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- This invention involves flexible polyurethane foams, preferably such foams based on natural oil polyols and having high resilience.
- Foamed articles, especially polyurethane foamed articles are known for many years and used in many applications, especially for automotive seating, cushioning and mattresses.
- Polyurethane foams are referred to as high resilience (HR) if they have a resilience indicated by ball rebound of greater than about 40 percent measured according to the procedures of ASTM D3574 Test H.
- High resilience foams are usually foamed using petroleum based polyols having a nominal functionality of an average of about 3 hydroxyl groups per molecule and an average molecular weight range of about 5,000. Such foams are produced at an isocyanate index of from 65 to 1 15, typically using water levels at most about 5.0 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight per hundred parts polyol (pphp).
- isocyanates based on methylene diphenyl diisocyanate MDI
- TDI Toluene diisocyanate
- a polyurethane foam having a ball rebound of at least about 40 percent as measured by the procedures of ASTM D3574 Test H can be produced as the reaction product of an MDI isocyanate and a polyol composition preferably comprising at least 10 to 60 weight percent of a natural oil based polyol preferably having an OH functionality of at least about 2.2 and an equivalent weight of at least about 500 Dalton (Da) and preferably from 40 to 90 weight percent of at least one conventional polyol having an equivalent weight of at least about 1700 Da.
- the invention includes a high resilience (HR) polyurethane foam comprising the reaction product of (1 ) at least one polyisocyanate comprising at least about 5 weight percent of at least one methylene diphenyl diisocyanate isomer, derivative or a combination thereof and (2) an admixture of at least one natural oil based polyol and at least one additional polyol which is not a natural oil based polyol, wherein the admixture comprises at least about 10 weight percent natural oil based polyol and at least about 40 weight percent additional polyol having an equivalent weight of at least about 1700 Daltons; and the foam has a resiliency indicated by a ball rebound of at least 40 percent as measured according to the procedures of ASTM D 3574, Test H.
- HR high resilience
- the invention also includes a process comprising steps of (a) forming a natural oil based polyol composition comprising at least about 10 weight percent of at least one natural oil based polyol having an OH functionality of at least about 2.2 and an equivalent weight of at least about 500 Dalton (Da) and at least about 40 weight percent of at least one conventional polyol having an equivalent weight of at least about 1700 Da and water; (b) admixing at least one catalyst with the natural oil based polyol composition to form a catalyst polyol admixture; (c) supplying a poly isocyanate comprising at least about 5 weight percent of at least one methylene diphenyl diisocyanate isomer, derivative or combination thereof in an amount corresponding to an isocyanate index of at least about 55 and at most about 105 and (c) admixing the isocyanate with the catalyst polyol admixture.
- the invention includes articles made from the foams which are useful in such applications as comfort, sound absorption including noise dampening, harshness dampening, protection, packaging, medical equipment, safety equipment and combinations thereof.
- ball rebound is used herein to refer to result of test procedure of ASTM D3574-Test H as previously described.
- density is used herein to refer to weight per unit volume of a foam. In the case of polyurethane foams, the density is determined according to the procedures of ASTM D3574-01 , Test A.
- core density is the density measured according to ASTM D3574-95 after removal of any skin that forms on the surface of a molded or free rise foam pad.
- air flow refers to the volume of air which passes through a 1 .0 inch (2.54 cm) thick 2 inch x 2 inch (5.08 cm) square section of foam at 125 Pa (0.018 psi) of pressure. Units are expressed in cubic decimeters per second and converted to standard cubic feet per minute.
- a representative commercial unit for measuring air flow is manufactured by TexTest AG of Zurich, Switzerland and identified as TexTest Fx3300. This measurement follows ASTM D 3574 Test G.
- the term "75 percent CS” stands for dry compression set test measured at the 75 percent compressive deformation level and parallel to the rise direction in the foam. This test is used herein to correlate in-service loss of cushion thickness and changes in foam thickness.
- the compression set is determined according to the procedures of ASTM D 3574-95, Test I. and is measured as percentage of original thickness of the sample.
- “50percent CS” refers to the same measurement (compression set), but this time measured at 50 percent compressive deformation level of the sample, parallel to the rise direction in the foam.
- 50 percent HACS stands for humid aged compression set test measured at the 50 percent of compressive deformation and parallel to the rise direction in the foam. This test is used herein to correlate in-service loss and changes in foam thickness.
- the 50 percent compression set is determined according to the procedures of DIN 53578 and is measured as percentage of original thickness of the sample.
- 75percent HACS refers to the same measurement (humid aged compression set), but this time measured at 75 percent compressive deformation level of the sample after humid aging.
- IFD Index Force Deflection
- Flexible foam IFD measurements can range from 5 pounds (22 N) (plush) to 80 pounds (356 N) (very firm). The IFD is measured according to the procedures of ASTM 3574-01 , Test B.
- hardness refers to that property measured by the procedures of ASTM D 3574, Test B which corresponds to IFD. Specifically 65percent IFD is used herein as a measure of hardness.
- the term "50percent CFD” refers to a measure of the compression deflection of a flexible material (for instance, foam) measured as the force in kPa required to compress a 5 cm thick sample no smaller than 100 cm square, to 50 percent deflection after 4 precycles.
- the CFD is measured according to the procedures of DIN 53577.
- NCO Index means isocyanate index, as that term is commonly used in the polyurethane art. As used herein as the equivalents of isocyanate, divided by the total equivalents of isocyanate-reactive hydrogen containing materials, multiplied by 100. Considered in another way, it is the ratio of isocyanate-groups over isocyanate-reactive hydrogen atoms present in a formulation, given as a percentage. Thus, the isocyanate index expresses the percentage of isocyanate actually used in a formulation with respect to the amount of isocyanate theoretically required for reacting with the amount of isocyanate-reactive hydrogen used in a formulation.
