な難燃レベルが要求されていた(例えば、非特許文献1)。
【0004】
【特許文献1】
特開2000−80210号公報
【非特許文献1】
FMVSS No.302
【0005】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
本発明は、ワイヤーハーネスに装着した場合に十分な難燃性を実現できるワイヤーハーネス用保護部材、例えばチューブ及びシートを提供しようとするものである。
【0006】
【課題を解決するための手段】
本発明は、上記課題を解決するために、ワイヤーハーネスに装着した状態でのFMVSS No.302難燃性試験において100mm/分以下の難燃性を有し、5%引張歪みモードにおいて、40MPa未満の弾性率E’および0.15を超える損失正接tanδを有するオレフィン系ポリマー組成物からなるワイヤーハーネス保護部材を提供する。
【0007】
【発明の実施の形態】
本発明のワイヤーハーネス保護部材は、通常、オレフィン系ポリマーを重合体成分とする組成物から製造される。
オレフィン系ポリマーは、単独重合体であっても、共重合体であってもよく、共重合体の種類も制限されないが、ポリプロピレン、プロピレン−エチレン−プロピレン共重合体が好ましい。
オレフィン系ポリマーの市販品としては、モンテル・エスディーケー・サンライズ製キャタロイQ200F、キャタロイKS−353P、キャタロイKS−359P、キャタロイKS−084Pなどがある。
【0008】
本発明においては、所望の難燃性および物性をワイヤーハーネス保護部材に付与するために、オレフィン系ポリマーに種々の添加物を配合する。とりわけ、充填材、特に炭酸カルシウムを配合する。
充填材の量は、オレフィン系ポリマー100質量部あたり、通常5〜30質量部、好ましくは10〜20質量部である。充填材の量が少なすぎると、組成物のtanδが小さくなって、柔軟性が低下する。一方、充填材の量が多すぎると組成物のtanδが小さくなり、かつ弾性率が大きくなって、やはり柔軟性が低下する。
【0009】
本発明のオレフィン系ポリマー組成物には、成形性をよくするために、滑剤を配合してもよい。滑剤としては、例えば、脂肪酸、脂肪酸金属塩、脂肪酸アミドなどが上げられる。
【0010】
本発明の組成物には、上記充填材、滑剤に加え、従来ワイヤーハーネス用保護部材として用いられているポリマー組成物に通常配合される添加物を更に配合することもできる。そのような添加物の例は、各種着色剤、帯電防止剤等である。添加剤の量は、添加剤の種類に応じて適宜選択すればよい。
【0011】
【実施例】
実施例1〜3および比較例1〜5
加圧ニーダー(容量:10リットル)を用い、表1〜3に示す成分を、180℃で10分間混練し、ペレタイザーでペレット化した。なお、表中の成分の量は「質量部」である。
このペレットを用いて、直径50mmの押出機により、ダイス温度180℃、線速35m/分で、押出成形して、肉厚0.5mm、内径10mmのチューブを得た。
【0012】
得られたチューブについて、弾性率E’、損失正接tanδ、耐摩耗性および難燃性を以下の方法で試験した。
弾性率E’および損失正接 tan δ
動的粘弾性測定装置を用い、温度範囲−150℃〜600℃、昇温速度0.1〜50℃/min.により測定した。
耐摩耗性(スクレープ試験)
図1に示す刃(焼き入れした鋼製)を用い、図2に示すように刃を試料に荷重7.4Nで押し付け、温度23℃において、振幅10mmで1秒に1往復させる。試料が完全に磨耗して消滅するまでの往復回数を記録する。150回以上が合格である。
難燃性
長さ356mmのチューブに、0.5sq.のハロゲンフリー電線12本を束にして挿入したものを試験試料として、FMVSS(Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard: アメリカ合衆国連邦自動車安全基準) No.302に準拠して、測定した。
結果を表1〜3に示す。
【0013】
【表1】

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【0014】
【表2】
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【0015】
【表3】
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【0016】
注:1)モンテル・エスディーケー・サンライズ製ポリプロピレン。
2)帝人化成株式会社製臭素系難燃剤。
3)大八化学工業株式会社製。
4)旭電化工業株式会社製。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】スクレープ試験で用いる刃の概略図。
【図2】スクレープ試験における刃と試料との配置を示す図。[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a wire harness protection member.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Up to now, protective members for automobile wire harness electric wires, such as tubes and sheets, have hitherto mainly been formed of polyvinyl chloride. However, in consideration of global environmental measures in recent years, halogen-free materials have come to be used instead of polyvinyl chloride in the production of protective members for automobile wire harnesses. Conventional halogen-free materials are made of heat-resistant and abrasion-resistant materials. Metallic hydroxides are added as flame retardants to olefin-based thermoplastic elastomers, for example, propylene-ethylene-propylene copolymers, and fatty acid salts are used as lubricants. A composition to which the composition is added is used (for example, Patent Document 1).
[0003]
In recent years, increasingly high flame retardancy has been required for protective members for automobile wire harnesses. However, increasing the amount of metal hydroxide to meet such requirements has led to an increase in the mass of the material. In addition, problems such as a decrease in workability (e.g., tube bundling, attachment to a wire harness, etc.) due to insufficient flexibility may occur.
