One component polyurethane SMC surface coat
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsJames D. Wolfe, Michael E. Kimball, Richard E. Fruzzetti
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AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsJames D. Wolfe, Michael E. Kimball, Richard E. Fruzzetti
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A one component polyurethane precursor suitable as an in-mold coating composition composed of a prepolymer of an organic polyisocyanate with a polyol of a polyether polyol of 2 and 3 hydroxyl groups or a polyester polyol of 2 and 3 hydroxyl groups to give a free NCO content of about 3 to about 15% with a salt complex of a diamine, such as NaCl complex of MDA. The amount of filler and plasticizer, viz, those preferably of the crown or pseudocrown ethers preferably are adjusted to give the precursors a viscosity of about 5 to about 50 pascal seconds at the temperature the precursors are applied, but usually less than about 80.degree. C. These precursors are spread, applied or preferably injected onto the surface of the fiberglass molding viz a polyester or epoxy resin one and pressed at a pressure of about 5 to 200 psi (34,475 to 1,379,000 pascals) and higher at a temperature of at least 80.degree. C. to cure the precursor to give a polyurethane coating on the fiberglass molding.
A method of in-mold coating a molded shaped article composed of epoxy/glass fibers or vinyl ether/glass fibers comprising applying a stable one component polyurethane precursor comprising a polyurethane prepolymer having about 3 to 15% NCO by weight and a salt complex of a diamine to a shaped surface of the article closing the mold on the shaped article under a pressure of about 500 to 900 psi (34,475 to 1,379,000 pascals) and a temperature of at least 80.degree. C. to spread the precursor over the surface of the shaped article and cure it, and open the mold to remove the polyurethane coated article.
An in-mold coating composition comprising a stable one component polyurethane precursor composed of a prepolymer of sufficient organic polyisocyanate and at least one polyol having a molecular weight of about 500 to 10,000 to give the prepolymer a free NCO content of 2 to 15% by weight, a salt complex of a diamine and sufficient filler and plasticizer to give the precursor a viscosity of about 5 to 50 pascal seconds at the injection temperature.
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