- polyol refers to an organic molecule having an average of greater than 1 .0 hydroxyl groups per molecule. It may also include other functionalities, that is, other types of functional groups.
- conventional polyether polyol is a polyol formed from at least one alkylene oxide, preferably ethylene oxide, propylene oxide or a combination thereof, and not having a part of the molecule derived from a vegetable or animal oil, a polyol of the type commonly used in making polyurethane foams, particularly for the practice of this invention, HR polyurethane foams.
- a polyether polyol can be prepared by known methods such as by alkoxylation of suitable starter molecules. Such a method generally involves reacting an initiator such as, water, ethylene glycol, or propylene glycol, glycerol, sorbitol or blends thereof with an alkylene oxide in the presence of a catalyst.
- Ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, butylene oxide, or a combination of these oxides can be particularly useful for the alkoxylation reaction.
- a polyether polyol, for instance polyoxyethylene polyol can contain alkyl substituents.
- the process for producing polyether polyols can involve a heterogeneous feed of a mixture of alkylene oxides, a sequential feed of pure or nearly pure alkylene oxide polyols to produce a polyol with blocks of single components, or a polyol which is capped with, for example, ethylene oxide or propylene oxide.
- These types of polyols are all known and used in polyurethane chemistry.
- natural oil polyol (hereinafter NOP) is used herein to refer to compounds having hydroxyl groups which compounds are isolated from, derived from or manufactured from natural oils, including animal and vegetable oils, preferably vegetable oils.
- natural oils including animal and vegetable oils, preferably vegetable oils.
- vegetable and animal oils include, but are not limited to, soybean oil, safflower oil, linseed oil, corn oil, sunflower oil, olive oil, canola oil, sesame oil, cottonseed oil, palm oil, rapeseed oil, tung oil, fish oil, or a blend of any of these oils.
- any partially hydrogenated or epoxidized natural oil or genetically modified natural oil can be used to obtain the desired hydroxyl content.
- oils include, but are not limited to, high oleic safflower oil, high oleic soybean oil, high oleic peanut oil, high oleic sunflower oil (such as NuSun sunflower oil), high oleic canola oil, and high erucic rapeseed oil (such as Crumbe oil).
- Natural oil polyols are well within the knowledge of those skilled in the art, for instance as disclosed in Colvin et al., UTECH Asia, Low Cost Polvols from Natural Oils, Paper 36, 1995 and "Renewable raw materials-an important basis for urethane chemistry:" Urethane Technology: vol. 14, No.
- natural oil based polyol is used herein to refer to NOP compounds which are derived from natural oils. For instance, natural oils or isolates therefrom are reacted with compounds ranging from air or oxygen to organic compounds including amines and alcohols. Frequently, unsaturation in the natural oil is converted to hydroxyl groups or to a group which can subsequently be reacted with a compound that has hydroxyl groups such that a polyol is obtained. Such reactions are discussed in the references in the preceding paragraph.
- hydroxyl number indicates the concentration of hydroxyl moieties in a composition of polymers, particularly polyols.
- a hydroxyl number represents mg KOH/g of polyol.
- a hydroxyl number is determined by acetylation with pyridine and acetic anhydride in which the result is obtained as the difference between two titrations with KOH solution.
- a hydroxyl number may thus be defined as the weight of KOH in milligrams that will neutralize the acetic anhydride capable of combining by acetylation with 1 gram of a polyol.
- a higher hydroxyl number indicates a higher concentration of hydroxyl moieties within a composition.
- primary hydroxyl group means a hydroxyl group (-OH) on a carbon atom which has only one other carbon atom attached to it, (preferably which has only hydrogen atoms attached thereto) (-CH 2 -OH).
- cure or "cured” as applied to a foam refers to the condition in which all isocyanate functional groups have been converted to other chemical species via chemical reactions.
- unacceptable and “unacceptably” are used to refer to deviation from that which can be commercially useful, otherwise useful in a given situation, or outside predetermined limits, which limits vary with specific situations and applications and may be set by predetermination, such as performance specifications. Those skilled in the art recognize that acceptable limits vary with equipment, conditions, applications, and other variables but can be determined without undue experimentation in each situation where they are applicable. In some instances, variation or deviation in one parameter may be acceptable to achieve another desirable end.
- This invention comprises high resilience (HR) foam, that is a foam having a ball rebound of at least about 40 percent as measured by the procedures of ASTM D3574 Test H, which is the reaction product of an MDI isocyanate and a polyol composition comprising at least 10 to 60 weight percent of a natural oil based polyol having an OH functionality of at least about 2.2 and an equivalent weight of at least about 500 Dalton (Da) and from 40 to 90 weight percent of at least one conventional polyol having an equivalent weight of at least about 1700 Da.
- the natural oil based polyol is suitably any such compound that those skilled in the art can use according to the practice of the invention to produce a HR foam.
- the natural oil based polyol advantageously has at least about 2.2, preferably at least about 2.4, more preferably at least about 2.6, most preferably at least about 2.8, and preferably at most about 5, more preferably at most about 4, most preferably at most about 3 hydroxyl groups per molecule.
- the natural oil based polyol advantageously has an equivalent weight at least sufficient to form foam that exhibits a high resiliency, that is advantageously at least about 500, preferably at least about 750, more preferably at least about 1000, most preferably at least about 1200 and preferably at most about 2500, more preferably at most about 2,000, most preferably at most about 1800 Daltons.
