US20170153090A1 - Fibrous tape - Google Patents

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US20170153090A1
US20170153090A1 US15/318,768 US201515318768A US2017153090A1 US 20170153090 A1 US20170153090 A1 US 20170153090A1 US 201515318768 A US201515318768 A US 201515318768A US 2017153090 A1 US2017153090 A1 US 2017153090A1
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Marina CALAZANS-BEHN
Roelof Marissen
Antoon Maria Verspagen
Christa Weber
Reinard Jozef Maria Steeman
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F41H—ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL
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    • B32B5/00—Layered products characterised by the non- homogeneity or physical structure, i.e. comprising a fibrous, filamentary, particulate or foam layer; Layered products characterised by having a layer differing constitutionally or physically in different parts
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06C—FINISHING, DRESSING, TENTERING OR STRETCHING TEXTILE FABRICS
    • D06C3/00—Stretching, tentering or spreading textile fabrics; Producing elasticity in textile fabrics
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    • F41H1/00—Personal protection gear
    • F41H1/04—Protection helmets
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F41H—ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL
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    • F41H5/08—Shields for personal use, i.e. hand held shields
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    • B32B2571/02—Protective equipment defensive, e.g. armour plates or anti-ballistic clothing

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  • the invention relates to a fibrous tape made from fibers comprising highly oriented polymer, the tape having a tenacity of at least 1.2 N/tex and an areal density of between 5 and 250 g/m 2 .
  • the invention further relates to a process to manufacture said fibrous tape from said fibers comprising highly oriented polymer.
  • WO2013/131996 discloses a fibrous tape having a tenacity of at 3.54 N/tex and an areal density of about 35 g/m 2 made from a plurality of fused high tenacity UHMWPE filaments.
  • the tape disclosed in WO2013/131996 is further in contact with a plastomer layer at an areal density of between 0.2 and 15 g/m 2 .
  • the tapes according to WO2013/131996 show satisfactory strength and performance in applications such as antiballistic panels, they show a deficiency during handling of the tapes and/or the sheets comprising the tapes which is expressed by the occurrence of defects in the tape due to unwanted splitting of the tape. Furthermore, the performance of the tape in ballistic applications can be further improved.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a fibrous tape with optimized handling properties resulting in less defects of the tape through splitting.
  • a further objective of the invention may be to provide a tape with improved antiballistic performance.
  • This objective is achieved according to the invention by providing a tape with a transversal strength of at least 0.5 MPa. It was observed that tapes with such improved transversal strength may provide improved handling properties. It appeared that tapes according to the invention can be handled more easily and may be processed into antiballistic sheets and antiballistic panels with substantially less defects. It was further observed, that the tapes according to the invention may provide antiballistic sheets and panels with optimized antiballistic performance.
  • Fibrous tapes are also known from other patent applications such as WO2012/080274 and WO2013/130160. Also the therein disclosed fibrous tapes have high tenacity but also present the above described deficiencies.
  • fibrous tape is herein understood a tape obtained by a process wherein fibers comprising polymer are used as a precursor material.
  • a fibrous tape is structurally different from a non-fibrous tape, which is usually obtained by compressing polymeric powders or spinning solutions or melts of polymers.
  • the cross-section of a fibrous tape according to the invention if observed with a microscope, possesses boundaries between the fibers forming the tape.
  • the observable boundaries of the precursor fibers may be recognized as substantially straight limits between the precursor fibers in the fibrous tape, which precursor fibers may possess a mainly polygonal cross-section, for examples a hexagonal, pentagonal or rectangular cross-section.
  • the fibrous tape comprises abutting polymeric fibers having a fiber length, wherein the abutting fibers may be fused to each other over an abutting length.
  • a plurality of fibers i.e. more than one fiber, is used to make such tape, the plurality of fibers may be provided by a single or more than one yarn comprising the fibers.
  • the abutting length is at least 50% of the fibers' length, more preferably at least 70%, most preferably at least 90%. More preferably, the abutting length of the polymeric fibers is about the same with the fibers' length.
  • the abutting length over which abutting polymeric fibers may be fused to each other is a measure of the degree of fibers' fusion.
  • the degree of fibers' fusion may be adjusted as it will be detailed hereinafter and the abutting length may be measured with a microscope preferably provided with an adjustable depth of field and/or with a contrast enhancer device.
