JPS6234939A - Production of thermoplastic resin composition having improved heat resistance - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the titled composition having improved heat resistance, flame retardance and impact resistance, by using a copolymeer consisting of alpha-methylstyrene, etc., a specific graft copolymer, etc., and extruding the composition by a specific single screw extruder having a specific kneading zone. CONSTITUTION:(A) 10-70wt% copolymer consisting of A1: (styrene-containing)alpha- methylstyrene, A2: vinyl cyanide and a maleimide (derivative) shown by the formula (R is H, etc.,) is blended with (B) 10-50wt% graft copolymer obtained by subjecting a monomer mixture consisting of an aromatic vinyl monomer, A2 and A3 to graft copolymerization in the presence of a butadiene (co)polymer, (C) 0-50wt% copolymer consisting of an aromatic vinyl monomer, A2 and a methacrylic ester copolymerizable with them and (D) 20-80wt% polyvinyl chloride resin by the use of a specific single screw extruder having a kneading zone consisting of a screw with a (pseudo)polygonal section in a position corresponding to a cylinder with a (pseudo)polygonal section at part between a feed opening and a vent opening.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a method for producing a PVC thermoplastic resin composition having excellent heat resistance, flame retardance, and impact resistance.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Polyvinyl chloride resins are inherently flame retardant and are inexpensive compared to other plastics, so they are used in many applications. However, vinyl chloride resin has the major disadvantage of being brittle and having low impact resistance, especially at low temperatures.

As a means to improve the drawbacks of polyvinyl chloride, AB
S, thermoplastic polyurethane, nitrile rubber, ethylene-
It has been proposed to melt and knead a vinyl acetate copolymer or the like. In fact, a combination of ABS and polyvinyl chloride is used as a flame-retardant ABS resin to make flame-retardant housings for various electrical equipment such as televisions, office automation equipment, cash registers, and audio products, but it has a low softening temperature. However, its use was restricted due to the risk of thermal deformation during use or deformation in the hold of a ship during export.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention The present invention is directed to a suitable PVC thermoplastic resin that has excellent heat resistance, flame retardancy, and impact resistance, and is easy to mold by precise injection molding, extrusion, vacuum forming, etc. The present invention provides a manufacturing method.

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention consists of the following components a: 10 to 70% by weight, and component b: 10 to 10% by weight.
50% by weight, C component 0~50% by weight, and D component 20~
A thermoplastic resin composition consisting of 80% by weight was applied to a part between the feedlo and the ventro, and a pseudo-polygonal cylinder whose cross section perpendicular to the axis is a polygon or a partially curved surface, and a cylinder whose cross section at the corresponding position is a polygon. Alternatively, it is a method of manufacturing using a special l-axis extruder having a kneading zone consisting of a pseudo-polygonal screw with a partially curved surface.

Component a: α-methylstyrene or a small amount of styrene, 50 to 90% by weight of α-methylstyrene, 5 to 40% by weight of vinyl cyanide monomer, and maleimide or maleimide derivative represented by the following formula (A). 30-40% by weight
A copolymer obtained by copolymerizing.

(However, R in the formula represents a hydrogen atom, a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, or a substituted aryl group.) Component b: polybutadiene or butadiene. 50% by weight
In the presence of 100 parts by weight of the butadiene copolymer containing the above, 50 to 80% by weight of an aromatic vinyl monomer, 10 to 40% by weight of a vinyl cyanide monomer, and maleimide or maleimide represented by formula (A). A graft copolymer obtained by graft copolymerizing 40 to 200 parts by weight of a monomer mixture containing 0 to 40% by weight of the derivative.

Component C: obtained by copolymerizing 50 to 85% by weight of aromatic vinyl monomer, 5 to 40% by weight of vinyl cyanide monomer, and 0 to 20% by weight of methacrylic acid ester monomer copolymerizable with these. copolymer.

Component d: A polyvinyl chloride resin containing 0 to 20% by weight of a copolymer component.

action Hereinafter, the constituent elements of the present invention will be explained together with their effects.

First, component a is a maleimide copolymer, which contains 10 to
It is contained at 70 wt% and improves the softening point of the composition. The maleimide copolymer contains 50 to 80% α-methylstyrene,
It is a copolymer of 5 to 40% vinyl cyanide and 30 to 40% maleimide, and as the vinyl cyanide monomer, acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, etc. are used.

In addition, examples of maleimide monomers include maleimide,
N-methylmaleimide, N-ethylmaleimide, N-propylmaleimide, N-inpropylmaleimide, N-
Cyclohexylmaleimide, N-phenylmaleimide,
N-toluylmaleimide, N-xylylmaleimide,
Examples include N-naphthylmaleimide, and N-phenylmaleimide is preferred.

For example, the C component is disclosed in JP-A-59-135210 and JP-A-5.
! It can be manufactured by the method disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 3-135245.