- the natural oil based polyols having these preferred hydroxyl functionalities, equivalent weights or a combination thereof are suitably blended with conventional polyether polyols in the practice of the invention.
- polyols disclosed in WO 04/096882 and WO 04/096883 are most preferred. These are the reaction products of initiators having active hydrogen such as a polyol or polyamine, amino alcohol or mixture thereof with a vegetable oil based monomer prepared by such processes as hydroformylation of unsaturated fatty acids or esters, followed by hydrogenation of at least a portion of the resulting formyl groups.
- a hydroxymethyl-containing polyester polyol is conveniently prepared by reacting a hydroxymethyl-group containing fatty acid having from 12-26 carbon atoms, or an ester of such a hydroxymethylated fatty acid, with a polyol, hydroxylamine or polyamine initiator compound having an average of at least 2 hydroxyl, primary amine and/or secondary amine groups/molecule.
- Proportions of starting materials and reaction conditions are selected such that the resulting hydroxymethyl-containing polyester polyol contains an average of at least 1 .3 repeating units derived from the hydroxymethyl-group containing fatty acid or ester thereof for each hydroxyl, primary amine and secondary amine groups in the initiator compound, and the hydroxymethyl-containing polyester polyol has an equivalent weight of at least 400 up to 15,000.
- the hydroxymethyl-containing polyester polyol advantageously is a mixture of compounds having the following average structure (Structure 1 ):
- R is the residue of an initiator compound having n hydroxyl and/or primary or secondary amine groups, where n is at least two; each X is independently — O — , — NH — or — NR' — in which R' is an inertly substituted alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, or aralkyl group, p is a number from 1 to n representing the average number of [X — Z] groups per hydroxymethyl-containing polyester polyol molecule, Z is a linear or branched chain comprising residues of fatty acids.
- “Inertly substituted” groups are groups that do not react with an isocyanate groups and which do not otherwise engage in side reactions during the preparation of the hydroxymethyl-group containing polyester polyol.
- inert substituents include as aryl, cycloalkyl, silyl, halogen (especially fluorine, chlorine or bromine), nitro, ether, ester.
- n is preferably from 2-8, more preferably from 2-6, even more preferably from 2-5 and especially from 3-5.
- Each X is preferably — O— .
- the total average number of fatty acid residues per hydroxymethylated polyol molecule is preferably at least 1 .5 times the value of n, such from 1 .5 to 10 times the value of n, 2 to 10 times the value of n or from 2 to 5 times the value of n.
- Hydroxymethyl-containing polyester polyols according to structure I can be prepared in a multi-step process from vegetable or animal fats that contain one or more carbon-carbon double bonds in at least one constituent fatty acid chain.
- Suitable fats include, for example, chicken fat, canola oil, citrus seed oil, cocoa butter, corn oil, cottonseed oil, lard, linseed oil, oat oil, olive oil, palm oil, peanut oil, rapeseed oil, rice bran oil, safflower oil, sesame oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, or beef tallow.
- the vegetable or animal fat is conveniently first subjected to a transesterification reaction with a lower alkanol, especially methanol or ethanol, to produce alkyl esters of the constituent fatty acids.
- the resulting alkyl esters may be hydrolyzed to the corresponding fatty acids if desired, but this step is usually not necessary or desirable.
- the alkyl esters (or fatty acids) are conveniently hydroformylated by reaction with carbon monoxide and hydrogen. This introduces -CHO groups onto the fatty acid chain at the site of carbon-carbon unsaturation. Suitable hydroformylation methods are described in U. S. Patent Nos. 4,731 ,486 and 4,633,021 , for example, and in U.S.
- Some fatty acid groups contain multiple carbon- carbon double bond sites. In such cases, the hydroformylation reaction may not introduce - CHO groups at all of the double bond sites.
- a subsequent hydrogenation step converts the - CHO groups to hydroxymethyl (-CH 2 OH) groups while hydrogenating residual carbon-carbon bonds to remove essentially all carbon-carbon unsaturation.
- the resulting mixture of hydromethylated fatty acids is then reacted with an initiator compound, with removal of water or lower alkanol to form the polyester polyol.
- the initiator contains two or more hydroxyl, primary amine or secondary amine groups, and can be a polyol, an alkanol amine or a polyamine.
- Initiators of particular interest are polyols.
- Polyether polyol initiators are useful, including polymers of ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide having from 2-8, especially 2-4 hydroxyl groups/molecule and a molecular weight of about 150-3000, especially from 200-1000.
- preferred initiators include glycerine which has been alkoxylated, preferably ethoxylated, propoxylated or a combination thereof.
- Such alkoxylated glycerines have a nominal functionality of 3 and an equivalent weight of preferably at least about 200, more preferably at least about 300, most preferably at least about 400 and preferably at most about 1500, more preferably at most about 2000, most preferably at most about 1700.
- the polyols Preferably have a level of unsaturation below about 0.09 meq/g. Formation of such polyols from the alkene oxides is optionally KOH or Double Metal Cyanide (DMC) catalyzed. In case of KOH they are subsequently finished to remove K. For these compounds n in Structure 1 is 3.
- Hydroxymethyl-containing fatty acids made in the foregoing process tend to be a mixture of materials having no hydroxymethyl groups, and materials having 1 , 2 or 3 hydroxymethyl groups.
- the proportion of materials having 2 and 3 hydroxymethyl groups is typically somewhat lower than the proportion of starting fatty acids (or alkyl esters) containing 2 and 3 carbon-carbon double bonds, as the hydroformylation reaction often does not take place across all the carbon-carbon double bonds unless stringent reaction conditions are used. Carbon-carbon double bonds that are not hydroformylated generally become hydrogenated.
