Abstract:
The present invention provides load leveling and impact energy absorption webbing comprising warp yarn. If the webbing is used in seat belts, the webbing provides load leveling behaviour from about 450 pounds (about 2,000 Newtons) to about 1,800 pounds (about 8,000 Newtons) in vehicle collision. The yarn comprises a multiplicity of fibers, all of said warp yarns having substantially the same force-displacement profile, are made from polymer having a glass transition temperature in the range from about -40 DEG C to about +70 DEG C, and are not made from polybutylene terephthalate homopolymer.
Abstract:
Process for the production of fluoropolymers and/or copolymer resins thereof by the use of an aqueous dispersion system incorporating a redox initiator system which comprises t-butyl hydroperoxide and sodium metabisulfite to initiate the polymerization or copolymerization process. The process parameters may be controlled to provide a fluoropolymer or copolymer resin thereof having a desired target range of molecular weights. The process provides stable fluoropolymer dispersions which exhibit a low tendency to coagulate and further exhibit good wettability of the fluoro-homopolymer and copolymer particles, notably in the absence of soaps.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a diblock copolymer comprising: (a) a first block of polyester wherein said first block is made from aromatic polyester having: (i) an intrinsic viscosity which is measured in a 60/40 by weight mixture of phenol and tetrachloroethane and is at least about 0.6 deciliter/gram and (ii) a Newtonian melt viscosity which is measured by capillary rheometer and is at least about 7,000 poise at 280 DEG C; and (b) a second block of polyester wherein said second block is made from lactone monomer. The diblock copolymer is useful in engineered materials, films, and in spinning fibers for industrial applications such as seat belts. A process for making the diblock copolymer uses a twin screw extruder for melting the aromatic polyester and mixing it with monomer.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a process for forming metal or non-metal carbide fiber from the corresponding metal or non-metal containing material such as a silicon sol or mixtures thereof and silicon, silicon carbide or silicon oxide, or mixtures of silicon carbide and silicon or silicon oxide.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a yarn having a force-displacement profile such that: (a) when the yarn is subjected to an initial stress barrier of from about 0,8 gram/denier to less than or equal to about 1.2 grams/denier, the yarn elongates to less than 5 percent and has an initial modulus in the range from about 30 grams/denier to about 80 grams/denier; (b) upon subjecting the yarn to greater than the initial stress barrier and to less than or equal to about 1.5 grams/denier, the yarn elongates further to at least about 8 percent; and (c) upon subjecting the yarn to greater than 1.5 grams/denier, the modulus increases sharply and the yarn elongates further until the yarn breaks at a tensile strength of at least about 6 grams/denier, wherein the yarn comprises a multiplicity of fibers, all of the fibers have substantially the same force-displacement profile, and are made from polymers having a glass transition temperature in the range from about -40 °C to about +70 °C. The present invention also provides a process for making block copolymer and a process for making load limiting yarn from the block copolymer. Webbing from the present yarn is useful for seat belts, parachute harnesses and lines, shoulder harnesses, cargo handling, safety nets, trampolines, safety belts or harnesses for workers at high altitudes, military arrestor tapes for slowing aircraft, ski tow lines, and in cordage applications such as for yacht mooring or oil derrick mooring.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a yarn having a force-displacement profile such that: (a) when the yarn is subjected to an initial stress barrier of from about 0,8 gram/denier to less than or equal to about 1.2 grams/denier, the yarn elongates to less than 5 percent and has an initial modulus in the range from about 30 grams/denier to about 80 grams/denier; (b) upon subjecting the yarn to greater than the initial stress barrier and to less than or equal to about 1.5 grams/denier, the yarn elongates further to at least about 8 percent; and (c) upon subjecting the yarn to greater than 1.5 grams/denier, the modulus increases sharply and the yarn elongates further until the yarn breaks at a tensile strength of at least about 6 grams/denier, wherein the yarn comprises a multiplicity of fibers, all of the fibers have substantially the same force-displacement profile, and are made from polymers having a glass transition temperature in the range from about -40 DEG C to about +70 DEG C. The present invention also provides a process for making block copolymer and a process for making load limiting yarn from the block copolymer. Webbing from the present yarn is useful for seat belts, parachute harnesses and lines, shoulder harnesses, cargo handling, safety nets, trampolines, safety belts or harnesses for workers at high altitudes, military arrestor tapes for slowing aircraft, ski tow lines, and in cordage applications such as for yacht mooring or oil derrick mooring.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a copolymer of a fluoromonomer having the formula R1R2C=CR3F wherein R1, R2 and R3 are selected from H and F, and wherein when R1 and R2 are F, R3 is selected from H, F and Cl; and a vinyl monomer having the formula H2C=CHRx, wherein Rx is a radical having the formula O2CRy wherein Ry is a radical selected from CH3 and C2H5. The resulting copolymer comprises fluorinated units having the formula (R1R2C-CR3F) wherein R1, R2 and R3 are selected from H and F, and corresponding amounts of vinyl units having the formula (H2C-CHRx), wherein Rx is a radical having the formula -O2CRy, wherein Ry is selected from -CH3 and -C2H5. In an alternate and preferred embodiment the copolymer is hydrolyzed so that Rx becomes -OH.
Abstract:
Des dispositifs médicaux sont formés entièrement ou en partie d'homopolymères ou de copolymères qui contiennent des moitiés répétitives de carbonate.
Abstract:
A process of forming block and/or graft copolymers of a polyester and a polyphenylene oxide which comprises heating a mixture of the polyester and the polyphenylene oxide in the presence of a phosphite compound.
Abstract:
Procédé de formation de copolymères en bloc et/ou greffés d'un polyester et d'un oxyde de polyphénylène, consistant à chauffer un mélange du polyester et de l'oxyde de polyphénylène, en présence d'un composé de phosphite.