  • the difference between two, at least partially, fused fibers and two non-fused fibers is that the fused fibers are hindered in moving one in respect to each other over the fused part which keeps the fibers in contact.
  • a fibrous tape in the context of the present invention is structurally different from the monolayers known in the art comprising fibers and an elastic resin or a polymeric matrix that encapsulate and holds the fibers together.
  • the fibers of the present tapes are essentially held together by the above described interaction of abutting fibers.
  • the present fibrous tapes are substantially devoid of resins or adhesives located in between the fibers forming the tape.
  • the fibrous tapes are substantially devoid of resins or adhesives.
  • the fibrous tapes comprise less than 5 wt %, preferably less than 3 wt %, more preferably less than 2 wt % and most preferably less than 1 wt % of resin or adhesive.
  • tape is herein understood an elongated body having a longitudinal direction, a width, a thickness and a cross-sectional aspect ratio, i.e. the ratio of thickness to width. Said cross-section is defined as substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the tape.
  • the longitudinal direction or machine direction of the tape essentially corresponds to the orientation of the fused fibers.
  • the length dimension of a tape of the invention is not particularly limited. The length may exceed 10 km and mainly depends on the polymeric fibres and the process used to produce the tape. Nevertheless said tape can for convenience reasons be manufactured to smaller sizes, according to the requirements of the envisioned applications.
  • the tape of the invention has an average cross-sectional aspect ratio (thickness:width) of at most 1:50, preferably at most 1:100, more preferably at most 1:500, even more preferably at most 1:1000.
  • the width of the fibrous tape is preferably between 2 mm and 3000 mm, more preferable between 10 mm and 2500 mm, even more preferably between 20 mm and 2000 mm, yet even more preferably between 50 mm and 1800 mm and most preferably between 80 mm and 1600 mm.
  • the fibrous tape preferably has a thickness of between 1 ⁇ m and 200 ⁇ m, more preferably of between 3 ⁇ m and 120 ⁇ m, even more preferably of between 5 ⁇ m and 100 ⁇ m, even more preferably of between 8 ⁇ m and 80 ⁇ m and most preferably of between 10 ⁇ m and 50 ⁇ m.
  • width is herein understood the largest dimension between two points on the perimeter of a cross-section of the tape, said cross-section being orthogonal to the length of the tape.
  • thickness is herein understood a distance between two points on the perimeter of said cross-section, said distance being perpendicular on the width of the tape.
  • the width and the thickness of a tape can be measured according to known methods in the art, e.g.
  • the tapes according to the invention can be produced within above preferred widths and thicknesses while a low amount of defects of the tapes once processed into antiballistic articles is maintained.
  • fiber an elongated body having a length much greater than its transverse dimensions.
  • a fiber may have a regular rounded cross-section, e.g. oval or circular; or an irregular cross-section, e.g. lobed, C-shaped or U-shaped.
  • the fibers may have continuous lengths, known in the art as filaments, or discontinuous lengths, known in the art as staple fibers. Staple fibers are commonly obtained by cutting or stretch-breaking filaments.
  • a yarn for the purpose of the invention is an elongated body containing many fibers.
  • the fiber has a cross sectional aspect ratio, i.e. the ratio of the largest dimension between two points on the perimeter of a cross-section of the fiber to the lowest dimension between two points on the same perimeter.
  • the cross-sectional aspect ratio of the fiber is at most 10:1, more preferably of at most 5:1 and even more preferably 3:1.
  • fibers of polymer suitable for the present invention include but are not limited to fibers manufactured from polyamides and polyaramides, e.g. poly(p-phenyleneterephthalamide) (known as Kevlar®); poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (PTFE); poly ⁇ 2,6-diimidazo-[4,5b-4′,5′e]pyridinylene-1,4(2,5-dihydroxy)phenylene ⁇ (known as M5); poly(p-phenylene-2, 6-benzobisoxazole) (PBO) (known as Zylon®); poly(hexamethyleneadipamide) (known as nylon 6,6), poly(4-aminobutyric acid) (known as nylon 6); polyesters, e.g.
  • LCP thermotropic liquid crystal polymers
  • polyethylenes are high or ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE).