- hydroxymethyl-containing polyester polyols are described in WO2004/096882.
- the hydroxymethyl-containing polyester polyol so produced generally contains some unreacted initiator compound, and may contain unreacted hydromethylated fatty acids (or esters). Initiator compounds often react only monofunctionally or difunctionally with the fatty acids (or esters), and resulting polyester polyol often contains free hydroxyl or amino groups bonded directly to the residue of the initiator compound.
- the natural oil based polyol is advantageously used in an amount of at least about 10 percent by weight, preferably at least about 15, more preferably at least about 20, and preferably at most about 60, more preferably at most about 30, most preferably at most about 20 percent by weight.
- the natural oil based polyol is used with polyols different from natural oil based polyol, such as polyether polyols commonly used in forming polyurethane foams, especially HR foams, referred to hereinafter as conventional polyol or additional polyol.
- the conventional polyol advantageously has an equivalent weight at least sufficient to form foam that exhibits a high resiliency, that is advantageously at least about 1700, preferably at least about 1 ,800, more preferably at least about 1 ,900, and preferably at most about 2,500, more preferably at most about 2,100, most preferably at most about 2,000 Daltons.
- the conventional polyol advantageously has at least about 2, preferably at least about 2.2, more preferably at least about 2.5, most preferably at least about 2.8, and preferably at most about 3.4, more preferably at most about 3.0, most preferably at most about 2.9 hydroxyl groups per molecule.
- the additional polyol preferably has an unsaturation level below about 0.09 meq/g.
- the polyol may be a polymer of one or more alkylene oxides such as ethylene oxide, propylene oxide and 1 ,2-butylene oxide, or mixtures of such alkylene oxides.
- Preferred polyethers are polypropylene oxides or polymers of a mixture of propylene oxide and ethylene oxide.
- the additional polyol may also be a polyester polyol.
- These polyester polyols include reaction products of polyols, preferably diols, with polycarboxylic acids or their anhydrides, preferably dicarboxylic acids or dicarboxylic acid anhydrides.
- the polycarboxylic acids or anhydrides may be aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, aromatic and/or heterocyclic and may be substituted, such as with halogen atoms.
- the polycarboxylic acids may be unsaturated.
- polycarboxylic acids examples include succinic acid, adipic acid, terephthalic acid, isophthalic acid, trimellitic anhydride, phthalic anhydride, maleic acid, maleic acid anhydride and fumaric acid.
- the polyols used in making the polyester polyols preferably have an equivalent weight of 150 or less and include ethylene glycol, 1 ,2- and 1 ,3- propylene glycol, 1 ,4- and 2,3-butane diol, 1 ,6-hexane diol, 1 ,8-octane diol, neopentyl glycol, cyclohexane dimethanol, 2-methyl-1 ,3-propane diol, glycerine, trimethylol propane, 1 ,2,6- hexane triol, 1 ,2,4-butane triol, trimethylolethane, pentaerythritol, quinitol, mannitol, sorbitol, methyl glycoside, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, tetraethylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, dibutylene glycol.
- Polycaprolactone polyols such as those sold by The Dow Chemical Company under the trade name "Tone" are also useful. While any conventional polyol is suitably used, preferred polyols are those which are aliphatic polyols, more preferably polyester, most preferably polyethers. Additionally a polyol containing a high ethylene oxide level, that is a level above about 50 percent, is used as a cell opener at concentrations of below about 10 parts, more preferably below about 5 percent by weight of the polyol blend.
- the conventional polyol s advantageously used in an amount of at least about 40 percent by weight, preferably at least about 45, more preferably at least about 50, and preferably at most about 90, more preferably at most about 80, most preferably at most about 60 percent by weight.
- the polyol or polyol combination used to make an HR foam of the invention is referred to as natural oil based polyol composition.
- the natural oil based polyol composition is reacted with at least one methylene diphenyl diisocyanate having an average of 1 .8 or more isocyanate groups per molecule.
- the isocyanate functionality is preferably at least about 2.0, more preferably at least about 2.1 , most preferably at least about 2.2, and preferably at most about 2.7, more preferably at most about 2.5, most preferably at most about 2.3.
- Exemplary methylene diphenyl diisocyanates include, for example, the various isomers of diphenylmethanediisocyanate (MDI), derivatives of MDI such as biuret-modified "liquid" MDI products and polymeric MDI, (PMDI).
- the MDI is a prepolymer within the skill in the art such as disclosed, for instance in EP 485,953; optionally the MDI is Puromeric, that is a blend of polymeric MDI and monomeric MDI.
- the MDI is combined with other isocyanates such as TDI (toluene diisocyanate) or aliphatic isocyanates such as CHDI (1 ,4-cyclihexane diisocyanate) or IPDI (isophorone diisocyanate).
- the resulting isocyanate blend contains at least about 5 percent by weight MDI or MDI derivative such as PMDI, preferably at least about 10, more preferably at least about 25, most preferably at least about 50 weight percent MDI or derivative thereof.
- Water is used in addition to the natural oil based polyol composition and isocyanate in a composition used to make a foam of the invention.
- the water is used to achieve blowing of the foam and to form urea segments (hard segments) by reaction with the isocyanate.
- HR foams of the invention advantageously use at least about 2.0, preferably at least about 2.5, more preferably at least about 3.0, most preferably at least about 3.5 pphp, calculated as parts by weight compared to 100 parts of the total weight of polyol components, and advantageously at most about 10, preferably at most about 8, more preferably at most about 6, most preferably at most about 5 pphp based on total weight of polyol components.
- blowing reactions or density control is achieved by combining water with other blowing agents, for examples hydrocarbons (for instance, cyclo, iso, or n-pentanes) or hydroflurocarbons (HFCs) and other volatilizable molecules (gaseous or liquids) such as carbon dioxide.
