WO2008151988A1 - Method for minimising shrinkage and warpage in rotomoulding applications. - Google Patents

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WO2008151988A1
WO2008151988A1 PCT/EP2008/057066 EP2008057066W WO2008151988A1 WO 2008151988 A1 WO2008151988 A1 WO 2008151988A1 EP 2008057066 W EP2008057066 W EP 2008057066W WO 2008151988 A1 WO2008151988 A1 WO 2008151988A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
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    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
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  • the present invention discloses a method for predicting and thus controlling the three-dimensional deformations occurring in rotomoulding applications.
  • Rotomoulding is typically used in applications that require a complex and precise geometry. It is thus desirable to reduce the shrinkage and warpage to a maximum or at least to know where and how it is most likely to occur.
  • the warpage and shrinkage are typically studied using two-dimensional methods.
  • Warpage is measured as the vertical distance between the plane horizontal surface under study and a fixed marker. This of course is not accurate if the surface under study has a complex shape.
  • Shrinkage is measured by inserting a grid of known dimension in the moulded part, but this is not accurate either as the grid partly blocks or at least interacts with the shrinkage process.
  • Last but not least a deformation measured on a two-dimensional system is far smaller than the resulting three-dimensional deformation.
  • Figure 1 represents the temperature expressed in 0 C in terms of time expressed in minutes in several parts of a multi-layer moulded part.
  • Figure 2 is a schematic representation of warpage development.
  • Figure 3 represents configuration of the rotomoulded part in the mould.
  • Figure 4 represents a three-dimensional mapping of shrinkage for a 7.5 L rotomoulded bottle as measured by the spacing between the rotomoulded part and the mould wherein it has been configured in order to reduce the means of distances between mould and moulded part.
  • Figure 5 represents global deformation expressed in % with respect to the mould volume for resins R1 to R8.
  • Figure 6 represents the spherulite size expressed in ⁇ m as a function of resin type and peak internal air temperature.
  • Figure 7 represents the increase in volume of the rotomoulded part expressed in litres for different resins, for different wall thicknesses and for different oven temperatures.
  • Figure 8 represents the change in outer surface dimensions for 10 L. bottles having a wall thickness of 4.5 mm, before and after soaking, using 200,000 measurement points. The change of outer surface dimensions is expressed in mm.
  • polymers such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyamide, polyvinyl difluoride are characterised by a semi-crystalline structure comprising non-organised amorphous zones and highly organised crystalline zones.
  • the density of the polymer increases when passing from the liquid state to the solid state.
  • the level of crystallinity is determined by the chemical structure of the polymer and therefore by its method of preparation. It has been observed for example that the spherulite size of polyethylene prepared with a bis-tetrahydroindenyl catalyst system is smaller than that of a polyethylene prepared with a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system.
  • the present invention discloses a method for minimising the shrinkage and warpage of rotomoulded parts that comprises the steps of: a) subjecting the external surface of the rotomoulded part to three-dimensional analysis by optical digitisation; b) subjecting the external and internal surfaces of the rotomoulded part to three- dimensional analysis by Rx digitisation; c) subjecting the internal surface of the mould to three-dimensional analysis by optical digitisation; d) subjecting the internal and external surfaces of the mould to three-dimensional analysis by Rx digitisation; e) keying the moulded part into the mould; f) mapping the volume between mould and moulded part point by point; g) creating a bank of maps using different resins; h) creating a bank of maps using different oven temperatures; i) creating a bank of maps using different cooling rates; j) selecting the parameters of steps g) and/or h) and/or i) that give the best balance of deformations.
  • Rx digitisation is computed tomography as used in medical domain, wherein tomography is imaging by sections.
  • Digital geometry processing is used to generate a three-dimensional image of the inside of an object from a large series of two- dimensional X-ray images taken around a single axis of rotation. This method is used mostly in medicine but also for non-destructive materials testing.
  • the moulded part can be keyed to the mould using several techniques:
  • a fixed point of the moulded part is keyed to the mould.
  • the resins were as follows:
  • R1 was a metallocene-produced polyethylene sold by Total Petrochemicals under the name M3581 UV and having a density of 0.935 g/cm 3 and a melt flow index MI2 of 8 dg/min.
