MELT SPUN TPU MONOFILAMENT FIBER OR ELASTIC TAPE

• Main Authors: YONA ECKSTEIN, RAVI R. VEDULA, YINBING XIA, STANLEY J. NERDERMAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: 01.06.2012
• Subjects: ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; ADHESIVES; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CARBONFILAMENTS; CHEMICAL FEATURES IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS,THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; DYES; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONSONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS; MECHANICAL METHODS OR APPARATUS IN THE MANUFACTURE OFARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES ORRIBBONS; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL THREADS OR FIBRES; NATURAL RESINS; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PAINTS; POLISHES; SPINNING; TEXTILES; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES

A melt spun TPU monofilament fiber having a size greater than 100 denier, or an elastic tape, wherein said fiber or said tape comprises the reaction product of: (a) at least one hydroxyl terminated intermediate; (b) at least one chain extender wherein said chain extender is a blend of benzene glycol (HQEE) and hydroxy ethyl resorcinol (HER); (c) at least one polyisocyanate; and (d) at least one crosslinking agent.