- hydrocarbons for instance, cyclo, iso, or n-pentanes
- HFCs hydroflurocarbons
- other volatilizable molecules gaseous or liquids
- Partial vacuum reduced atmospheric pressure, for instance down to 0.5 Bar
- the amount of isocyanate in proportion to the total polyol and water is indicated by the isocyanate index.
- the isocyanate index is preferably at least about 55, more preferably at least about 65, most preferably at least about 95, and preferably at most about 125, more preferably at most about 1 15, most preferably at most about 105.
- At least one natural oil based polyol composition and at least one isocyanate are reacted together in the presence of one or more catalysts.
- the formation of urethane foams commonly utilizes at least one catalyst that may catalyze the polyol-isocyanate (gelling) reaction or at least one that may catalyze the water-isocyanate (blowing) reaction (when water is used as the blowing agent), or both.
- gelling polyol-isocyanate
- blowing water-isocyanate
- tin catalyst such as dibutyltin dilaurate, (DBTDL) is typically used.
- DBTDL dibutyltin dilaurate
- SO stannous octoate
- a wide variety of materials are known to catalyze polyurethane forming reactions, including tertiary amines; tertiary phosphines such as trialkylphosphines and dialkylbenzylphosphines; various metal chelates such as those which can be obtained from acetylacetone, benzoylacetone, trifluoroacetyl acetone, ethyl acetoacetate, with metals such as Be, Mg, Zn, Cd, Pd, Ti, Zr, Sn, As, Bi, Cr, Mo, Mn, Fe, Co and Ni; acid metal salts of strong acids, such as ferric chloride, stannic chloride, stannous chloride, antimony trichloride, bismuth nitrate and bismuth chloride; strong bases such as alkali and alkaline earth metal hydroxides, alkoxides and phenoxides, various metal alcoholates and phenolates such as Ti(OR)4,
- Preferred catalysts include tertiary amine catalysts and organotin catalysts.
- tertiary amine catalysts include: trimethylamine, triethylamine, N-methylmorpholine, N-ethylmorpholine, N, N- dimethylbenzylamine, N,N-dimethylethanolamine, N,N,N',N'-tetramethyl-1 ,4-butanediamine, N,N-dimethylpiperazine, 1 ,4-diazobicyclo-2,2,2-octane, bis(dimethylaminoethyl)ether, triethylenediamine and dimethylalkylamines where the alkyl group contains from 4 to 18 carbon atoms.
- NiaxTM A1 and NiaxTM A99 bis(dimethylaminoethyl)ether in propylene glycol available from GE Advanced Materials, Silicones
- NiaxTM B9 N, N- dimethylpiperazine and N-N-dimethylhexadecylamine in a polyalkylene oxide polyol, available from GE Advanced Materials, Silicones
- DabcoTM 8264 a mixture of bis(dimethylaminoethyl)ether, triethylenediamine and dimethylhydroxyethyl amine in dipropylene glycol, available from Air Products and Chemicals
- DabcoTM 33LV triethylene diamine in dipropylene glycol, available from Air Products and Chemicals
- NiaxTM A-400 a proprietary tertiary amine/carboxylic salt and bis (2-dimethylaminoethy)ether in water and a proprietary
- organotin catalysts are stannic chloride, stannous chloride, stannous octoate, stannous oleate, dimethyltin dilaurate, dibutyltin dilaurate, other organotin compounds of the formula SnRn(OR)4-n, wherein R is alkyl or aryl and n is 0-2.
- Organotin catalysts are generally used in conjunction with one or more tertiary amine catalysts, if used at all.
- Commercially available organotin catalysts of interest include DabcoTM T-9 and T-95 catalysts (both stannous octoate compositions available from Air Products and Chemicals).
- Catalysts are typically used in small amounts, for example, each catalyst being employed from 0.0015 to 5 percent by weight of the natural oil based polyol composition. The amount depends on the catalyst or mixture of catalysts, the desired balance of the gelling and blowing reactions for specific equipment, the reactivity of the polyols and isocyanate as well as other factors familiar to those skilled in the art.
- isocyanate reactive catalytic amines such as those described in EP 747,407 are optionally used, preferably amine initiated polyols such as those disclosed in EP 539,819; US 5,672,636 or WO 01/58976 are used with the present invention.
- a surfactant is often advantageously included in the HR foam formulation to help stabilize the foam as it expands and cures.
- surfactants include nonionic surfactants and wetting agents, such as those prepared by the sequential addition of propylene oxide and then ethylene oxide to propylene glycol, solid or liquid organosilicones and polyethylene glycol ethers of long chain alcohols.
- Ionic surfactants such as tertiary amine or alkylolamine salts of long chain alkyl acid sulfate esters, alkyl sulfonic esters and alkyl arylsulfonic acids can also be used.
- the surfactants prepared by the sequential addition of propylene oxide and then ethylene oxide to propylene glycol are preferred, as are the solid or liquid organosilicones, which are most preferred.
- organosilicone surfactants include commercially available polysiloxane/polyether copolymers such as Tegostab (trademark of Goldschmidt Chemical Corp.) B-8462 and B-8404, and DC-198 and DC-5043 surfactants, available from Dow Corning, and NiaxTM 627 surfactant from GE Advanced Materials, Silicones.
- the amount of surfactant varies with the surface activity of the particular surfactant and its ability to stabilize or open the foam cell structure, and the reactivity, surface tension and viscosity of the mixture of polyols, it is commonly used in amounts between 0.0015 and 3 pphp based on total weight of polyols.