  • the density is measured following the method of standard test ASTM 1505 at a temperature of 23 0 C and the melt index MI2 is measured following the method of standard test ASTM D 1238 at a temperature of 190 0 C and under a load of 2.16 kg.
  • R2 was resin R1 extruded with red pigments.
  • R3 was resin R1 extruded with white pigments.
  • R4 was a dry blend of resin R1 and black pigments.
  • R5 was a dry blend of resin R1 and green pigments.
  • R6 was a plyamide sold by Arkema under the name Rilsan® RDG232.
  • R7 was a metallocene-produced random copolymer of propylene having a melt index of 15 dg/min and an ethylene content of 2 wt%.
  • the melt index was measured following the method of standard test ASTM D 1238 under a load of 2.16 kg and at a temperature of 230 0 C.
  • R8 was a PVDF sold by Arkema under the name Kynar® 3200G.
  • R9 was a metallocene-produced polyethylene sold By Total Petrochemicals under the name M4041 UV and having a density of 0.940 g/cm 3 and a melt flow index MI2 of 4 dg/min.
  • R10 was a polyethelene produced with a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system and having a density of 0.940 g/cm 3 and a melt flow index MI2 of 4 dg/min.
  • R1 1 was a metallocene-produced polyethylene sold by Borealis under the name
  • the overall deformation that is a combination of shrinkage and warpage, is expressed in % with respect to the mould inner volume. It is exemplified in Figure 5 for resins R1 to R8. As can be seen, the nature of the resin, the nature of the additive and the method of additivation play a role in the overall performance of the moulded part. In a next example the level of crystallisation, expressed by spherulite size, was studied in terms of the nature of the resin and of the oven temperature. The results are represented in Figure 6.
  • the first row of figure 6 represents the overall change in spherulite size when changing the resin type from second generation metallocene (resins R1 or R9) to first generation metallocene resin (resin R1 1 ) under various peak inernal air temperatures
  • the second row represents the change in spherulite size when changing the resin type from second generation metallocene (resins R1 or R9) to first generation metallocene resin (resin R1 1 ) for a PIAT of 177.3 0 C.
  • the change was an increase of about19 ⁇ m.
  • the third row represents the change in spherulite size when changing the resin type from second generation metallocene (resins R1 or R9) to first generation metallocene resin (resin R11 ) for a PIAT of 254.8 0 C.
  • the change was an increase of about 42 ⁇ m.
  • the fourth row represents the overall change in spherulite size when increasing the
  • PIAT from 177.3 to 254.8 0 C for all types of resins.
  • the change was an increase of about 9 ⁇ m.
  • the fifth row represents the change in spherulite size when increasing the PIAT from
  • the sixth row represents the change in spherulite size when increasing the PIAT from 177.3 to 254.8 0 C for resin R9.
  • the change was an increase of about 3 ⁇ m.
  • the seventh row represents the change in spherulite size when increasing the PIAT from 177.3 to 254.8 0 C for a Ziegler-Natta polyethylene.
  • the change was an increase of about 2 ⁇ m.
  • the eighth row represents the change in spherulite size when increasing the PIAT from 177.3 to 254.8 0 C for resin R1 1 .
  • the change was an increase of about 26 ⁇ m.
  • Resins R1 and R9 prepared with "second generation” metallocene catalyst systems such as bis-tetrahydroindenyl, typically had a very stable spherulite size with respect to PIAT.
  • Resin R1 1 prepared with "first generation” metallocene catalyst systems such as unbridged biscyclopentadienyl was very sensitive to PIAT.
  • the total volume of the moulded part was also studied for several mould thicknesses, oven temperatures and cooling rates. If the total volume of the rotomoulded part increases, it means that shrinkage decreases.
  • the samples were 7.5 L rotomoulded bottles
  • the first row represents the increase in volume of the moulded part, expressed in L, when changing from resin R9 to resin R1 .
  • the second row represents the increase in volume when the wall thickness (WT) of the moulded part increased from 3 to 6 mm.
  • the third row represents the increase in volume of the moulded part when the PIAT increased from 177.3 to 254.8 0 C.
