JP2005111901A - Chloroprene rubber composition and vulcanized bonded product with nylon thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a chloroprene rubber composition having processing stability and excellent rubber characteristics and strongly bonded to a nylon by vulcanization, and a vulcanized bonded product thereof. <P>SOLUTION: In the chloroprene rubber composition and the vulcanized bonded product with a nylon thereof, a chloroprene rubber compound to be used contains 0.5-20 pts.wt. of a polybutadiene rubber, 0.5-4.5 pts.wt. of an epoxy resin, 0.1-5 pts.wt. of resolcine and 0.5-15 pts.wt. of methylolmelamine with respect to 100 pts.wt. of a chloroprene rubber for the purpose of holding excellent processing stability and the strong bonding with a nylon. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a vulcanized adhesive body of a chloroprene-based rubber composition and nylon, and more specifically, the chloroprene-based rubber composition has excellent processing stability and rubber properties, and is strongly bonded to nylon. The present invention provides a chloroprene rubber composition having vulcanization adhesion and a vulcanized adhesive body thereof.

  Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-200961 describes that 10 to 50 parts by weight of silicic acid or a salt thereof, 5 to 20 parts by weight of an epoxy resin, 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of a phenol resin, and methylol with respect to 100 parts by weight of a chloroprene rubber. A composite flexible hose made of a rubber composition comprising 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of melamine and obtained by blending a polyamide and a carboxyl group-containing modified polyolefin is presented.

However, this rubber compound has extremely severe roll adhesion and poor processing safety (short scorch time), so that there is a problem that the rubber compound becomes hard at the time of rubber kneading (for example, see Patent Document 1).
JP 2001-200961

  The present application provides a chloroprene-based rubber composition that has processing stability and excellent rubber properties, and also has strong vulcanization adhesion to nylon and a vulcanized adhesive body thereof.

  The inventors of the present invention have made extensive studies with the aim of maintaining the excellent processing stability of the chloroprene rubber compound used in the vulcanized adhesive body of chloroprene rubber composition and nylon, and firmly bonding to nylon. The polybutadiene rubber is 0.5 to 20 parts by weight, the epoxy resin is 0.5 to 4.5 parts by weight, resorcin is 0.1 to 5 parts by weight, and methylol melamine is added to 100 parts by weight of the chloroprene rubber. The present inventors have found that a chloroprene rubber composition containing 0.5 to 15 parts by weight is used and completed the present invention.

  As shown in Table 1, the chloroprene rubber composition of the present invention containing polybutadiene rubber, epoxy resin, methylol melamine, and resorcin in chloroprene rubber has excellent processing safety and strongly adheres to nylon. Give vulcanizate.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail.
The chloroprene rubber in the chloroprene rubber composition of the present invention contains chloroprene rubber as a main component and butadiene rubber, but as other rubber, natural rubber, SBR, CSM, CPE, NBR, H-NBR, ACM, EPDM, CO, ECO, Q, FKM and the like can be contained.

The chloroprene rubber of the present invention was obtained by polymerizing a chloroprene homopolymer or a mixture of chloroprene and one or more other monomers copolymerizable with chloroprene (hereinafter referred to as chloroprene monomers). It is a copolymer (hereinafter referred to as chloroprene rubber).
Examples of the monomer copolymerizable with chloroprene include 2,3-dichloro-1,3-butadiene, 1-chloro-1,3-butadiene, sulfur, styrene, acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, isoprene, butadiene, and Acrylic acid, methacrylic acid or esters thereof can be used as long as the object of the present invention is satisfied.

The polymerization method for obtaining the chloroprene rubber used in the present invention is not particularly limited, and can be obtained by emulsion polymerization of a chloroprene monomer in the presence of a polymerization initiator generally used for chloroprene polymerization by a commonly used method. it can.
The emulsifier for carrying out this emulsion polymerization is not particularly limited, and is generally used for emulsion polymerization of chloroprene, for example, alkali metal salts of saturated or unsaturated fatty acids having 6 to 22 carbon atoms, rosin acid or disproportionate. An alkali metal salt of chlororosin acid, an alkali metal salt of a formalin condensate of β-naphthalenesulfonic acid, or the like is used.