- the foamable composition may contain a chain extender or crosslinker, but their use is generally not preferred, and these materials are typically used in small quantities (such as up to 10 parts, especially up to 2 parts, by weight per 100 parts by weight polyol or polyol mixture) when present at all.
- a chain extender is a material having exactly two isocyanate-reactive groups/molecule, whereas a crosslinker contains on average greater than two isocyanate- reactive groups/molecule.
- the equivalent weight per isocyanate-reactive group can range from 30 to 125, but is preferably from 30 to 75.
- the isocyanate-reactive groups are preferably aliphatic alcohol, primary amine or secondary amine groups, with aliphatic alcohol groups being particularly preferred.
- chain extenders and crosslinkers include alkylene glycols such as ethylene glycol, 1 ,2- or 1 ,3-propylene glycol, 1 ,4-butanediol, 1 ,6- hexanediol; glycol ethers such as diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, tripropylene glycol; cyclohexane dimethanol; glycerine; trimethylolpropane; triethanolamine; diethanol amine.
- alkylene glycols such as ethylene glycol, 1 ,2- or 1 ,3-propylene glycol, 1 ,4-butanediol, 1 ,6- hexanediol
- glycol ethers such as diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, tripropylene glycol
- cyclohexane dimethanol such as diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, tripropylene glyco
- blowing agent other than the water
- an additional blowing agent other than the water
- an additional physical or chemical blowing agent include CO 2 and various hydrocarbons, fluorocarbons, hydrofluorocarbons, chlorocarbons (such as methylene chloride), chlorofluorocarbons and hydrochlorofluorocarbons, ketones such as methyl; ethyl ketone or acetone, and esters such as methyl formate.
- Chemical blowing agents are materials that decompose or react (other than with isocyanate groups) at elevated temperatures to produce carbon dioxide and/or nitrogen.
- Compositions used to produce the HR foams of the invention optionally include any of the additives commonly known in the art for the production of polyurethane polymers.
- Any of a range of additives such as surfactants, cell openers, colorants, fillers, load bearing enhancement additives such as SAN (Styrene and Acrylonitrile), PHD (polyurea) or PIPA (polyisocyanate polyalkanolamine) copolymer polyols, internal mold releases, antistatic agents, antimicrobial agents, additives for reducing combustibility, dispersants, fillers, including recycled PU foam powder, and other additives known to those skilled in the art are useful within the scope of the invention.
- the natural oil based polyol composition can be blended with appropriate additives such as foaming agent, drying agent, filler, pigment, catalyst, to produce the formulated polyol.
- appropriate additives such as foaming agent, drying agent, filler, pigment, catalyst, to produce the formulated polyol.
- An amount of isocyanate corresponding to the isocyanate indexes previously discussed is added and stirred with the polyol.
- the polyol/isocyanate mixture is maintained under dry air or nitrogen or vacuum until foaming stops and then poured into mold.
- a resulting polyurethane foam can be cured either at room temperature or at higher temperature.
- the process for forming a HR foam includes steps of (a) forming a natural oil based polyol composition comprising at least about 10 weight percent of at least one natural oil based polyol having an OH functionality of at least about 2.2 and an equivalent weight of at least about 500 Dalton (Da) and at least about 40 weight percent of at least one conventional polyol having an equivalent weight of at least about 1700 Da and water; (b) admixing at least one catalyst with the natural oil based polyol composition to form a catalyst polyol admixture; (c) supplying a poly isocyanate comprising at least about 5 weight percent of at least one methylene diphenyl diisocyanate isomer, derivative or combination thereof in an amount corresponding to an isocyanate index of at least about 55 and at most about 105 and (c) admixing the isocyanate with the catalyst polyol admixture.
- the HR foam can be prepared in a so-called slabstock process, or by various molding processes. Slabstock processes are of most interest. In a slabstock process, the components are mixed and poured into a trough or other region where the formulation reacts, expands freely in at least one direction, and cures. Slabstock processes are generally operated continuously at commercial scales, but may also be operated in a discontinuous or box foam process.
- a slabstock process the various components are introduced individually, or in various subcombinations, into a mixing head, where they are mixed and dispensed.
- Component temperatures are generally in the range of from 15 to 35 0 C prior to mixing.
- the dispensed mixture typically expands and cures without applied heat.
- the reacting mixture expands freely or under minimal restraint (such as may be applied due to the weight of a cover sheet or film).
- the components for making HR foam can be combined simultaneously as in equipment designed for the continuous production of slabstock foam, such as a Maxfoam machine or other methods within the skill in the art such as are described by Hebner, in "Polyurethane Foam: Polymers' Cinderella Product” presented at Insight 95 International Conference, October 1995 available from Foamex International.
- Such processes can be run using either high pressure injection head technology, optionally utilizing injection of auxiliary blowing agents such as CO 2 , or also in a low pressure injection system with in-line component mixing. Both technologies are known to those skilled in the art.
- VPF variable pressure foaming
- the HR foams of the invention advantageously have at least one of (a) a density below about 80 kg/m 3 (b) a resiliency above about 40 percent, (c) a dry 75 percent compression set is below about 30 percent, or preferably a combination thereof.
- Density of a foam of the invention determined according to the procedures of ASTM D3574-01 , Test A is advantageously at least about 25, preferably at least about 30 more preferably at least about 35 and preferably at most about 80, more preferably at most about 55, most preferably at most about 50 kg/m 3 .
- the foam of the invention foam exhibits a resiliency of at least about 40 percent, more preferably at least about 42 percent, most preferably at least about 48 percent and advantageously up to 50 percent.
