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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2000
Wolfgang Kaufhold, Köln, DE;
Hans-Georg Hoppe, Leichlingen, DE;
Wolfgang Bräuer, Leverkusen, DE;
Jürgen Winkler, Langenfeld, DE;
Hans-Georg Wussow, Düsseldorf, DE;
Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Leverkusen, DE;
Abstract
A process for producing a thermoplastic polyurethane film by means of sintering a particulate thermoplastic polyurethane in a heated mold, is described. The thermoplastic polyurethane has: (i) a melt index of 20 to 100, measured at 190° C. and under an applied force of 21.2 N; (ii) a relative solution viscosity of 1.15 to 1.45, the relative solution viscosity being determined by, measuring the viscosity (a) of a solution of 0.4 grams of the thermoplastic polyurethane in 99.7 grams N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone containing 0.1% dibutylamine at 25° C., measuring the viscosity (b) of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone containing 0.1% dibutylamine at 25° C., and dividing viscosity (a) by viscosity (b); and (iii) a Shore hardness of 80 to 98.