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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Robbyn L Engen, River Falls, WI (US);
Douglas S Spencer, St. Paul, MN (US);
Jeffrey E Ford, Woodbury, MN (US);
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
An abrasive article and methods for making such abrasive articles, including coated and nonwoven abrasive articles, comprising (a) a plurality of abrasive particles and (b) a bond system which adheres the plurality of abrasive particles together, the bond system comprising a binder; the binder being formed from a binder precursor essentially free of organic solvent, the binder precursor comprising a blend of an urea-aldehyde resin and a water dilutable resole phenolic resin, the blend being catalyzed by an acid catalyst system and, in particular, a coated abrasive comprising (a) a backing having a major surface, (b) a plurality of abrasive particles, and (c) a bond system which adheres the plurality of abrasive particles to the major surface of the backing, the bond system comprising a binder; the binder being formed from a binder precursor comprising a blend of an urea-aldehyde resin and a water dilutable resole phenolic resin, the blend being catalyzed by an acid catalyst, wherein the blend comprises from about 5 to about 90 weight percent of the water dilutable resole phenolic resin and from about 95 to about 10 weight percent of the urea-aldehyde resin.