- Foams of the invention have a dry 75 percent compression set of advantageously at most about 30, more advantageously at most about 25, preferably at most about 20, more preferably at most about 15, most preferably at most about 10 percent as measured by the procedures of ASTM D 3574-95, Test I.
- HR foams of the invention are useful for any of the uses of existing HR foams, for instance, comfort applications such as mattresses, pillows and cushioning for seating, for sound absorption, for vibration dampening and combinations thereof. Additionally, the foams of the invention are useful in a variety of packaging and cushioning applications, such as mattresses, packaging, bumper pads, sport and medical equipment, helmet liners, pilot seats, earplugs, and various noise and vibration dampening applications.
- PEPO-1 is a 3 functional, 1630 equivalent weight polyether polyol commercially available from The Dow Chemical Company under the trade designation Voranol CP
- PEPO-2 is a 3 functional, 2000 equivalent weight polyether polyol commercially available from The Dow Chemical Company under the trade designation Voranol CP
- PEPO-3 is a 2 functional, 1900 equivalent weight polyether polyol commercially available from The Dow Chemical Company under the trade designation Voranol EP
- PEPO-4 is a 4.7 functional, 1 ,750 equivalent weight polyether polyol with 15 percent ethylene oxide (EO) capping, available from The Dow Chemical company under the trade designation Specflex NC 632
- PEPO-5 is a SAN (Styrene Acrylonitrile) based copolymer polyol commercially available from The Dow Chemical Company under the trade designation Specflex NC 700
- PEPO-6 is a 4 functional, 1 ,700 equivalent weight polyether polyol with 17.5 percent EO capping, initiated with 3,3'-diamino-N-methyl-dipropylamine
- NOPO-1 is a 3-functional natural oil polyol prepared using fatty acids from soy oil and has a primary hydroxyl content of 100 percent with a hydroxyl number (OH#) of 89.
- the resulting polyether-polyester has a viscosity of 2,700 mPa.s at 21 2 C, a hydroxyl equivalent weight of 640, Mn of 2500, Mw of 3550, and a polydispersity of 1 .44.
- NOPO- 2 is a 3-functional natural oil polyol prepared using fatty acids from soy oil and has a primary hydroxyl content of 100 percent with a hydroxyl number (OH#) of 55.
- NOPO- 3 is a 3-functional natural oil polyol prepared using fatty acids from soy oil and has a primary hydroxyl content of 100 percent with a hydroxyl number (OH#) of 45. It is made by reacting hydroxymethylated soybean fatty acid methyl esters with a 550 equivalent weight poly(ethylene oxide/propylene oxide) triol made by propoxylation of glycerol until a molecular weight of 450 is reached, then ethoxylation with 27 moles of EO, under the same conditions used in making INITIATOR-1 , except at a 6.9:1 molar ratio, using 578 ppm stannous octoate as the catalyst.
- OH# hydroxyl number
- the resulting polyether- polyester has a viscosity of 5,400 mPa.s at 21 2 C, a hydroxyl equivalent weight of 3350, Mw of 5413, and a polydispersity of 1 .61 .
- NOPO-3 has an average of approximately 3 hydroxyl groups/molecule.
- NOPO- 4 is a 3-functional natural oil polyol prepared using fatty acids from soy oil and has a primary hydroxyl content of 100 percent with a hydroxyl number (OH#) of 35. It is made by reacting hydroxymethylated soybean fatty acid methyl esters with a, poly(propylene oxide/ethylene oxide) triol having an equivalent weight of 550, made by propoxylation of glycerol until a molecular weight of 450 is reached, then reaction of 27 moles of EO, under the same conditions used in making INITIATOR-1 except at a
- the resulting polyether-polyester has a viscosity of 7,700 mPa.s at 21 2 C, a hydroxyl equivalent weight of 3775, Mw of 6365, and a polydispersity of 1 .68.
- NOPO-4 has an average of approximately 3 hydroxyl groups/molecule.
- NOPO- 5 is a 3-functional natural oil polyol prepared using fatty acids from soy oil and has a primary hydroxyl content of 100 percent with a hydroxyl number (OH#) of 32. It is made by reacting hydroxymethylated soybean fatty acid methyl esters with a poly(alkylene oxide) triol, having 6 mer units of propylene oxide and 27 mer units of ethylene oxide and an equivalent weight of 660, made by propoxylation of glycerol until a molecular weight of 450, then addition of 6 moles of PO, followed by reaction of 27 moles of EO, giving an equivalent weight of about 660, made under the conditions used in making INITIATOR-1 except at a 1 1 .8:1 molar ratio, using 578 ppm Stannous
- the resulting polyester has a viscosity of 7,900 mPa.s at 21
- NOPO-5 has an average of approximately 3 hydroxyl groups/molecule.
- Water is deionized water.
- NCO-1 is an MDI prepolymer having a weight percent NCO of 29.5 commercially available from The Dow Chemical Company under the trade designation SPECFLEX
- NCO-2 is a polymeric MDI having a weight percent NCO of 31 .5 commercially available from Bayer AG under the trade designation DESMODUR 3230 isocyanate.
- NCO-3 is a blend of 80 percent by weight TDI 80/20 and 20 percent by weight PMDI
- MOD-1 is a silicone based surfactant commercially available from Degussa-
- MOD-2 is an ethoxylated/propoxylated triol polyether polyol acting as a cell opener commercially available from The Dow Chemical Company under the trade designation
- MOD-3 is a cell opener commercially available from Degussa-Goldschmidt Chemical
- CAT-1 is a crosslinker, based on 99 + pure Diethanolamine (DEOA) commercially available from Sigma-Aldrich Co.;
- CAT-2 is a 33 percent solution of diethylenetriamine in 67 percent dipropylene glycol commercially available from Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. under the trade designation DabcoTM 33LV catalyst;
- CAT-3 is bis(dimethylaminoethyl)ether catalyst commercially available from GE
- NiaxTM A1 catalyst Advanced Materials, Silicones under the trade designation NiaxTM A1 catalyst.
