Covestro Deutschland Ag

Stratasys, Inc.

Covestro Intellectual Property Gmbh & Co. Kg

Lanxess Deutschland Gmbh

Bayer Aktiengesellschaft

Bayer Materialscience Ag

Bayer Intellectual Property Gmbh

Lanxess Corporation

Carbo Kohlensäurewerke Gmbh & Co. Kg

Dirk Achten

Roland Wagner

Thomas Büsgen

Thomas Buesgen

Nicolas Degiorgio

Mathias Matner

Peter Reichert

Hans-Josef Laas

Heiko Hocke

Bettina Mettmann

Dieter Mager

Martin Melchiors

Wolfgang Arndt

Harald Kraus

Dirk Dijkstra

Jan Weikard

Michael Ludewig

Zsolt Szentivanyi

Jörg Büchner

Rolf Wehrmann

Helmut Werner Heuer

Helmut Keul

Michael Klimpel

Florian Johannes Stempfle

Robert Maleika

Winfried Jeske

Stephen D Pask

Wolfgang Fischer

Werner Obrecht

Thomas Fäcke

Frank Richter

Thomas König

Christoph Thiebes

Thomas Michaelis

Eckhard Wenz

Sebastian Dörr

Sharon X Guo

Detlev Joachimi

Rolf Gertzmann

Christoph Eggert

Hans Magg

Thomas Feller

Christopher Ong

Andreas Hecking

Lothar Reif

Rolf William Albach

Matthias Wintermantel

Thomas Klimmasch

Stefanie Eiden

Stephan Schubert

Rafael Warsitz

Rainer Bellinghausen

Christoph Tomczyk

Levent Akbas

Michael Kessler

Jonas Kuenzel

Joerg Tillack

Jörg Tillack

Paul Heinz

Fabian Schuster

Lutz Böhnke

Florian Golling

Renke Mottweiler

Joerg Buechner

Michael Ehlers

Hartwig H&ouml;cker

Ting Liu

Richard Meisenheimer

Jürgen Hättig

Heinrich Berg

Emilie Barriau

Bianka Lorenz

Stefan Glander

Peter Kueker

Claus Wrana

Martin Mezger

Jose Colinas-Martinez

Olaf Fleck

Hans-Rafael Winkelbach

Maximilian Wolf

Frank Sicking

Juergen Kempkes

Ralf Rott

Evgeny Avtomonov

Franz-Josef Mersmann

Ute Nattke

Helmut Kuczewski

Holger Casselmann

Rayner Krista

Victor Nasreddine

Gesa Behnken

Robert Liberati

Achim Weber

Kay Varnhorn

Thomas Faecke

Ann-Christin Bijlard

Frank-Stefan Stern

Jürgen Ismeier

Jan Suetterlin

The invention relates to potting compounds which cure to polyisocyanurate plastics, to the production of said potting compounds and to the use of the potting compounds for manufacturing electrical components.

Polyisocyanurate materials as electrical potting compounds

The present invention relates to novel anisotropic composite materials and processes for production thereof. The composite materials are based on the crosslinking of polyisocyanates and feature good weathering stability.

Anisotropic composite materials based on polyisocyanates

The invention relates to the use of an aqueous dispersion containing at least one polyurethane-polyurea polymer formed from (a) at least one difunctional polyester polyol having a number-average molecular weight of 400 to 5000 g/mol, (b) at least one difunctional polyol component having a number-average molecular weight of 762 to 399 g/mol, c) at least one diisocyanate and (d) at least one chain extender optionally having at least one ionic group, for the bonding of at least two substrates by application of the aqueous dispersion to at least one of the substrates to be bonded, subsequent drying of the dispersion present on the at least one substrate in order to obtain at least one adhesive layer, and contacting of the at least one adhesive layer with a further substrate or with an adhesive layer present on a further substrate at a pressure of from 0.1 to 5 bar(a) and a temperature of less than 40° C., wherein the polyurethane-polyurea polymer after the drying has a glass transition temperature Tg of from −65 to 10° C. and a melting point of from 40 to 80° C., to a corresponding process for joining at least two substrates, and to an adhesive composite obtained in this way and comprising at least two substrates and an adhesive layer present between every two substrates.