Chloroprene rubber is classified into a sulfur-modified type, a mercaptan-modified type, and a xanthogen-modified type depending on the type of molecular weight regulator. In the sulfur-modified type, a polymer obtained by copolymerizing sulfur and chloroprene is plasticized with thiuram disulfide and adjusted to a predetermined Mooney viscosity. The mercaptan-modified type uses alkyl mercaptans such as n-dodecyl mercaptan, tert-dodecyl mercaptan, and octyl mercaptan as molecular weight regulators. The xanthogen-modified type uses an alkyl xanthogen compound as a molecular weight regulator. Specific examples of the alkyl xanthogen compound include dimethyl xanthogen disulfide, diethyl xanthogen disulfide, diisopropyl xanthogen disulfide, diisobutyl xanthogen disulfide and the like.
The amount of the alkyl xanthogen compound used is selected so that the molecular weight of the chloroprene polymer (or the Mooney viscosity of the chloroprene rubber obtained by isolating the polymer) is appropriate. Although it varies depending on the structure of the alkyl group and the target molecular weight, it is generally 0.05 to 5.0 parts by weight, preferably 0.3 to 1.0 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the chloroprene monomer. Used.

  Any modified type can be used as the chloroprene rubber of the present invention. However, since the sulfur-modified type is inferior in heat resistance of the polymer itself as compared to the mercaptan-modified and xanthogen-modified types, it is preferable to use the mercaptan-modified and xanthogen-modified types when more heat resistance is required.

  As the polymerization initiator, known organic peroxides such as potassium persulfate, ammonium persulfate, sodium persulfate, hydrogen peroxide, and t-butyl hydroperoxide generally used for emulsion polymerization of chloroprene are used.

In the present invention, the polymerization temperature and the final conversion rate of the monomer are not particularly limited, but the polymerization temperature is preferably 0 to 50 ° C, more preferably 20 to 50 ° C. The monomer conversion rate is preferably in the range of 60 to 90%. When this addition rate is reached, a small amount of a polymerization inhibitor is added to stop the polymerization.
As the polymerization inhibitor, for example, usually used inhibitors such as thiodiphenylamine, 4-tertiarybutylcatechol, 2,2-methylenebis-4-methyl-6-tertiarybutylphenol are used.

  The unreacted monomer can be removed by, for example, a steam stripping method, and then the pH of the latex is adjusted, and the polymer can be isolated by conventional freeze-coagulation, water washing, hot air drying, and the like.

The polybutadiene rubber added to the chloroprene rubber of the present invention is added for the purpose of improving roll processability, and examples thereof include high cis-butadiene rubber and low cis-butadiene rubber. The addition amount of the polybutadiene rubber is preferably 0.5 to 20 parts by weight, more preferably 1 to 10 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the chloroprene rubber.
When the addition amount of the polybutadiene rubber is 0.5 parts by weight or less, the effect of improving the roll adhesiveness is small. On the other hand, if it exceeds 20 parts by weight, the scorch time is shortened, causing problems in processing stability, and the tensile strength of the rubber is also lowered.

The epoxy resin used in the present invention is one having an epoxy equivalent of about 100 to 6000. The epoxy equivalent represents the size of the resin molecule and refers to the number of grams of resin containing 1 equivalent of epoxy.
Although this invention is not limited to the kind of epoxy resin, well-known things, such as a special epoxy resin like a flexible epoxy resin and a heat resistant epoxy resin other than a commercially available liquid epoxy resin or solid epoxy resin, etc. However, a general-purpose liquid epoxy resin bisphenol A type epoxy resin (epoxy equivalent: 150 to 300) exhibits a sufficient effect. The addition amount of the epoxy resin is suitably 0.5 to 4.5 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the chloroprene rubber. When the addition amount of the epoxy resin is less than 0.5 parts by weight, the vulcanization adhesiveness with nylon is insufficient, and when it exceeds 4.5 parts by weight, the vulcanization speed is slowed down and the physical properties of the vulcanized rubber are lowered. Absent.

