Polyolefin multilayer pipe
OwnerCarl-Gustaf Ek, Hans Sandberg +2inventors
InventorsCarl-Gustaf Ek, Hans Sandberg, Siegfried Liedauer, James McGoldrick
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Abstract
Polyolefin multilayer pipes consisting at least one of the layers of a β-nucleated propylene homopolymer and/or β-nucleated copolymers from 90.0 to 99.9% by weight of propylene and 0.1 to 10.0% by weight of α-olefins. The pipes are to be classified in ring stiffness class ≧4. The pipes are suitable for non pressure pipe applications, preferably for outdoor use, for above as well as underground drainage and sewerage pipe systems, surface water pipes, pipes for cable protection, pipes for cold climate conditions and for indoor use, soil and waste water pipes.
Claims12
1) polyolefin multilayer pipes where at least one of the layers of the multilayer pipe comprises a propylene homopolymer with melt indices of 0.05 to 10 g/10 min at 230° C./2.16 kg or a propylene block copolymer from 90.0 to 99.9% by weight of propylene and 0.1 to 10.0% by weight of α-olefins with 2 or 4 to 18 carbon atoms with melt indices of 0.05 to 15 g/10 min at 230° C./2.16 kg, or mixtures thereof, wherein the propylene homopolymer and/or propylene block copolymer are β-nucleated propylene polymers and where the β-nucleated propylene homopolymer has an IRτ≧0.98, a tensile modulus of ≧1500 MPa at +23° C. and a Charpy impact strength, using notched test specimens, at −20° C. ≧3 kj/m2 and where the β-nucleated propylene block copolymer has an IRτ of the propylene homopolymer block of ≧0.98, a tensile modulus of ≧1100 MPa at +23° C. and a Charpy impact strength ≧6 kJ/m2 at −20° C. using notched test specimens and the multilayer pipe with a pipe diameter of less than 0.25 m has an impact energy ED (normalised) of at least 400 Nm/m and a ring stiffness S determined according to ISO 9969≧4 kN/m and a multilayer pipe a pipe diameter of ≧0.25 m has impact energy E of at least 120 nm and a ring stiffness S determined according to ISO 9969≧4 kN/m2.
10) A process for producing polyolefin multilayer pipes by extrusion or injection molding processes where at least one of the layers of the multilayer pipe comprises a propylene homopolymer with melt index of 0.05 to 10 g/10 min at 230° C./2.16 kg and/or block copolymers from 90.0 to 99.9 wt % of propylene and 0.1 to 10.0 wt % of α-olefins with 2 or 4 to 18 carbon atoms with melt indexes of 0.1 to 15 g/10 min at 230° C./2.16 kg, wherein the propylene homopolymers and/or propylene block copolymers are β-nucleated propylene polymers and wherein the propylene homopolymer and/or the homopolymer block of the propylene block copolymer has an IRτ≧0.98.
11) A process for producing polyolefin multilayer pipes of claim 11, wherein β-nucleated propylene polymers are propylene polymers produced by melt mixing propylene homopolymers and/or propylene copolymers with 0.0001 to 2.0% by weight, based on the polypropylenes used, β-nucleating agents at temperatures from 175 to 250° C.
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