  • a 10 L. bottles were prepared by rotomoulding with resin M3423 LJV® having a density of 0.934 g/cc and a melt flow index MI2 of 2.7 dg/min. They had a wall thickness of 4.5 or of 6.0 mm. These bottles were filled either with pure biodiesel or with 30% biodiesel and stored for 6 weeks at a temperature of 70 0 C. The wall thicknesses and the outside surface dimensions were measured by tomography using 200,000 measurement points, before and after soaking. It has been surprisingly observed that, although some diesel was absorbed in the bottles' walls, the overall wall thickness decreased after soaking. The results for mean wall thickness, expressed in mm are summarised in Table I

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Abstract

The present invention discloses a method for mapping and controlling the three- dimensional shrinkage and warpage occurring in rotomoulding applications.

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METHOD FOR MINIMISING SHRINKAGE AND WARPAGE IN ROTOMOULDING APPLICATIONS
The present invention discloses a method for predicting and thus controlling the three-dimensional deformations occurring in rotomoulding applications.
Rotomoulding is typically used in applications that require a complex and precise geometry. It is thus desirable to reduce the shrinkage and warpage to a maximum or at least to know where and how it is most likely to occur.
The warpage and shrinkage are typically studied using two-dimensional methods.
Warpage is measured as the vertical distance between the plane horizontal surface under study and a fixed marker. This of course is not accurate if the surface under study has a complex shape.
Shrinkage is measured by inserting a grid of known dimension in the moulded part, but this is not accurate either as the grid partly blocks or at least interacts with the shrinkage process.
Last but not least a deformation measured on a two-dimensional system is far smaller than the resulting three-dimensional deformation.
List of figures.
Figure 1 represents the temperature expressed in 0C in terms of time expressed in minutes in several parts of a multi-layer moulded part.
Figure 2 is a schematic representation of warpage development.
Figure 3 represents configuration of the rotomoulded part in the mould.
Figure 4 represents a three-dimensional mapping of shrinkage for a 7.5 L rotomoulded bottle as measured by the spacing between the rotomoulded part and the mould wherein it has been configured in order to reduce the means of distances between mould and moulded part.
Figure 5 represents global deformation expressed in % with respect to the mould volume for resins R1 to R8.
Figure 6 represents the spherulite size expressed in μm as a function of resin type and peak internal air temperature.
Figure 7 represents the increase in volume of the rotomoulded part expressed in litres for different resins, for different wall thicknesses and for different oven temperatures.
Figure 8 represents the change in outer surface dimensions for 10 L. bottles having a wall thickness of 4.5 mm, before and after soaking, using 200,000 measurement points. The change of outer surface dimensions is expressed in mm.
Warpage and shrinkage have been studied extensively at the Queens University in Belfast.
In the solid state, polymers such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyamide, polyvinyl difluoride are characterised by a semi-crystalline structure comprising non-organised amorphous zones and highly organised crystalline zones. As a consequence of the higher level of organisation in the solid state than in the liquid state, the density of the polymer increases when passing from the liquid state to the solid state.
The level of crystallinity is determined by the chemical structure of the polymer and therefore by its method of preparation. It has been observed for example that the spherulite size of polyethylene prepared with a bis-tetrahydroindenyl catalyst system is smaller than that of a polyethylene prepared with a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system.
The shrinkage and warpage occurring in rotomoulding applications are tied to the crystallinity of the material that is itself linked to its thermal history. It was observed that fast cooling was associated with the presence of a large amount of random or amorphous structures, low shrinkage and good impact whereas low cooling was associated with highly crystalline material presenting important shrinkage and poor impact.
It was also observed that thermal exchanges within the rotomoulding mould are not uniform as represented in Figure 1 . The differences in cooling rate occurring in various parts of the mould create tension inside the cooling solid resulting in warpage as represented in Figure 2.
Deformations occurring in rotomoulded parts are thus the complex superposition of various effects influenced by different factors.
If deformations cannot be measured accurately, it is impossible either to control or to reduce their magnitude.
There is thus a need to develop a method that accurately measures the three- dimensional deformations occurring in rotomoulded parts and to understand the rotomoulding parameters that are responsible for said deformations.