Use of dispersion adhesives for foam bonding

The invention relates to a method for modifying an object comprising the step of: I) providing an object which is made at least partially of a construction material comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane. The method also comprises the following steps: II) contacting, at least in part, the construction material, for a first predetermined period of time, with a first liquid comprising ≥80% by weight, based on the total weight of the first liquid, of a polar aprotic solvent; III) contacting, for a second predetermined period of time, the areas of the construction material that were in contact with the liquid in step II) with a second liquid comprising ≥80% by weight, based on the total weight of the second liquid, of a polar protic solvent. Preferably, the first liquid is DMSO or acetone and the second liquid is water.

Method for modifying a 3D printed object

An adhesive composition includes a polyurethane polymer, a solvent and a co-solvent. The polyurethane polymer is an internally and/or externally hydrophilized thermoplastic polyurethane having an Mw of ≥50000 g/mol. The solvent is a polar-aprotic solvent. The co-solvent is selected from water, a primary alcohol having ≤10 carbon atoms, a vicinal diol or a mixture of at least two of the aforementioned compounds. The solvent and the co-solvent are present in such amounts that they form a homogenous mixture without the formation of a second phase when combined together at 20° C. The hydroxyl group content is ≥1 weight-%, based on the total weight of the composition. The polyurethane polymer content is ≥10 weight-%, based on the total weight of the composition and the composition forms a single continuous liquid phase. Examples for solvent/co-solvent combinations are methylethyl ketone (MEK) and water or MEK and ethanol.

Solvent-borne polyurethane adhesives with high molecular weight, high OH content and low solution viscosity

The present invention relates to a fibre-reinforced 3D-printed elastic product (1, 3, 4, 7, 10, 12), wherein the product comprises a weight proportion of ≥50% of a polymer having a mean molecular weight of ≥5000 g/mol, measured by means of GPC, and a weight proportion of ≥0.5% and ≤20% of one or more fibres having an aspect ratio of ≥100 and a length of ≥3 cm and ≤1000 cm, the product being produced at least in part by means of an FFF (Fused Filament Fabrication) method, and the product having a tensile modulus of ≥1.5 GPa in the region of the fibre reinforcement and in the direction of the fibre symmetry axis. The product also has a tensile modulus, measured according to DIN EN ISO 527-1, of ≤1.2 GPa in the region of the fibre reinforcement and perpendicular to the fibre symmetry axis, and has a yield strength of >5%, measured according to DIN EN ISO 527-1, perpendicular to the fibre symmetry axis.

3D-printed elastic products reinforced by means of continuous fibres and having asymmetrical elastic properties

The present invention relates to adhesives which are characterized in that they cure in the absence of water and at room temperature with the formation of isocyanurate groups.

Anhydrously curing polyisocyanate-based adhesives

A method for producing an object comprises the step of producing the object by means of an additive manufacturing process from a construction material. The construction material comprises a first polyurethane polymer which has: a weight percentage ratio of O to N of ≥2 to ≤2.5, determined by elementary analysis; a weight percentage ratio of N to C of ≥0.1 to ≤0.25, determined by elementary analysis; a full-width at half maximum of the melting peak of ≤20 K, determined by dynamic differential scanning calorimetry DSC (2heating at heating rate 20 k/min); and a difference between the melting temperature and the recrystallisation temperature of ≥5 K and ≤100 K, determined by dynamic differential scanning calorimetry DSC (2heating) at a heating and cooling rate of 20 K/min.

Additive manufacturing process using a building material having a high hard segment content

The invention relates to a method for applying a material containing a meltable polymer comprising the step of applying a filament of the at least partially molten material from a discharge opening of a discharge element onto a substrate. The meltable polymer has the following properties: —a melting point (DSC, differential scanning calorimetry; second heating with a heating rate of 5° C./min) in a range from ≥40° C. to ≤120° C.; —a glass transition temperature (DMA, dynamic mechanical analysis in accordance with DIN EN ISO 6721-1:2011) in a range from ≥−70° C. to ≤30° C.; —a storage modulus G' (parallel plate oscillation viscometer in accordance with ISO 6721-10:2015 at a frequency of 1/s) at 20° C. above the melting point of ≥1·10Pa; —a storage modulus G′ (parallel plate oscillation viscometer in accordance with ISO 6721-10:2015 at a frequency of 1/s) at 10° C. below the melting point with prior heating to a temperature of 20° C. above the melting point and subsequent cooling with a cooling rate of 1° C./min of ≤1·10Pa; wherein the filament has an application temperature of ≥100° C. above the melting point of the meltable polymer for ≤5 minutes during the application process and wherein the meltable polymer further has the property that the storage modulus G′ (parallel plate oscillation viscometer in accordance with ISO 6721-10:2015 at a frequency of 1/s) of the meltable polymer at the highest application temperature reached during the application process is smaller by a factor of ≥10 than the storage modulus G′ (parallel plate oscillation viscometer in accordance with ISO 6721-10:2015 at a frequency of 1/s) at a temperature of 20° C. above the melting point of the meltable polymer.