  • UHMWPE ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene
  • Polyethylene fibers may be manufactured by any technique known in the art, preferably by a melt or a gel spinning process. Most preferred fibers are gel spun UHMWPE fibers, e.g. those sold by DSM Dyneema, NL trademarked as Dyneema®. If a melt spinning process is used, the polyethylene starting material used for manufacturing thereof is preferably a high molecular weight polyethylene with a weight-average molecular weight between 20,000 and 600,000 g/mol, more preferably between 60,000 and 200,000 g/mol.
  • an UHMWPE is used with an intrinsic viscosity (IV) of preferably at least 5 dL/g, more preferably at least 8 dL/g, most preferably at least 12 dL/g.
  • IV is at most 40 dL/g, more preferably at most 30 dL/g, more preferably at most 25 dL/g.
  • the UHMWPE has less than 1 side chain per 100 C atoms, more preferably less than 1 side chain per 300 C atoms.
  • the UHMWPE fibers are manufactured according to a gel spinning process as described in numerous publications, including U.S. Pat. No. 4,413,110, GB 2042414 A, GB-A-2051667, WO 01/73173 A1.
  • the tenacity or tensile strength of the polymeric fibers is preferably at least 1.2 N/tex, more preferably at least 2.5 N/tex, most preferably at least 3.5 N/tex. Best results were obtained when the fibers of polymer were UHMWPE fibers having a tenacity of at least 2 N/tex, more preferably at least 3 N/tex.
  • the tenacity of the tape of the invention is preferably at least 1.5 N/tex, preferably at least 2.0 N/tex, more preferably at least 2.5 N/tex, even more preferably at least 3.0 N/tex and most preferably at least 3.5 N/tex. It was observed that tapes with increased tenacity, sheets and panels with further improved ballistic properties can be obtained.
  • the fibrous tape of the invention has a transversal strength of at least 0.5 MPa. Achieving such transversal strength came as a surprise for the inventors as it is known in the art that increased transversal strength of tapes usually come to the expense of other mechanical properties such as tenacity. It is considered to be an achievement of the inventors to have identified a process allowing for the first time to produce fibrous tapes with transversal strength exceeding 0.5 MPa while substantially maintaining the tenacities of the employed fibers.
  • the transversal strength of the tape of the invention is at least 0.6 MPa, more preferably at least 0.7 MPa, even more preferably at least 0.8 MPa and most preferably at least 0.9 MPa.
  • transversal strength of a fibrous tape in the context of the present invention is meant the force, in Newton (N), required to rupture a tape along a cross-sectional area perpendicular to its width direction divided by the surface (in mm 2 ) of said cross-sectional area. Said transversal strength is thus expressed in MPa or alternatively in N/mm 2 . Further details as to the measurement of the transversal strength can be found in the Methods of Measuring.
  • the fibers from which the tape according to the invention are produced contain between 10 ppm and 1 wt % of a solvent for the polymer from which the fibers are made, wherein the weight percentage is expressed as weight solvent per total weight of the fiber.
  • a preferred embodiment of the tapes of the present invention is that the fibers comprising polymer from which the tapes have been made comprise at least 10 ppm, preferably 20 ppm most preferably 50 ppm of a solvent for the polymer. Contents higher than 1 wt % no longer essentially contribute to the improvement, or even impair the transversal strength.
  • the solvent content in the fibre is preferably from 10 ppm to 1 wt %, more preferably 20 ppm to 0.5 wt %, even more preferably between 50 ppm to 0.1 wt %, and most preferably between 0.01 wt % to 0.1 wt %.
  • Solvent is here understood to be a substance that is capable of dissolving the polymer in question.
  • Suitable solvents for polymers are known to one skilled in the art. They can, for example, be chosen from the ‘Polymer Handbook’ by J. Brandrup and E. H. Immergut, third edition, chapter VII, pages 379-402.
  • suitable solvents for polyolefins, in particular for polyethylene are, separately or in combination: decalin, tetralin, toluene, lower n-alkanes such as hexane, (para-)xylene, paraffin oil, squalane, mineral oil, paraffin wax, cyclooctane.
  • the solvent is most preferably paraffin oil, paraffin wax or decalin.
  • the solvent is a high boiling solvent, such as paraffin oil. It was observed that such solvents provide fibrous tapes with further improved transversal strength.
