Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Leonard E Edelman

Gerhard R Sprengling

William M Alvino

Louis A Cargnel

Daniel R Sassano

H Alan Reinshagen

Robert H Runk

Liquid modified epoxy resins are prepared by reacting a drying oil with a diepoxide in the presence of a metal chelate catalyst. The drying oil may be modified by reacting it with maleic acid, maleic anhydride, or fumaric acid to increase the drying rate. The catalyst may be modified by mixing or reacting it with a borate.

Liquid modified epoxy resins

A non-pulverulent solid polymeric structure is disclosed which has at least one pendant diaminotriazine ring. The structure is made by immersing a non-pulverulent solid structure which has at least one pendant nitrile group into a basic solution of cyanoguanidine at a temperature which does not dissolve the structure.

Non-pulverulent solid polymeric structure

A stripper composition for thermoset resins is disclosed which comprises about 1 to about 99% of an aromatic compound which has a boiling point over 180.degree. C. and is a phenol or a primary or secondary amine, and about 1 to about 99% of a carboxylic acid compound which has a boiling point over 180.degree. C. and is a rosin acid or a mono- or di-carboxylic fatty acid or an ester thereof. The composition also preferably includes sufficient hydrogen bonding compound to react with any acid present in the composition plus about 20 to about 50% in excess of that amount. A swelling agent is also preferably included.

Stripping composition for thermoset resins and method of repairing

An apparatus and method are disclosed for stripping plastics from articles such as motors by use of a stripping fluid. The apparatus has two heated tanks each having a large lid with a gas exit, a third tank, and means for pumping fluid between any two of the tanks. After the stripping fluid in one heated tank has removed the plastic from articles in that tank, it is pumped to the second heated tank and a washing fluid is pumped from the third tank to the first tank. A fourth tank may also be used to hold excess when a heated tank capacity is not being fully utilized.

Apparatus and method for chemically removing plastics

Thermoset aromatic ethers and other thermoset polymers are stripped from an article by immersing the article in a molten compound of the general formula: ##STR1## WHERE N IS AN INTEGER FROM 5 TO 7. Caprolactam is an especially useful stripping compound.

Method of stripping thermoset polymers with molten lactams

A diglycidyl ether of a diphenol, such as a diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A, is reacted with bisphenol S to form a chain-extended epoxy resin. This chain-extended epoxy resin is then esterified with a fatty acid derived from a drying oil, such as linseed oil fatty acid. The resulting epoxy resin ester is cut with a solvent for use as a rapid drying coating material. A primer using this material is also disclosed.

Rapid drying epoxy resin ester

Liquid modified epoxy resins are prepared by reacting a drying oil with a diepoxide in the presence of certain alkali or alkaline earth metal compounds, preferably a lithium soap such as lithium ricinoleate. The drying oil may be modified by reacting it with maleic acid, maleic anhydride, or fumaric acid to increase the drying rate.

Liquid modified epoxy resins and their preparation

A solution is prepared of about 30 to about 60 mole percent of a mono-ester of a tricarboxylic anhydride or a diester of a tetracarboxylic acid and about 40 to about 70 mole percent of a dianhydride. An aromatic diisocyanate is added and the solution heated until the viscosity no longer increases. The precursor can be precipitated by the addition of a non-solvent, collected, and re-dissolved in a solvent. The solution of the precursor can be applied to a sheet and cured to form a polyimide or polyamide-imide film, or it can be applied to a wire and cured to form a polyimide or polyamide-imide wire enamel.

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Leonard E Edelman