Method for applying a material containing a meltable polymer, more particularly a hot-melt adhesive, above the decomposition temperature thereof

The invention relates to reaction mixtures having a high ratio of isocyanate groups to isocyanate-reactive groups, which reaction mixtures mostly cure through the formation of isocyanurate groups, and to the use of such reaction mixtures for producing semifinished materials.

Composite materials based on dual-cure urethane polymers and dual-cure isocyanurate polymers

The present invention relates to an orthodontic splint made of a crosslinked polymer, wherein the crosslinked polymer has a glass transition temperature T, determined by means of dynamic-mechanical analysis at a frequency of 1/s DMA as peak tan δ, of ≥25° C. and ≤60° C., a modulus of elasticity, determined by means of dynamic-mechanical analysis as the storage modulus E' at a frequency of 1/s at 35° C., of ≥500 MPa and ≤4000 MPa, and a loss factor tan δ, determined by means of dynamic-mechanical analysis at a frequency of 1/s at 35° C., of ≥0.08. The invention further relates to a process for producing such splints.

3D-printed orthodontic splint made of crosslinked polymers

The present invention relates to a method for functionalizing a workpiece surface, comprising the following steps: a) providing a workpiece; b) providing a film; c) functionalizing at least one film side by the location-selective application of a functionalization composition comprising a polymer material onto part of the film side in one or more layers by means of a 3D printing process; d) creating an integrally bonded or interlocking connection between the workpiece surface and the film functionalized in step c) by bringing the film into contact with at least part of the workpiece surface, wherein the integrally bonded or interlocking connection to the workpiece surface is achieved with a functionalized film side. The invention further relates to workpieces having a surface functionalized according to the invention.

Film areas functionalized by means of 3D printing for finishing workpiece surfaces

The present invention relates to a process for producing translucent polyurethane and polyisocyanurate foams by reaction of a component A, comprising A1 at least one polyol reactive with component B; A2 optionally at least one amine; A3 water and optionally formic acid or at least one physical blowing agent or mixtures thereof; A4 at least one foam stabilizer; A5 optionally auxiliary and/or additive substances; A6 optionally at least one flame retardant; A7 at least one catalyst; and a component B, comprising B1 at least one aliphatic or cycloaliphatic polyisocyanate component or a combination thereof; and B2 optionally at least one hydrophilized isocyanate; and B3 more than or equal to 10 parts by weight and up to 70 parts by weight of an aromatic polyisocyanate component, wherein the parts by weight of B3 are based on the sum of the parts by weight of B1 to B3 which are normalized to 100 parts by weight. The invention is characterized in that the reaction of component A with component B is carried out at an isocyanate index of at least 150, wherein the obtained translucent polyurethane and polyisocyanurate foams have a light transmission according to EN ISO 13468-2:2006 of at least 10% and a haze of at least 70%, determined according to ASTM D1003-13, in each case measured at a layer thickness of 20 mm. The present invention further relates to the polyurethane and polyisocyanurate foams obtained by the process and to the use thereof as a construction element, as a wall element, as a floor element, in buildings, in vehicles or lamps.

Translucent polyurethane or polyisocyanurate foams

The invention relates to a 2K coating formulation that is printed without a mask using a valve jet printer.

Method for coating a substrate with a drop-on-demand printer

The invention relates to a method for producing an at least partially coated object, comprising the step of producing the object from a construction material by means of an additive manufacturing method, the construction material comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane material. Following the production of the object, the method comprises the step of at least partially bringing a preparation into contact with the object, the preparation being selected from: an aqueous polyurethane dispersion; an aqueous dispersion of a polymer comprising OH groups, this dispersion also containing a compound comprising NCO groups; an aqueous preparation of a compound containing NCO groups, but not containing any polymers comprising OH groups; or a combination of at least two thereof. The invention also relates to an at least partially coated object that was obtained by a method according to the invention.

Method for producing an at least partially coated object

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