However, the flame retardancy of the conventional wire harness protection member has been evaluated by the member alone, and a flame retardance level more luminous than the flame retardancy required when actually attached to the wire harness has been required ( For example, Non-Patent Document 1).
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-80210 [Non-Patent Document 1]
FMVSS No. 302
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
An object of the present invention is to provide a protective member for a wire harness, such as a tube and a sheet, which can realize sufficient flame retardancy when attached to the wire harness.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides an FMVSS No. 1 mounted on a wire harness. The olefin polymer composition has a flame retardancy of 100 mm / min or less in a 302 flame retardancy test, and has an elastic modulus E ′ of less than 40 MPa and a loss tangent tan δ of more than 0.15 in a 5% tensile strain mode. Provided is a wire harness protection member.
[0007]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
The wire harness protection member of the present invention is usually manufactured from a composition containing an olefin-based polymer as a polymer component.
The olefin-based polymer may be a homopolymer or a copolymer, and the type of the copolymer is not limited, but polypropylene and a propylene-ethylene-propylene copolymer are preferred.
Commercial products of the olefin-based polymer include Cataloy Q200F, Cataloy KS-353P, Cataloy KS-359P, Cataloy KS-084P manufactured by Montel S.D. Sunrise.
[0008]
In the present invention, various additives are added to the olefin-based polymer in order to impart desired flame retardancy and physical properties to the wire harness protective member. In particular, fillers, especially calcium carbonate, are incorporated.
The amount of the filler is usually 5 to 30 parts by mass, preferably 10 to 20 parts by mass, per 100 parts by mass of the olefin-based polymer. If the amount of the filler is too small, the tan δ of the composition becomes small, and the flexibility decreases. On the other hand, if the amount of the filler is too large, the tan δ of the composition becomes small and the modulus of elasticity becomes large, so that the flexibility also decreases.
[0009]
A lubricant may be added to the olefin-based polymer composition of the present invention in order to improve moldability. Examples of the lubricant include fatty acids, fatty acid metal salts, fatty acid amides and the like.
[0010]
In addition to the fillers and lubricants described above, the composition of the present invention may further contain additives usually added to polymer compositions conventionally used as wire harness protection members. Examples of such additives are various colorants, antistatic agents and the like. The amount of the additive may be appropriately selected according to the type of the additive.
[0011]
【Example】
Examples 1 to 3 and Comparative Examples 1 to 5
Using a pressure kneader (capacity: 10 liters), the components shown in Tables 1 to 3 were kneaded at 180 ° C. for 10 minutes, and pelletized with a pelletizer. The amounts of the components in the table are "parts by mass".
The pellets were extruded by a 50 mm diameter extruder at a die temperature of 180 ° C. and a linear speed of 35 m / min to obtain a tube having a thickness of 0.5 mm and an inner diameter of 10 mm.
[0012]
The obtained tube was tested for elastic modulus E ′, loss tangent tan δ, abrasion resistance and flame retardancy by the following methods.
Elastic modulus E ′ and loss tangent tan δ :
Using a dynamic viscoelasticity measuring device, a temperature range of -150 ° C to 600 ° C, and a heating rate of 0.1 to 50 ° C / min. Was measured by
Abrasion resistance (scraping test) :
Using the blade shown in FIG. 1 (hardened steel), as shown in FIG. 2, the blade is pressed against the sample with a load of 7.4 N, and reciprocated once a second at a temperature of 23 ° C. with an amplitude of 10 mm and 10 mm. The number of reciprocations until the sample is completely worn and disappears is recorded. 150 or more passes.
Flame retardant :
0.5 sq. In a 356 mm long tube. No. 12 of a halogen-free electric wire bundled and inserted as a test sample, was designated as FMVSS (Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard: United States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard) No. The measurement was performed according to 302.
The results are shown in Tables 1 to 3.
[0013]
[Table 1]
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[0014]
[Table 2]
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[0015]
[Table 3]
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[0016]
Notes: 1) Polypropylene manufactured by Montell S.D. Sunrise.
2) A brominated flame retardant manufactured by Teijin Chemicals Limited.
3) Made by Daihachi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
4) manufactured by Asahi Denka Kogyo Co., Ltd.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a blade used in a scrape test.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an arrangement of a blade and a sample in a scrape test.

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ワイヤーハーネスに装着した状態でのFMVSS No.302難燃性試験において100mm/分以下の難燃性を有し、5%引張歪みモードにおいて、40MPa未満の弾性率E’および0.15を超える損失正接tanδを有するオレフィン系ポリマー組成物からなるワイヤーハーネス保護部材。FMVSS No. when attached to the wire harness The olefin polymer composition has a flame retardancy of 100 mm / min or less in a 302 flame retardancy test, and has an elastic modulus E ′ of less than 40 MPa and a loss tangent tan δ of more than 0.15 in a 5% tensile strain mode. Wire harness protection member. オレフィン系ポリマー組成物が、オレフィン系ポリマー100質量部あたり、5〜30質量部の無機フィラーを含有する請求項1に記載のワイヤーハーネス保護部材。The wire harness protection member according to claim 1, wherein the olefin-based polymer composition contains 5 to 30 parts by mass of an inorganic filler per 100 parts by mass of the olefin-based polymer. 無機フィラーが、炭酸カルシウムである請求項2に記載のワイヤーハーネス保護部材。The wire harness protection member according to claim 2, wherein the inorganic filler is calcium carbonate.
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