  • these are solvents having a boiling temperature that is substantially higher, preferably at least 50 K, more preferably at least 100 K higher, than the melting temperature of the polymer.
  • the melting temperature of the fibers can be determined by DSC using a methodology as described at pg. 13 of WO 2009/056286.
  • the presence of the solvent in the fiber may have multiple origins.
  • the solvent present in the fibre may be a remainder of solvent used during the spinning process of the fibre or it may have been purposely added before, during or after the spinning process of the fibre or the manufacturing of the fibrous tape.
  • fibres of highly oriented polymer is defined as that the polymer chains run substantially parallel with the direction of fiber. It is preferred for the degree of orientation F to be at least 0.95, more preferably at least 0.97 and even more preferably at least 0.98.
  • the fibrous tape, or the therefrom produced sheets and/or the antiballistic articles of the invention may also comprise a binder or a matrix material.
  • Said binder or matrix material may be present in between the polymeric fibers or in between the fibrous tapes.
  • Various binders or matrices may be used, examples thereof including thermosetting and thermoplastic materials.
  • thermosetting materials are available, however, epoxy resins or polyester resins are most common. Suitable thermosetting and thermoplastic materials are enumerated in, for example, WO 91/12136 A1 (pages 15-21) included herein by reference. From the group of thermosetting materials, vinyl esters, unsaturated polyesters, epoxides or phenol resins are preferred.
  • thermoplastic materials polyurethanes, polyvinyls, polyacrylics, polybutyleneterephthalate (PBT), polyolefins or thermoplastic elastomeric block copolymers such as polyisopropene-polyethylene-butylene-polystyrene or polystyrene-polyisoprene-polystyrene block copolymers are preferred.
  • the fibrous tape is substantially free of any binder or matrix material between the polymeric fibers. It was observed that in the absence of binders or matrix materials, the ballistic properties of the material of the invention may be improved.
  • the binder or matrix material is present on and in between the fibrous tapes as for example disclosed in WO2013/131996, especially on pages 9, 11 and 12, included herein by reference.
  • the invention further relates to a process for the manufacturing of the tapes of the invention, comprising the steps of:
  • the present invention also relates to a fibrous tape obtainable by the process of the invention.
  • the fibrous tape obtainable by the process of the invention has a tenacity which is at most 20% lower than the tenacity of the polymeric fibers used to manufacture said fibrous tape, more preferably at most 10%, most preferably with at most 5% lower tenacity than the polymeric fibers used to manufacture the fibrous tape. If polymeric fibers with various tenacities and moduli are used to manufacture the tape of the invention, the tenacity or modulus of the polymeric fibers to be considered are an average tenacity and modulus of the various polymeric fibers.
  • the plurality of highly oriented polymer fibers is provided as at least one yarn, more preferably more than one yarn, that may be twisted or untwisted.
  • the yarns have a twist of less than 1 per 100 cm yarn, more preferably less than 1 twist per 200 cm yarn and even more preferably less than 1 twist per 400 cm. Most preferably the yarns are substantially untwisted.
  • a twisted yarn is provided to the process, the skilled person will be aware of means to remove the twist from the provided yarns before or during the formation into a layer comprising the fibers, step (b).
  • the polymeric fibers are formed into a layer comprising the fibers, preferably a layer of fibers.
  • Said layer may be fibers arranged in configurations of various types which may comprise random or ordered oriented fibers such as arranged in parallel arrays.
  • the layer of fibers is an unidirectional network wherein a majority of fibers, e.g. at least 50 mass %, more preferably at least 75 mass %, even more preferably at least 95 mass %, most preferably about 100 mass % of the total mass of fibers forming the layer, is arranged to run substantially in parallel along a common direction.
  • the unidirectional alignment of polymeric fibers may be achieved through various standard techniques known in the art that are able to produce substantially straight rows of unidirectionally aligned fibers, such that adjacent fibers overlap and preferably there is substantially no gap between them.
  • An example of such a technique is described in WO 2009/0056286 included herein by reference, wherein a layer comprising abutting and unidirectionally aligned polymeric fibers may suitably be formed by feeding a polymer fiber from an unwinding station under tension, through an alignment means, e.g. a reel followed by a plurality of spreader bars. It was observed that such substantial parallel alignment of the fibers in the layer provides tapes with further improved transversal strength.