Next, component b is a so-called ABS-based graft copolymer, which mainly imparts impact resistance to the composition, and is blended in the composition in an amount of 10 to 50% by weight. If it is less than 10% by weight, the impact strength will decrease, and if it exceeds 50% by weight, the heat resistance will decrease and the object of the present invention will not be achieved.

The b component is disclosed in, for example, JP-A-58-135245, JP-A-Sho.
It can be manufactured by the method disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 9-184243.

That is, 50 to 90 wt% of aromatic vinyl, 10 to 40 wt% of vinyl cyanide, and 0 to 40 wt% of maleimide monomer.
It is produced by graft copolymerizing 40 to 200 parts by weight of a monomer mixture consisting of 100 parts by weight of a butadiene copolymer.

In addition to styrene, examples of aromatic vinyl monomers include α
-Methylstyrene, vinyltoluene, 1-butylstyrene, halogen-substituted styrene, etc. are used.

Vinyl cyanide and maleimide monomers are
The ingredients are the same as those exemplified.

The butadiene copolymer is polybutadiene or one containing 50% by weight of butadiene, including styrene/butadiene copolymer rubber (SBR) and acrylonitrile/butadiene copolymer rubber (SBR).
Diene rubbers such as butadiene copolymer rubber (NBR), acrylic rubbers such as butyl polyacrylate, and ethylene-propylene-nonconjugated diene rubbers (EPPM)
etc. are used.

Component C is a so-called AS-based copolymer, and is used together with the graft copolymer to adjust the overall system to a desirable fluidity.

Component C can be produced, for example, by the method disclosed in JP-A-59-135245.

The blending ratio of component C in the composition is 0 to 50 wt%, and 50%
If it exceeds this, heat resistance and impact resistance will decrease.

In component C, aromatic vinyl and vinyl cyanide monomers are
This is the same as the above example of components a and b.

Further, as the methacrylic acid ester monomer, methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, propyl methacrylate, butyl methacrylate, etc. are used.

Next, the polyvinyl chloride resin of component d refers to a vinyl chloride homopolymer or a copolymer containing up to 20% by weight of other components. Typical examples of the other components mentioned above include vinyl acetate, vinylidene chloride, and olefin. Commercially available polyvinyl chloride resins can be used. 20-80% by weight in the composition
This compound is used to impart flame retardancy.

Next, as a preferred method for producing the composition of the present invention, a, b,
A thermoplastic resin composition consisting of components c and d was applied to a part between the feedlo and the ventro, and a pseudo-polygonal cylinder whose cross section perpendicular to the axis is polygonal or partially curved, and the cross section of the screw at the corresponding position. has a kneading zone consisting of a polygonal or pseudo-polygonal screw having a partially curved surface. A manufacturing method using an l-axis special extruder can be presented.

The softening point of each polymer component of the composition of the present invention is
In terms of the Vicat softening temperature in the case of g, for example, component C is about 150°C, b is below room temperature, C/I is about 85°C, and tt is about 75°C.

If these components are mixed in a normal l-screw extruder, the low softening point components such as component C and d will melt first, and the high softening point components will float in the mixture like stones. Since the high softening point components are not sheared and remain undissolved, it is difficult to obtain a homogeneous mixture.

Therefore, the heat resistance of the obtained composition itself was insufficient, the impact resistance was also low, and flash caused by unmelted materials occurred during actual molding.

As a result of various studies on these mixing methods, we decided to use an extruder with a kneading mechanism consisting of a screw/cylinder with a polygonal cross-section immediately following the feeder.
It was found that a uniform mixture could be obtained by vigorously kneading the fed powder immediately in a semi-gelled state. Applicable extruders are, for example, the NVC extruder (Nakatani Kikai, reference material 1) and the Mitsubishi HM extruder (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, reference material 2).

The present invention will be explained below with reference to Examples. Note that all parts in the examples are expressed in parts by weight.

Example 1 Preparation of copolymer of component a: The substances shown in Table 1 were added to an autoclave equipped with a stirrer while blowing nitrogen gas.

Table 1 After heating the autoclave and raising the temperature of the contents to 70°C, 0.1 part of potassium persulfate was added to start polymerization. The same amount of potassium persulfate was also added 6 hours later.

The polymerization rate 1 hour after the start of polymerization was 2.3% by weight of I.

From this point on, using a micro-metering pump, the entire amount of a monomer mixture prepared by mixing 10.8 parts of acrylokotrile and 5 parts of phenylmaleimide was added to the polymerization system over 6 hours. The progress of the polymerization reaction was monitored by sampling the emulsion from the autoclave and analyzing the residual monomer by gas chromatography. The polymerization rate was determined based on the total amount of residual polymer, and the polymerization was stopped when the polymerization rate reached 97% or more.

