Claims
- 1. A thermoplastic vulcanizate of four components A,B,C,D), comprisinga thermoplastic synthetic resin (A); a substantially cross-linked polyethylene (B); a rubber (C) having a degree of cross-linking of>90% and a plasticizer (D); as well as of standard blend ingredients (E) comprising at least one cross-linking agent or cross-linking system, whereby a mixture is comprised of the following quantitative proportions (in % by weight) based on the sum of the four components (A,B,C,D); thermoplastic synthetic resin (A) 5 to 20 polyethylene (B) 25 to 5 rubber (C) 30 to 50 plasticizer (D) 50 to 25 wherein the thermoplastic synthetic resin (A) is a propylene based on a homopolymer, block polymer or copolymer in conjunction with high crystallinity.
- 2. The thermoplastic vulcanizate according to claim 1, wherein the standard ingredients (E) of the blend are added in from 0.02 to 0.5 times the amount by weight based on the sum of the four components (A, B, C, D).
- 3. The thermoplastic vulcanizate according to claim 1, wherein the polyethylene (B) is a VLDPE with a density of from 0.88 to 0.91 g/cm3 at 20° C. or a ULDPE with a density of from 0.85 to 0.88 g/cm3 at 20° C.
- 4. The thermoplastic vulcanizate according to claim 1 wherein the rubber (C) is an EPDM rubber, whereby the third monomer is an ethylidene-norbonene.
- 5. The thermoplastic vulcanizate according to claim 1, wherein the rubber (C) has a degree of cross-linking of >90%.
- 6. The thermoplastic vulcanizate according to claim 1, wherein the plasticizer (D) is a plasticizer oil, or a panic oil with a component of aromatics of <4% by weight or a paraffinic plasticizer oil free of aromatics.
- 7. A method for producing a thermoplastic vulcanizate of four components (A,B,C,D), comprisinga thermoplastic synthetic resin (A); a substantially non-cross-linked polyethylene (B); a rubber (C) having a degree of cross-linking of >90% and a plasticizer (D); as well as of standard blend ingredients (E) comprising at least one cross-linking agent or cross-linking system, whereby a mixture is comprised of the following quantitative proportions (in % by weight) based on the sum of the four components (A,B,C,D): thermoplastic synthetic resin (A) 5 to 20 polyethylene (B) 25 to 5 rubber (C) 30 to 50 plasticizer (D) 50 to 25 wherein the rubber (C) is in the still-unvulcanized state is first mixed with a plasticizer (D) and the standard blend ingredients (E) in a roll or screw extruder, whereby the standard blend ingredients still do not yet contain a cross-linking agent or cross-linking system.
- 8. The method for producing a thermoplastic vulcanizate according to claim 7, comprising the following process steps:feeding of the unvulcanized rubber (C) and the standard blend ingredients (E); meltdown and dispersion of the rubber (C) as welt as of the standard blend ingredients (E); and addition of the plasticizer (D) while mixing with the two charged components (C), (E).
- 9. The method for producing a thermoplastic vulcanizate according to claim 7,wherein the plasticizer (D) and the standard blend ingredients (E) are admixed into the unvulcanized rubber (C) in the first third part of the roll or screw extruder.
- 10. The method for producing a thermoplastic vulcanizate according to claim 7,wherein a mixture comprised of the thermoplastic synthetic resin (A), and the non-cross-linked polyethylene (B) is added downstream of the first third of the roll or screw extruder.
- 11. A method for producing a thermoplastic vulcanizate according to claim 1, comprising the step ofsubstantially simultaneously mixing in a roll or screw extruder, the rubber (C) in the still-unvulcanized state with the thermoplastic synthetic resin (A), the non-cross-linked polyethylene (B), the plasticizer (D) and the standard blend ingredients (E), whereby the standard blend ingredients do not yet contain a cross-linking agent or cross-linking system.
- 12. The method for producing a thermoplastic vulcanizate according to claim 11,wherein the thermoplastic synthetic resin (A), the non-cross-linked polyethylene (B), the plasticizer (D) and the standard blend ingredients (E) are admixed into the unvulcanized rubber (C) in the first third part of the roll or screw extruder.
- 13. The method for producing a thermoplastic vulcanizate according to claim 7,wherein a non-cross-linked rubber (C) is used, said rubber being present in a flowable state in the form of a flowable pellet or granulate.
- 14. The method for producing a thermoplastic vulcanizate according to claim 7,wherein following mixing of the four components (A, B, C, D) and the standard blend ingredients (E) without the cross-linking agent or cross-linking system, the cross-linking agent or the cross-linking system is now added in conjunction with the following steps of the process: dynamic vulcanization of the rubber (C) at high shear and expansion rates; degassing of the dynamically vulcanized plastic melt, under vacuum; and building up the pressure for ejecting the thermoplastic vulcanizate from the mold.
- 15. The method for producing a thermoplastic vulcanizate according to claim 7,wherein all steps of the method in connection with the addition of the cross-linking agent or cross-linking system are carried out in the second half of the roll or screw extruder.
- 16. The method for producing a thermoplastic vulcanizate according to claim 7,wherein a cross-linking agent or cross-linking system is used that cross-links the rubber (C), and prevents the polyethylene (B) from cross-linking based on a phenolic resin, in connection with an accelerator consisting of tin dichloride.
- 17. The method for producing a thermoplastic vulcanizate according to claim 7,wherein the preparation of the mixture comprised of the four components (A, B, C, D) and all of the standard blend ingredients is carried out in a single-stage process.
Priority Claims (1)
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199 06 002 |
Feb 1999 |
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
Applicants claim priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 of German Application No. 199 06 002.9, filed on Feb. 15, 1999. Applicants also claim priority under 35 U.S.C. 365 of PCT/DE00/00329, filed on Feb. 3, 2000. The international application under PCT article 21(2) was not published in English.
PCT Information
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