  • the thickness of the layer comprising the polymeric fibers is preferably chosen to yield after the stretching of steps (d) and compression step (f) the desired thickness of the tape.
  • the layer may have a minimum thickness of about the diameter of the fibers.
  • Preferably the thickness of the layer will be at least twice the thickness of the fibers.
  • the process of the invention comprises an additional step (b1) wherein the fibers are preheated to a temperature below T m , before or while stretching the layer in step (d).
  • Preheating of the layer may be carried out by keeping the layer for a dwell time in an oven set at a preheating temperature, subjecting the layer to heat radiation or contacting the layer with a heating medium such as a heating fluid or a heated surface.
  • the preheating temperature is between T m ⁇ 2 K and T m ⁇ 30 K, more preferably between T m ⁇ 3 K and T m ⁇ 20 K, most preferably between T m ⁇ 5 K and T m ⁇ 15 K.
  • the dwell time is preferably between 2 and 100 seconds, more preferably between 3 and 60 seconds, most preferably between 4 and 30 seconds.
  • step (d) the layer is stretched at a draw ratio of at least 1.01. More preferably the draw ratio is at least 1.03, even more preferably at least 1.05 and most preferably at least 1.08.
  • the maximum draw rate that may be applied on the layer may essentially be limited by the drawability of the fibers employed in the process. Nevertheless it was observed that too high draw rates applied to the layer before the compaction step (f) may result in unwanted deficiencies of the produced tapes, such as fibrillation or splitting of the tapes during or after the processing of the fibrous tape.
  • the stretching in step (d) is preferably limited to a draw ratio of less than 2.0, preferably less than 1.8, more preferably less than 1.5 and most preferred less than 1.3.
  • the draw ratio of the layer may be between 1.01 and 2.0, preferably between 1.03 and 1.8, more preferably between 1.05 and 1.5 and most preferably between 1.08 and 1.3. It was observed that at such limited draw ratio fibrous tapes having further improved properties may be obtained.
  • the process may form an integral part of the manufacturing process of high tenacity fibers and wherein the stretching step (b) is the last stretching step of the drawing operation to which the fibers are subjected.
  • the draw ratio of step (d) may be between 2.0 and 10, preferably between 2.5 and 9.0, more preferably between 3.0 and 8.0, and most preferably between 4.0 and 7.0. It was observed that combination of the drawing step (d) with the production of high tenacity fibers has a substantial efficiency advantage while the transversal strength of the produced tape remains substantially unaffected.
  • the layer is provided at a temperature T p to compression means.
  • the temperature T p may be achieved by heating or cooling the layer with means known to the skilled person.
  • the temperature T p is between T m ⁇ 1 K and T m ⁇ 30 K, more preferably between T m ⁇ 1 K and T m ⁇ 15 K, most preferably between T m ⁇ 1 K and T m ⁇ 5 K.
  • the layer comprising the polymeric fibers is compressed by the compression means.
  • the compression means may be a calender, a smoothing unit, a double belt press, an alternating press.
  • the compression means form a gap through which the layer will be processed.
  • said layer is introduced into said gap with an inline speed of at least 1 m/min, more preferably of at least 2 m/min, most preferably of at least 3 m/min.
  • the transversal pressure to which the layer is subjected may be expressed in N/mm or N/mm 2 depending on the geometry of the compression means.
  • the compression means is a calender or a comparable compression means applying a compression to a narrow surface area
  • the line pressure is at least 100 N/mm, more preferably at least 200 N/mm, even more preferably at least 300 N/mm, most preferably at least 500 N/mm.
  • the compression means is a press, i.e. applying a compression to a broad surface
  • the surface pressure is at least 1 N/mm 2 , more preferably at least 5 N/mm 2 , even more preferably at least 10 N/mm 2 , most preferably at least 20 N/mm 2 . It was observed that the higher the respective pressure, the higher the transversal strength of the fibrous tapes is.
  • a calender comprises at least two counter-rotating calendering rolls which form a nip, e.g. where the rolls abut each other, by applying a, preferably constant, closing force on said rolls.
  • the closing force is usually measured by a force gauge.