The polymerization time in this example was 10 hours and 30 minutes. The polymer emulsion thus obtained was coagulated with magnesium chloride, washed, dehydrated, and dried to obtain a white powdery copolymer.

Method for producing the graft copolymer of component b Into the same reaction vessel as used for producing the copolymer of component a, charge polybutadiene latex, pure water, and redox catalyst in the proportions shown in Table 2 while blowing nitrogen gas, and stir. Then the temperature was raised to 50°C. When the internal temperature reached 50°C, sequential addition of the monomer mixture shown in Table 2 was started, and the preparation was completed over a period of 5 hours. After completing the preparation of the above monomer mixture,
The internal temperature of the reaction vessel was raised to 70°C, and the polymerization reaction was continued for an additional 2 hours to complete the polymerization. An antioxidant was added to the polymer emulsion thus obtained, which was coagulated with magnesium chloride, washed, dehydrated, and dried to obtain a white powdery polymer.

Table 2. Used with an average particle size of 0.35p. Honsou Used with an average particle size of 0.15IL (note that the average particle size means the weight average particle size.

The same applies to other places. ) Preparation method of copolymer of component C: While blowing nitrogen gas into a 5-liter autoclave, 100 parts by weight of pure water and 0.6 parts of tribasic calcium phosphate were added, stirred at 350 rpm, and then 44 parts of styrene and 24 parts of acrylonitrile were added. part, benzyl peroxide 0
．． 1 part and 0.2 part of t-dodecylmercaptan were added and the mixture was sealed. Styrene was continuously added at a rate of 6.4 parts/hour for 5 hours from the time the temperature started to rise to 85°C. 85
The mixture was maintained at 125° C. for 6 hours, then raised to 125° C., maintained for 3 hours, cooled, neutralized, dehydrated, and dried according to conventional methods to obtain bead-shaped polymers.

Components a to d were blended in the weight ratio of the polymer components shown in Table 3, and the following weight of additives were added to 100 parts of the polymer component, and octyl tin malate (manufactured by Katsuyama Kako, TM-1885) 1. 5 parts composite lubricant (manufactured by Henkel, GH-4) 1.0 part lubricant (manufactured by Hoechst, OP wax) 0.2 parts octadecyl-3-(3,5-ditertiary-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl) propionate 0.2 parts of this blend was extruded using an extruder and pelletized. Note that a vinyl chloride homopolymer having a degree of polymerization of 600 is used as the d component.

゛The physical properties of the pellets thus obtained were measured and shown in Table 3.

(Blank below) Method for producing thermoplastic resin composition A C component copolymer, a B component graft copolymer, a C component copolymer, and a PVC with a polymerization degree of 800 obtained by an ordinary polymerization method as a D component. 20.25.5 of each homopolymer.
50 parts by weight and the following additives: Octyl tin malate (manufactured by Katsuyama Kako, TM-1885) 1.5 parts by weight composite lubricant (GH-4, manufactured by Henkel) 1.0 parts by weight lubricant (manufactured by Hoechst, OP wax) ) 0.2 parts by weight octadecyl 3-(3,5 ditert-butyl-4
-Hydroxyphenyl)propionate
Effects of the Invention As shown above, the present invention uses a specific extruder to produce a composition with appropriate combinations and amounts. By using it, it is possible to produce a composition having well-balanced and excellent heat resistance, impact strength, and flame retardancy, and the effects of the invention are remarkable.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) 10 to 70% by weight of component a below, 10 to 50% of component b
wt%, c component 0-50 wt%, and d component 20-80
A thermoplastic resin composition composed of A manufacturing method using a special single-screw extruder having a kneading zone consisting of a pseudo-polygonal screw with a partially curved surface. Component a: α-methylstyrene or a small amount of styrene, 50 to 90% by weight of α-methylstyrene, 5 to 40% by weight of vinyl cyanide monomer, and maleimide or maleimide derivative represented by the following formula (A). 30-40% by weight
A copolymer obtained by copolymerizing. (A) ▲ Numerical formulas, chemical formulas, tables, etc. or substituted aryl group) Component b: 50% by weight of polybutadiene or butadiene
In the presence of 100 parts by weight of the butadiene copolymer containing the above, 50 to 90 weight % of aromatic vinyl monomer, 10 to 40 weight % of vinyl cyanide monomer, and maleimide or maleimide represented by formula (A) A graft copolymer obtained by graft copolymerizing 40 to 200 parts by weight of a monomer mixture containing 0 to 40% by weight of a derivative. Component c: obtained by copolymerizing 50 to 95% by weight of aromatic vinyl monomer, 5 to 40% by weight of vinyl cyanide monomer, and 0 to 20% by weight of methacrylic acid ester monomer copolymerizable with these. copolymer. Component d: polyvinyl chloride resin containing 0 to 20% by weight of a copolymer component.