It is an aim of the present invention to develop a method to measure the three- dimensional deformation of rotomoulded articles.
It is also an aim of the present invention to determine the parameters that are responsible for the deformations observed in rotomouldes articles.
It is another aim of the present invention to develop a method for minimising the deformations of rotomoulded articles.
Any one of these aims is, at least partially, fulfilled by the present invention.
Accordingly, the present invention discloses a method for minimising the shrinkage and warpage of rotomoulded parts that comprises the steps of: a) subjecting the external surface of the rotomoulded part to three-dimensional analysis by optical digitisation; b) subjecting the external and internal surfaces of the rotomoulded part to three- dimensional analysis by Rx digitisation; c) subjecting the internal surface of the mould to three-dimensional analysis by optical digitisation; d) subjecting the internal and external surfaces of the mould to three-dimensional analysis by Rx digitisation; e) keying the moulded part into the mould; f) mapping the volume between mould and moulded part point by point; g) creating a bank of maps using different resins; h) creating a bank of maps using different oven temperatures; i) creating a bank of maps using different cooling rates; j) selecting the parameters of steps g) and/or h) and/or i) that give the best balance of deformations.
Rx digitisation is computed tomography as used in medical domain, wherein tomography is imaging by sections. Digital geometry processing is used to generate a three-dimensional image of the inside of an object from a large series of two- dimensional X-ray images taken around a single axis of rotation. This method is used mostly in medicine but also for non-destructive materials testing.
The moulded part can be keyed to the mould using several techniques:
- The centre of gravity of the mould is keyed to that of the moulded part.
- A fixed point of the moulded part is keyed to the mould.
- The mean of the distances between mould and moulded part is minimised.
The last method is preferably used. A typical configuration can be seen in Figure 3.
The three-dimensional mapping of the spacing between the rotomoulded part and the mould can be seen for example in Figure 4.
Examples. Several resins were tested to prepare rotomoulded articles. The mould, oven temperature and cooling rate were the same for all resins.
The resins were as follows:
R1 was a metallocene-produced polyethylene sold by Total Petrochemicals under the name M3581 UV and having a density of 0.935 g/cm3 and a melt flow index MI2 of 8 dg/min. The density is measured following the method of standard test ASTM 1505 at a temperature of 23 0C and the melt index MI2 is measured following the method of standard test ASTM D 1238 at a temperature of 190 0C and under a load of 2.16 kg.
R2 was resin R1 extruded with red pigments.
R3 was resin R1 extruded with white pigments.
R4 was a dry blend of resin R1 and black pigments.
R5 was a dry blend of resin R1 and green pigments.
R6 was a plyamide sold by Arkema under the name Rilsan® RDG232.
R7 was a metallocene-produced random copolymer of propylene having a melt index of 15 dg/min and an ethylene content of 2 wt%. The melt index was measured following the method of standard test ASTM D 1238 under a load of 2.16 kg and at a temperature of 230 0C.
R8 was a PVDF sold by Arkema under the name Kynar® 3200G.
R9 was a metallocene-produced polyethylene sold By Total Petrochemicals under the name M4041 UV and having a density of 0.940 g/cm3 and a melt flow index MI2 of 4 dg/min.
R10 was a polyethelene produced with a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system and having a density of 0.940 g/cm3 and a melt flow index MI2 of 4 dg/min.
R1 1 was a metallocene-produced polyethylene sold by Borealis under the name
RM8343 and having a density of 0.934 g/cm3 and a melt flow index MI2 of 6 dg/min.
The overall deformation, that is a combination of shrinkage and warpage, is expressed in % with respect to the mould inner volume. It is exemplified in Figure 5 for resins R1 to R8. As can be seen, the nature of the resin, the nature of the additive and the method of additivation play a role in the overall performance of the moulded part. In a next example the level of crystallisation, expressed by spherulite size, was studied in terms of the nature of the resin and of the oven temperature. The results are represented in Figure 6.
The first row of figure 6 represents the overall change in spherulite size when changing the resin type from second generation metallocene (resins R1 or R9) to first generation metallocene resin (resin R1 1 ) under various peak inernal air temperatures
(PIAT). The overall change was an increase of about 30 μm.