  • the calendering line pressure can therefore be easily determined by dividing the closing force as measured by the force gauge to the width of the layer comprising the network of fibers.
  • a press comprises at least 2 counteracting compression surfaces by applying a, preferably constant, closing force on said compression surfaces and hence applying a pressure in N per mm 2 onto the material in between the at least 2 compression surfaces.
  • the compression step (f) of the process is carried out with a temperature T c of the compression means, wherein T c is below the temperature T p at which the layer comprising the polymer fibers is fed to the compression means.
  • the temperature of the compression means is at least 3 K below T p , preferably at least 5 K, more preferably at least 10 K, more preferably at least 20 K, even more preferably at least 30 K and most preferably at least 50 K below the T p of the layer.
  • the inventors surprisingly found out, that by applying lower temperatures of the compression means may provide tapes with an optimized balance of mechanical properties. It was observed that operating the process according to the invention may provide fibrous tapes with optimized tenacity and transversal strength.
  • the temperature of the compression means may be set by using internally heated or cooled compression means. Said temperature is influenced amongst others by the dimensions of the compression means (for example the diameter of the calendering rolls), the temperature (T p ) at which the layer is provided, the inline speed and optionally the temperature applied to the space beyond the compression means, such as a forced cooling of the produced fibrous tape exciting the compression means.
  • temperature of the compression means T a
  • the calendering rolls preferably have a diameter of between 100 mm and 1000 mm, more preferably between 200 mm and 700 mm, most preferably between 300 mm and 600 mm.
  • the fibrous tape is stretched in step (g) at a draw rate of at most 1.1.
  • the draw rate of the fibrous tape is at most 1.05, more preferably at most 1.03 and most preferably at most 1.01. It was surprisingly observed that such a limitation of the draw rate after the compression of the polymer fibers into a tape may provide a fibrous tape with further increased transversal strength.
  • the inventive process employs highly oriented polymer fibers.
  • Such fibers may be fully drawn fibers, meaning that the fibers have been drawn as much as chosen for the manufacturing of the fiber product. Since a fiber manufacturer typically designs the product to have safety margin, a fully drawn fiber may be drawn further, though excessive further drawing typically will lead to fiber failure.
  • a preferred embodiment of the inventive process is that the layer comprising the polymeric fibers are stretched in between the steps (a) and (f) to a total draw ratio from 1.02 to 3.0, preferably 1.03 to 2.0, more preferably 1.05 to 1.5 and most preferably 1.08 to 1.3. It was observed that these preferred ranges of drawing during the manufacture of the tape will optimize the balance of tape strength and transversal strength. While higher draw rates may result in increases of the tape tenacity, they may negatively affect the transversal strength. If too low draw rates are applied, both transversal strength and tenacity of the tape may be negatively affected.
  • the fibrous tape is cooled such that the temperature of the tape is reduced with at least 25° C., preferably the tapes are cooled to room temperature.
  • T p and T c are chosen to respect the conditions of T m >T p ⁇ T m ⁇ 15 K, and wherein T c ⁇ T p ⁇ 15 K.
  • T p and T c are chosen to respect the condition of T m >T p ⁇ T m ⁇ 5 K, and wherein T c ⁇ T p ⁇ 30 K. It was observed that if the process of the invention is operated within the above boundaries, the obtained fibrous tapes have optimized balance of tenacity and transversal strength and will provide antiballistic articles with substantially reduced number of defects.
  • the fibers comprise as a polymer UHMWPE, preferably the UHMWPE has an IV (measured at @135° C. in decalin) of between 5 dL/g to 40 dL/g, more preferably between 8 and 30 dL/g and more preferably between 10 dL/g and 25 dL/g. It was observed that such ranges of intrinsic viscosities of UHMWPE provide further improved antiballistic performance of the therefrom manufactured fibrous tapes.
  • the process of the present invention furthermore enables tapes to be made that were never made available before, i.e. tapes with a unique combination of mechanical properties, i.e. a balance between ballistic properties and handling defects. More specifically the present invention enables fibrous tapes with a tenacity (TS) of at least 1.2 N/tex and a transversal strength (S tr ) of at least 0.5 MPa. In a preferred embodiment, the tenacity and the transversal strength of the tape respect the relation of formula 1;
  • S tr is expressed in MPa
  • ⁇ is the density of the fibers in g/mm 3
  • TS is expressed in N/tex
  • the factor a is at most 6.5 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 3 , more preferably a is at most 5.0 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 3 , even more preferably a is at most 4.0 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 3 and most preferably at most 3.0 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 3 .
