Stahl International B.v.

Laurentius Cornelius Josephus Hesselmans

Andries Johannes Derksen

Josep Oller Chirivella

Jacob Christiaan Munneke

Johanna Antonia Maria Van Den Goorbergh

Dirk Pieter Spek

Jacob Christian Munneke

A process for the preparation of stable aqueous polycarbodiimide dispersions, to be used as crosslinking agent, which are free of organic solvents is described. Sid process is characterized in: reacting a polyisocyanate in the presence of a carbodiimide catalyst to form a polycarbodiimide, terminating and/or chain extending the polycarbodiimide chain by the addition of formation dispersion of the resulting compound in water, wherein pH is adjusted to a value between 9 and 14 by the addition of a base and/or a buffer to the water used for the dispersion and/or to the obtained aqueous dispersion. According to the present process said terminating or chain extending with the compound containing a hydrophylic group and one or more amine functions may also occur during or after the dispersion of the polycarboiimide in water. The preferred pH of the polycarbodiimide dispersions is between 11 and 13. Furthermore the invention related to a coating mixture comprising the polycarbodiimide dispersions obtained by the invention as crosslinking agent and an aqueous resin containing carboxylic acid functions. Finally the invention comprises cured material obtained by applying said coating mixture to a substrate, and evaporating the water.

Process for preparation of stable polycarbodiimide dispersions in water, which are free of organic solvents and may be used as crosslinking agent

The invention comprises a process for the preparation of a coating, adhesive, film or sheet. In this process a mixture of a polyisocyanate functional, a polyepoxide functional, a polyanhydride functional or a polyketone functional compound or polymer and a compound containing reactive hydrogen, in which the compound containing reactive hydrogen is used in a material which is non-reactive towards the compound containing reactive hydrogen which mixture is not or low reactive at ambient conditions and high reactive under selected conditions, is applied onto a substrate at ambient temperature, followed by reacting the above compounds at elevated temperatures. At ambient temperature said compound containing reactive hydrogen is a solid material, a powder, a granule, a flake or grind or a mixture thereof which is preferably ground. The invention comprises further the coating mixtures to be used in the process and the coatings, coated substrates, adhesives, films, sheets, impregnated substrates, synthetic leathers, inmould coatings, coated leathers, coated polyvinylchlorides, coated non-wovens, coated coagulated polyurethane substrates, breathable coated substrates, obtained by applying the process.

Process for the preparation of a coating, a coated substrate, an adhesive, a film or sheet

The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of an aqueous dispersion of an anionic polyurethane. According to the invention, a tertiary amine functional urethane polymer or oligomer acts as acid neutralizing agent. The process of the invention comprises the steps of: dispersion of an anionic isocyanate functional polyurethane prepolymer in water in the presence of a tertiary amine functional urethane polymer or oligomer and chain extension of the anionic polyurethane prepolymer with a reactive hydrogen functional material during or after the dispersion in water.

Process for the preparation of an aqueous dispersion of an anionic polyurethane free of volatile tertiary amines

The invention relates to an aqueous dispersion of a crosslinkable polyurethane obtained by chain extension of a polyurethane prepolymer with a compound containing hydrazone functions having general formula (1), wherein Q and Q is a hydrazone functional group of formula (2), H or R , R and R in formula (1) is an organic group which has no reactivity towards the hydrazone function, R and R in formula (2) is an organic group which has no reactivity towards the hydrazone function or H, x has a value from 1 to 10, and is preferably from 1 to 4 with the proviso that at least one of the groups Q or Q is of formula (2). The invention relates also to a process for a preparation of an aqueous dispersion of a crosslinkable polyurethane containing hydrazne functions, and to the application of the aqueous dispersion of a crosslinkable polyurethane together with a polyisocyanate, a polyketone&mdash;or a polyepoxide&mdash;functional material onto a substrate.

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's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

Laurentius Cornelius Josephus Hesselmans