The second row represents the change in spherulite size when changing the resin type from second generation metallocene (resins R1 or R9) to first generation metallocene resin (resin R1 1 ) for a PIAT of 177.3 0C. The change was an increase of about19 μm.
The third row represents the change in spherulite size when changing the resin type from second generation metallocene (resins R1 or R9) to first generation metallocene resin (resin R11 ) for a PIAT of 254.8 0C. The change was an increase of about 42 μm.
The fourth row represents the overall change in spherulite size when increasing the
PIAT from 177.3 to 254.8 0C for all types of resins. The change was an increase of about 9 μm.
The fifth row represents the change in spherulite size when increasing the PIAT from
177.3 to 254.8 0C for resin R1 . The change was an increase of about 4 μm.
The sixth row represents the change in spherulite size when increasing the PIAT from 177.3 to 254.8 0C for resin R9. The change was an increase of about 3 μm.
The seventh row represents the change in spherulite size when increasing the PIAT from 177.3 to 254.8 0C for a Ziegler-Natta polyethylene. The change was an increase of about 2 μm.
The eighth row represents the change in spherulite size when increasing the PIAT from 177.3 to 254.8 0C for resin R1 1 . The change was an increase of about 26 μm.
It can thus be concluded that the major factors influencing the spherulite size is the nature of the resin. Resins R1 and R9, prepared with "second generation" metallocene catalyst systems such as bis-tetrahydroindenyl, typically had a very stable spherulite size with respect to PIAT. Resin R1 1 prepared with "first generation" metallocene catalyst systems such as unbridged biscyclopentadienyl was very sensitive to PIAT. The total volume of the moulded part was also studied for several mould thicknesses, oven temperatures and cooling rates. If the total volume of the rotomoulded part increases, it means that shrinkage decreases. The samples were 7.5 L rotomoulded bottles
It was observed that shrinkage decreased with increasing mould thickness and with increasing oven temperature as represented in Figure 7.
The first row represents the increase in volume of the moulded part, expressed in L, when changing from resin R9 to resin R1 .
The second row represents the increase in volume when the wall thickness (WT) of the moulded part increased from 3 to 6 mm.
The third row represents the increase in volume of the moulded part when the PIAT increased from 177.3 to 254.8 0C.
In another example a 10 L. bottles were prepared by rotomoulding with resin M3423 LJV® having a density of 0.934 g/cc and a melt flow index MI2 of 2.7 dg/min. They had a wall thickness of 4.5 or of 6.0 mm. These bottles were filled either with pure biodiesel or with 30% biodiesel and stored for 6 weeks at a temperature of 70 0C. The wall thicknesses and the outside surface dimensions were measured by tomography using 200,000 measurement points, before and after soaking. It has been surprisingly observed that, although some diesel was absorbed in the bottles' walls, the overall wall thickness decreased after soaking. The results for mean wall thickness, expressed in mm are summarised in Table I
TABLE I.
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The results for outside surface dimension are represented in Figure 8. In this figure, it can be seen that the outside surface dimensions of the bottle increased after soaking.

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CLAIMS.
1 . A method for minimising the shrinkage and warpage of rotomoulded parts that comprises the steps of: a) subjecting the external surface of the rotomoulded part to three-dimensional anlysis by optical digitisation; b) subjecting the external and internal surfaces of the rotomoulded part to three- dimensional anlysis by Rx digitisation c) subjecting the internal surface of the mould to three-dimensional anlysis by optical digitisation; d) subjecting the internal and external surfaces of the mould to three-dimensional anlysis by Rx digitisation; e) keying the moulded part into the mould; f) mapping the volume between mould and moulded part point by point; g) creating a bank of maps using different resins; h) creating a bank of maps using different oven temperatures; i) creating a bank of maps using different cooling rates; j) selecting the parameters of steps g) and/or h) and/or i) that give the best balance of deformations.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the keying of step e) is carried out by minimising the mean of the distances between mould and moulded part.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the resin is a polyethylene produced with a bis- tetrahydroindenyl catalyst system.
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