  • such tapes yield excellent performance when used in the manufacture of antiballistic products. Such high performance is unexpected in the field of antiballistic products.
  • the invention further relates to products such as sheets and antiballistic articles comprising the fibrous tapes of the invention.
  • the invention relates to a sheet comprising at least two monolayers comprising fibrous tapes according to the invention or at least one layer of woven fibrous tapes according to the invention.
  • the monolayers comprise unidirectional aligned fibrous tapes.
  • the sheets may also contain a binder in between the tapes forming said sheet.
  • the purpose of the binder may be to hold said fibrous tapes in place in order to improve the ease of operation of the monolayers or sheets comprising thereof.
  • Suitable binders are described in e.g. EP 0191306 B1, EP 1170925 A1, EP 0683374 B1 and EP 1144740 A1. It was observed that good results may be obtained when the sheets or the therefrom manufactured panel is substantially free of any binder or any other material the purpose of which being to hold the fibrous tapes together.
  • a monolayer of unidirectional aligned fibrous tapes is herein understood that a majority of the fibrous tapes in the sheet, e.g. at least 70 mass % of the total mass of fibrous tapes in said monolayer, more preferably at least 90 mass %, most preferably about 100 mass %, run along a common direction.
  • the direction of the fibrous tapes in a monolayer is at an angle ⁇ to the direction of a fibrous tape in an adjacent monolayer.
  • ⁇ and ⁇ are preferably between 20 and 90°, more preferably between 45 and 90° and most preferably between 75 and 90° most preferably the angles ⁇ and ⁇ are about 90°.
  • the sheets of the invention are compacted by mechanical fusing of the fibrous tapes.
  • Said mechanical fusing is preferably achieved under a combination of pressure, temperature and time which results in substantially no melt bonding.
  • No detectable melt bonding means that no visible endothermic effect consistent with partially melt recrystallized fibers is detected, when the sample is analyzed in triplicate. It has been found that the application of high pressures at a temperature suitably below the melting point of the fiber results in no detectable amount of melt recrystallized fibers being present, which is consistent with the substantial absence of melt bonding.
  • the invention also relates to compressed sheets comprising the fibrous tape of the invention. It was observed that said compressed sheet will have a more homogeneous appearance if compared to compressed sheets made from fibrous tapes known in the art. As presented above, the fibrous tapes known in the art are prone to longitudinal splitting upon handling. In sheets manufactured from said prior art fibrous tapes imperfections in the form of splits may be observed. The presence of splits in the tapes may result in local defects due to overlaps or gaps in the tape.
  • the invention also relates to sheets comprising the fibrous tape, wherein the split length in the tape is less than 5 m/m 2 of sheet, preferably less than 2 m/m 2 of sheet, even more preferably less than 1 m/m 2 of sheet, and most preferably less than 50 cm/m 2 of sheet. It was observed that such low split length in a sheet comprising the tape improves the antiballistic performance of articles made from said sheets.
  • the invention also relates to antiballistic articles comprising the sheet according to the invention.
  • the antiballistic article comprising at least 2, preferably at least 4, more preferably at least 8 sheets. It was observed that antiballistic articles comprising such number of sheets have improved antiballistic properties when compare to sheets comprising the fibrous tapes known in the art.
  • the antiballistic article has an areal density between 0.25 Kg/m 2 and 250 Kg/m 2 , preferably between 0.5 Kg/m 2 and 100 Kg/m 2 , more preferably between 1 Kg/m 2 and 75 kg/m 2 and most preferably between 2 Kg/m 2 and 50 Kg/m 2 .
  • the antiballistic article of the invention is a panel.
  • panel is understood herein that the individual sheets have been compressed, optionally under elevated temperature to form a single monolithic structure.
  • the panel of the invention is compressed at a temperature of below the T m of the polymeric fibers, more preferably at a temperature of between said T m and T m ⁇ 100 K and with a pressure of at least 100 bars, more preferably at least 150 bars, to obtain a panel.
