Bayer Aktiengesellschaft

Bayer Akteingesellschaft

Rudi Dauscher

Carlhans Suling

Michael Kausch

Hans Schroer

Heinz Gall

Ulrich Reinehr

Karlheinz Wolf

Siegfried Korte

Rolf-Burkhard Hirsch

Karl-Heinz Wolf

Beatrix Frauendorf

Josef Kulig

A process for the production of highly elastic elastane fibers (spandex fibers) based on segmented polyurethane (urea) elastomers having high elasticity and, at the same time, high strength values, balanced elastic properties and excellent thermal and hydrothermal behavior, wherein relatively high molecular weight, carbonate-linked, block-like polyester of polyester etherdiols having molecular weight of 3,300 to 7,000 are reacted with macrodiols with diisocyanates in a molecular ratio of 1:2.5 to 1:4.5 to obtain NCO prepolymers which have NCO contents of 2.10 to 4.0% NCO, then the NCO prepolymer is chain-extended with (cyclo)-aliphatic diamines to fom polyurethane (urea) elastomers.

Process for producing elastane fibers of high elasticity and strength

An improved dry spinning process for the production of polyurethane elastomer threads using superheated steam as the spinning medium, comprising

Spinning of segmented polyurethane-urea elastomers in a steam atmosphere

The invention relates to essentially linear polyurethane elastomers, having improved properties, made from polyester or polyether diols, diisocyanates and chain extenders, the latter having liquid-crystalline properties; and also films and, in particular, fibres which are prepared on the basis of such liquid-crystalline polyurethane components and are shaped thermoplastically (via melting) or from solutions (by solution spinning processes). The invention furthermore relates to an appropriate process for the preparation of the polyurethane elastomers, particularly of PU elastomer fibres (Elasthan and Spandex fibres).

Linear polyurethane elastomers, and a process for the preparation thereof

This invention relates to highly stretchable elasthane fibres (Spandex fibres) based on segmented polyurethane(urea)s with improved elastic properties and high resistance to microbial degradation, characterized in that the polyurethane(urea)s used for the synthesis of the elasthanes are prepared from mixtures of relatively high molecular weight copolyester diols in the molecular weight range of from 2,500 to 4,000 and relatively high molecular polytetrahydrofurandiols in the molecular weight range of from 1,500 to 3,000.

Highly stretchable elasthane fibres with improved properties

In the production of elasthane threads by solution spinning of polyurea polyurethanes by conventional spinning processes, excellent stabilization against light and noxious gases are obtained if at least one component of the system to be spun contains tertiary amino groups and the substances used as antioxidizing agents are phenols of the kind which do not form colored nitro compounds.

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