Abstract:
The invention relates to a molded body made of extruded foam, characterized in that at least one fibre (F) is located with a fibre section (FB2) within the molded body and is enclosed by the extruded foam, while a fibre section (FB1) of the fibre (F) protrudes from a first flank of the molded body and a fibre section (FB3) of the fibre (F) protrudes from a second flank of the molded body and characterized in that the extruded foam is produced using an extrusion method which comprises the following steps: I) providing a polymer melt in an extruder; II) introducing at least one foaming agent into the polymer melt provided in step I), thus obtaining a foamable polymer melt; III) extrusion of the foamable polymer melt obtained in step II) from the extruder through at least one nozzle opening in a region of lower pressure, wherein the foamable polymer melt expands, thus obtaining an expanded foam; and IV) calibrating the expanded foam from step III) in that the expanded foam is passed through a shaping tool, thus obtaining the extruded foam.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a molded body made of a foam material, at least one fiber (F) being located partly within the molded body, i.e. being surrounded by the foam material. The two ends of the respective fiber (F) which are not surrounded by the foam material thus protrude on one side of the corresponding molded body. The foam material comprises at least two interconnected foam material segments.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a closed-cell extruded foam that can be produced by (a) heating a polymer constituent P formed from at least one alpha- methylstyrene-acrylonitrile copolymer (AMSAN), optionally at least one styrene- acrylonitrile copolymer (SAN), and optionally at least one thermoplastic polymer from the group consisting of styrene polymers and copolymers, polyacrylates, polycarbonates, polyesters, polyamides, polyether sulfones, polyether ketones and polyether sulfides, for forming a polymer melt, (b) introducing between 1 and 12 wt. % (in relation to P) of a foaming constituent T containing b1) between 15 and 95 wt. % (in relation to T) of carbon dioxide and b2) between 5 and 85 wt. % (in relation to T) of at least one co-foaming agent selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 alcohols and C1-C4 carbonyl compounds, into the polymer melts in order to form an expandable melt, (c) extruding the expandable melt in a region of lower pressure while expanding to form the extruded foam, and (d) optionally adding additives to the polymer constituent P in at least one of the steps a), b) and/or c). The foam obtained in this way is suitable as an insulating material and a structural foam.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a composite molded part, in particular for furniture construction, contains a core layer and one or more layers, wherein the core layer is designed as a closed-cell extrusion foam sheet having a cell count of 1-30 cells per mm and a density of 20-200 g/l and can be obtained by extrusion foaming a foamable melt, comprising (a) heating a polymer component P, which is composed of 85 to 100% by weight of component P', consisting of P1) 100 to 0% by weight (in relation to P') of one or more alpha-methyl styrene acrylonitrile copolymers (AMSAN), containing P11) 18 to 40% by weight (in relation to AMSAN) acrylonitrile embedded by polymerization, P12) 60 to 82% by weight (in relation to AMSAN) alpha-methyl styrene embedded by polymerization (P121) or a mixture, embedded by polymerization, of alpha-methyl styrene and styrene (P122), P13) 0 to 22% by weight (in relation to AMSAN) of at least one monomer embedded by polymerization from the group consisting of alkyl(meth)acrylates, (meth)acrylic acid, maleic acid anhydride and maleinimides, and P2) 0 to 100% by weight (in relation to P') of one or more styrene acrylonitrile copolymers (SAN), containing, preferably consisting of, P21) 18 to 40% by weight (in relation to SAN) acrylonitrile embedded by polymerization, P22) 60 to 82% by weight (in relation to SAN) styrene embedded by polymerization, and P23) 0 to 22% by weight (in relation to SAN) of at least one monomer embedded by polymerization from the group consisting of alkyl(meth)acrylates, (meth)acrylic acid, maleic acid anhydride and maleinimide, wherein the sum of the percentages by weight of P1 and P2 is 100% by weight, in relation to P', and P3) 0 to 15% by weight (in relation to P) of one or more thermoplastic polymers from the group consisting of styrene polymers and copolymers, polyolefins, polyacrylates, polycarbonates (PC), polyesters, polyamides, polyether sulfones (PES), polyether ketones (PEK) and polyether sulfides (PES), to form a polymer melt, (b) introducing 1 to 12% by weight (in relation to P) of a expanding agent component T, which preferably contains less than 0.2% by weight water (in relation to P), containing b1) 15 to 95% by weight (in relation to T) carbon dioxide and b2) 5 to 85% by weight (in relation to T) of one or more co-expanding agents selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 4 alcohols and C 1 -C 4 carbonyl compounds, into the polymer melt to form a foamable melt, (c) extruding the foamable melt in a range of lower pressure to foam it into the extrusion foam, (d) optionally adding additives to the polymer component P in at least one of steps a), b) and/or c).