  • the panels comprising the tapes according to the invention have increased structural homogeneity and hence provide a panel with less fluctuation in the antiballistic properties compared to panels comprising fibrous tapes known from the prior art.
  • tapes with splits may lead to local fiber and/or tape displacements by portions of adjacent tapes being squeezed under moulding conditions into said splits of the intermediate tape. Such migration of portions of tape result in reduced structural homogeneity of the antiballistic panel.
  • Structural inhomogeneity can for example be observed by microscopy of a cross-section of a compacted panel whereby the cross-section is perpendicular to the common direction of unidirectional aligned fibrous tape. In such cross-section ( FIG. 1 and FIG.
  • unidirectional aligned fibrous tapes may be observed as distinct, substantially parallel bands ( 1 ).
  • a displacement due to a split tape of a monolayer ( 2 ) may appear as a location in said cross-section where the tapes of the 2 adjacent monolayers ( 3 and 4 ) originally separated by the tape of intermediate monolayer ( 2 ), contact each other ( 5 ). It is the purpose of the present invention to provide a panel with an increased structural homogeneity, i.e. with a reduced number of such tape contacts.
  • the invention thus also relates to an antiballistic article comprising a number of contacts between 2 tapes separated by at least one intermediate tape, alternatively called separating tape, wherein the number of contacts is less than 20 per unit of width of 1 meter of intermediate tape, while a contact corresponds to a tape-to-tape interaction of two tapes separated by an intermediate tape, occurring through a split of the intermediate tape.
  • Such contacts can easily be counted by the skilled person when analysing a cross-section of said panel as depicted in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 .
  • the invention further relates to an armor comprising the panel of the invention.
  • armors include but are not limited to helmets, breast plates, vehicle hulls and vehicle doors.
  • the present invention further relates to a product for automotive applications such as car parts, etc.; marine applications such as ships, boats, panels, etc.; aerospace applications such as planes, helicopters, panels, etc.; defense/life-protection applications such as ballistic protection, body armor, ballistic vests, shields, ballistic helmets, ballistic vehicle protection, etc.; architectural applications such as windows, doors, walls, pseudowalls, cargo doors, cargo walls, radomes, shields, etc. wherein said product contains the tapes, the sheets or the panel of the invention.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 show a light microscopy picture at 2 different scales showing a portion of a cross-section ( 1 ) through a panel comprising monolayers the fibrous tapes according to the invention.
  • the monolayers of which the fibers run substantially in parallel to the cross section are of a lighter shade ( 3 and 4 ) than the monolayers of which the fibers run substantially perpendicular to the cross-section ( 2 ).
  • the position ( 5 ) in the figures indicates a split of the tape of monolayer ( 2 ), which split has been filled with the tapes of the respective adjacent monolayers ( 3 ) and ( 4 ).
  • a multifilament UHMWPE yarn with a tenacity of 3.1 N/tex and a paraffinic solvent level of about 50 ppm was subjected to above general experimental setup.
  • the calender rolls were heated to 161° C.
  • the obtained fibrous tape A had an average thickness of 47.2 micrometer, a width of 28 mm, a titre of 957 dtex and a tenacity of 3.01 N/tex.
  • the transversal strength of the tape was 0.39 MPa.
  • Comparative Experiment A was repeated with the difference that a forced air convection oven at a temperature of 143° C. in between two roller stands applying an tensile force to the filaments was placed before the calender rolls. The tensile force was adjusted to apply a draw rate of 1.12 to the filament layer before entering the calender rolls set at a temperature of 160° C.
  • the obtained fibrous tape B had an average thickness of 47 micrometer, a width of 29 mm, a titre of 968 dtex and a tenacity of 2.83 N/tex. The transversal strength of the tape was 0.41 MPa.
  • Comparative Experiment B was repeated with the addition that the drawn filament layer was passed over a heated surface of 157° C., the contact path with the heated surface having a length of about 3 cm before entering the calendering rolls set at a temperature of 139° C.
  • the obtained fibrous tape 1 had an average thickness of 39.6 micrometer, a width of 30 mm, a titre of 751 dtex and a tenacity of 3.19 N/tex.
  • the transversal strength of the tape was 0.60 MPa representing about a 50% improvement over the transversal strength of tape B.

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