US 5,683,815 AGranted

Sheeting and molding made of multi-phase plastic and its use in the manufacture of composite sheeting

AssigneeBenecke-Kaliko AG

InventorDirk Leiss

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Abstract

The invention concerns a sheet or a molding of a multi-phase thermoplastic, comprising an elastomer-modified thermoplastic, a modifier and other usual additives, whereby the elastomer-modified thermoplastic is an acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylic ester copolymer (ASA) having an acrylic ester proportion of about 25 to 80 percent by weight and the desired hardness or softness of the ASA is controlled by incorporating a modifier, whereby 1) an external plasticizer in the form of a) a monomeric or oligomeric plasticizer usual for plasticizing PVC and/or b) an amorphous or partially crystalline plasticizer having a crystallinity not greater than 25% is incorporated in the ASA copolymer to soften a hard ASA copolymer, whereby the mixing ratio (weight/weight) of hard elastomer-modified acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylic ester copolymer (ASA) to the external plasticizer is about 9:1 to 1:1, and 2) a polymer having sufficient compatibility with the ASA copolymer and an E-modulus of .gtoreq.2000 N/mm.sup.2 is incorporated into the ASA copolymer to increase the hardness of a soft ASA copolymer, whereby the mixing ratio of soft ASA copolymer to hardening copolymer is from about 20:1 to 1:1. These sheets are particularly suited for use as a composite sheet for the interior lining of vehicles.

Claims15

Dependent claims

Sheet or molded body formed of a polyphase thermoplastic plastic containing elastomer modified acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylic ester copolymer (ASA) having an acrylic ester percentage of 25 to 65% by weight and a modifying external plasticizer, the mixture ratio (weight/weight) of elastomer-modified acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylic ester copolymer (ASA) to the modifying external plasticizer being 9:1 to 1:1, and the modifying external plasticizer selected from the group consisting of:

I. a combination of
a) a monomeric or oligomeric plasticizer selected from the group consisting of phthalates, trimellitates, acyclic (aliphatic) dicarboxylic acid esters, polyesters of adipic, sebacic, azelaic and phthalic acid with diols, triols and more highly functional alcohols, phosphates (phosphates (acid esters), fatty acid esters, triethylene glycol-bis-(2-ethylbutyrate), hydroxycarboxylic acid esters, epoxide plasticizers;
and
b) an amorphous or partially crystalline polymeric plasticizer having a crystallinity of at most 25% selected from the group consisting of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA), an ethylene-butyl acrylate copolymer (EBA), a hydrogenated styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer, a non-hydrogenated styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer (SEBS or SBS), acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylic ester copolymer (ASA) having an acrylic ester percentage of 70 to 80% by weight, and mixtures thereof, wherein the mixture weight/weight ratio of polymeric plasticizer b) to monomeric or oligomeric plasticizer a) is 2:1 to 1:2;
II. a monomeric or oligomeric plasticizer selected from the group consisting of phthalates, trimellitates, acyclic (aliphatic) dicarboxylic acid esters, polyesters of adipic, sebacic, azelaic and phthalic acid with diols, triols and more highly functional alcohols, phosphates (phosphates (phosphoric acid esters), fatty acid esters, triethylene glycol-bis-(2-ethylbutyrate), hydroxycarboxylic acid esters, epoxide plasticizers;
and
III. an amorphous or partially crystalline polymeric plasticizer having a crystallinity of at most 25% in the form of an ethylene-butyl acrylate copolymer (EBA), and/or acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylic ester copolymer (ASA) having an acrylic ester percentage of 70 to 80% by weight.

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A laminate comprising a substrate layer and a layer of the formed of a polyphase thermoplastic plastic containing an acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylic ester copolymer (ASA) having an acrylic ester percentage of 25 to 65% by weight and a modifying external plasticizer, the mixture ratio (weight/weight) of elastomer-modified acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylic ester copolymer (ASA) to the modifying external plasticizer is 9:1 to 1:1, and the modifying external plasticizer selected from the group consisting of:

I. a combination of
a) a monomeric or oligomeric plasticizer selected from the group consisting of phthalates, trimellitates, acyclic (aliphatic) dicarboxylic acid esters, polyesterss of adipic, sebacic, azelaicc and phthalic acid with diols, triols and more highly functional alcohols, phosphates (phosphates (phosphoric acid esters), fatty acid esters, triethylene glycol-bis-(2-ethylbutyrate), hydroxycarboxylic acid esters, epoxide plasticizers;
and
b) an amorphous or partially crystalline polymeric plasticizer having a crystallinity of at most 25% selected from the group consisting of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA), an ethylene-butyl acrylate copolymer (EBA), a hydrogenated styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer, a non-hydrogenated styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer (SEBS or SBS), acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylic ester copolymer (ASA) having an acrylic ester percentage of 70 to 80% by weight, and mixtures thereof, wherein the mixture weight/weight ratio of polymeric plasticizer b) to monomeric or oligomeric plasticizer a) is 2:1 to 1:2;
II. a monomeric or oligomeric plasticizer selected from the group consisting of phthalates, trimellitates, acyclic (aliphatic) dicarboxylic acid esters, polyesterss of adipic, sebacic, azelaicc and phthalic acid with diols, triols and more highly functional alcohols, phosphates (phosphates (phosphoric acid esters), fatty acid esters, triethylene glycol-bis-(2-ethylbutyrate), hydroxycarboxylic acid esters, epoxide plasticizers;
and
III. an amorphous or partially crystalline polymeric plasticizer having a crystallinity of at most 25% in the form of an ethylene-butyl acrylate copolymer (EBA), a non-hydrogenated styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer (SBS) and/or acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylic ester copolymer (ASA) having an acrylic ester percentage of 70 to 80% by weight.

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Facts

Application: 08/392,838Filed 27 Mar 1995
Priority: DE 43 22 145.92 Jul 1993
Granted: 4 Nov 1997
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

C08J 5/18
Manufacture of articles or shaped materials containing macromolecular substances: manufacture of films or sheets
B32B 27/06
Layered products comprising a layer of synthetic resin: as the main or only constituent of a layer, which is next to another layer of the same or…
C08J 2353/02
Characterised by the use of block copolymers containing at least one sequence of a polymer obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon…:…
Y10T 428/31576
Next to addition polymer of ethylenically unsaturated monomer: ester monomer type [polyvinylacetate, etc.]