- CAT-2 is an amine catalyst commercially available from GE Advanced Materials
- CAT- 4 is N, N. dimethylethanolamine (DMEA) commercially available from Sigma-
- a foam is prepared by individually weighing all of the components and additives (indicated as MOD-1 , MOD-2, and MOD-3) of a given formulation including the catalysts, and weighing them into a one liter capacity cup. Component temperatures are approximately 23 2 C. The components are premixed for 30 seconds at 2,000 rpm using an electric driven stirrer. The isocyanates indicated in the tables are then added to the stirred components and mixed for an additional 5 seconds at 2,000 rpm. .
- the reactants are then poured into a 30 x 30 x 10 cm aluminum mold heated at 60 2 C that has been sprayed with release agent commercially available from Klueber Lubrication under the trade designation Klueber 3028 release agent.
- release agent commercially available from Klueber Lubrication under the trade designation Klueber 3028 release agent.
- the time when foaming mass reaches the vent holes is referred to in the tables as the mold exit time; whereas the demolding time is maintained at least 4 minutes or longer if foam cannot be properly demolded without deformation.
- Foam pads are crushed manually at demold to open cells and avoid possibility of shrinkage. Any other distinct reaction characteristics, such as foam odor, skin aspect are observed and recorded if they are not satisfactory.
- the resulting foam pads are then allowed to cure overnight under a ventilated fume hood. They are then placed in ambient storage for a period of seven days before being submitted for physical property assessment using ASTM and DIN test methods designated in the definitions of the properties given previously.
- Process A is used to prepare the foams described in Table 1 :
- Process A is used to prepare the foams described in Table 2:
- Process A is used to prepare the foams described in Table 3:
- Process A is used to prepare the foams described in Table 4:
- Process A is used to prepare the foams described in Table 5:
- Process A is used to prepare the foams described in Table6:
- Examples 18 to 20 show that a blend of TDI and PMDI gives foams based on natural oil based polyol with very good ball rebound values and acceptable compression sets. These foam pads were demolded after 6 minutes curing time.
- Example 20 illustrates a reduction in added catalyst (CAT-3) when an auto catalytic polyol (PEPO-6) is used.
- Embodiments of the invention include the following:
- a high resilience (HR) foam which is the reaction product of at least one natural oil based polyol and at least one polyisocyanate or derivative thereof having more than one isocyanate group, wherein the polyisocyanate comprises at least 5 weight percent methylene diphenyl diisocyanate.
- An article comprising the foam of embodiment 1 , a foam produced by the process of embodiment 2 or a combination thereof.
- polyisocyanate comprises at least one methylene diphenyl diisocyanate or derivative thereof, preferably selected from isomers of diphenylmethanediisocyanate (MDI), derivatives of MDI such as biuret-modified "liquid” MDI products, polymeric MDI, (PMDI), MDI prepolymers and combinations thereof.
- MDI diphenylmethanediisocyanate
- PMDI polymeric MDI, (PMDI), MDI prepolymers and combinations thereof.
- the isocyanate comprises at least about any of 5, 10, 25, or 50 weight percent methylene diphenyl diisocyanate, preferably MDI or derivative thereof based on total weight of isocyanate compounds, independently preferably wherein the methylene diphenyl diisocyanate comprises at most about any of 90, 95 or 100 weight percent of the polyisocyanate, more preferably wherein the polyisocyanate is at least one methylene diphenyl diisocyanate, most preferably at least one MDI or derivative thereof.
- NOBP is at least one initiated fatty acid polyester alcohol, preferably wherein the initiator has an average of at least 2 active hydrogen groups per molecule, more preferably wherein the active hydrogen groups are selected from hydroxyl, primary amine, secondary amine or a combination thereof groups.
- At least one initiator is an alkoxylated glycerine, preferably which have a nominal functionality of 3, independently preferably which have an equivalent weight of preferably at least about any of 200, 300, or 400 and preferably to at most about any of 1500, 2000, or 1700; independently preferably the polyols have a level of unsaturation below about 0.09 meq/g. 12.
- At least one natural oil based polyol is selected from at least one of (a) initiated fatty acid polyester alcohol, (b) castor and soy epoxide product, (c) secondary alcohol alkoxylation product, (d) other alkoxylated natural oil compounds or (e) any selection or combination of (a), (b), (C) and (d).
- the natural oil based polyol is an alkoxylated natural oil polyol wherein the alkoxylating agent is an alkylene oxide, preferably selected from ethylene oxide, propylene oxide or a combination thereof.
- the alkoxylating agent is an alkylene oxide, preferably selected from ethylene oxide, propylene oxide or a combination thereof.
- at least one conventional polyether polyol is selected from a polyether polyol, a polyester polyol or a combination thereof.
- foam, process or article of any of the preceding embodiments wherein a blowing agent other than, or preferably in addition to water is used preferably selected from hydrocarbons, hydrofluorocarbons, carbon dioxide or combinations thereof.
- the catalysts are selected from amine and tin catalysts, preferably wherein the tin catalyst is stannous octoate, dibutyltin dilaurate or a combination thereof, more preferably in one embodiment dibutyltin dilaurate, more preferably in another embodiment stannous octoate; preferably wherein only one amine catalyst is used.
- foam, process or article of any of the preceding embodiments wherein the foam advantageously has at least one of, preferably at least 2, more preferably at least 3, most preferably 4 of the following
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