  The amount of resorcin used in the present invention is preferably 0.1 to 5 parts by weight, more preferably 0.5 to 3 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the chloroprene rubber. When the amount is less than 0.1 part by weight, the vulcanization adhesion with nylon is insufficient, and when the amount exceeds 5 parts by weight, the roll tackiness is deteriorated and the scorch time is remarkably shortened.

  The addition amount of methylol melamine used in the present invention is preferably 0.5 to 15 parts by weight, more preferably 1 to 10 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of chloroprene rubber. When the amount of methylolmelamine added is less than 0.5 parts by weight, the vulcanization adhesiveness with nylon is insufficient, and when it exceeds 15 parts by weight, the scorch time is shortened, resulting in a problem in kneadability.

  Further, the nylon used in the present invention is one or a combination of two or more selected from nylon 6, nylon 11, nylon 12, nylon 4-6, nylon 6-6, nylon 6-10 and nylon 6-12. Thus, nylon 6 is particularly preferable in consideration of adhesion with the chloroprene rubber composition.

  In the chloroprene rubber composition of the present invention, various additives conventionally used in chloroprene rubber can be blended so as to reach the target physical properties. Examples of additives include reinforcing agents, plasticizers, processing aids, anti-aging agents, vulcanizing agents, and vulcanization accelerators.

Examples of the reinforcing agent include carbon black, silica, acetylene black and the like, which are used for increasing the mechanical strength of rubber.
Carbon black has the effect of maximally increasing the mechanical strength of the chloroprene-based rubber, but it is preferable to use carbon black or a combination of acetylene black and silica in consideration of rubber properties and adhesiveness with nylon.
The addition amount of silica is appropriately 5 to 40 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of chloroprene rubber corresponding to the required hardness of the vulcanized rubber.
In addition, fillers such as calcium carbonate, clay and talc can be added as necessary.

  The plasticizer is not particularly limited as long as it is compatible with chloroprene rubber. For example, vegetable oil such as rapeseed oil, phthalate plasticizer, DOS, DOA, ester plasticizer, ether / ester plasticizer. Agents, thioether-based plasticizers, aroma-based oils, naphthenic-based oils, and the like, and one or more of them can be used in combination from the required characteristics. The addition amount of the plasticizer is 5 to 50 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the chloroprene rubber.

  Examples of the processing aid include fatty acids such as stearic acid or fatty acid amides, and 0.5 to 5 parts by weight can be added to 100 parts by weight of chloroprene rubber. The fatty acid amide system is more preferably used because it does not inhibit the adhesion with nylon.

  As the anti-aging agent, general anti-aging agents such as amine-based, imidazole-based, carbamic acid metal salt, phenol-based and wax can be used. Examples of the anti-aging agent having a large effect of improving heat resistance include amine-based 4,4'-bis (α, α-dimethylbenzyl) diphenylamine, octylated diphenylamine, and the like. In particular, 4,4'-bis (α, α-dimethylbenzyl) diphenylamine has a large effect of improving heat resistance. These anti-aging agents can be used alone or in combination.

  There are no particular restrictions on the vulcanizing agent used in the present invention, but metal oxides are preferred, specifically zinc oxide, magnesium oxide, lead oxide, trilead tetroxide, iron trioxide, titanium dioxide, calcium oxide, And hydrotalcite. These may be used in combination of two or more. The addition amount of these vulcanizing agents is preferably 3 to 15 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the chloroprene rubber. Moreover, it can also vulcanize more effectively by using together with the following vulcanization accelerator.

  As the vulcanization accelerator, thiourea, guanidine, thiuram, and thiazole vulcanization accelerators generally used for vulcanization of chloroprene rubber can be used, and thiourea type is preferable. Examples of the thiourea vulcanization accelerator include ethylene thiourea, diethyl thiourea, trimethyl thiourea, triethyl thiourea, N, N′-diphenyl thiourea, and trimethyl thiourea and ethylene thiourea are particularly preferable. Also, use a vulcanization accelerator such as 3-methylthiazolidinethione-2, a mixture of thiadiazole and phenylene dimaleimide, dimethylammonium hydrogen isophthalate, or 1,2-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole derivative. Can do. These vulcanization accelerators may be used in combination of two or more of those listed above. The addition amount of these vulcanization accelerators is preferably 0.5 to 5 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of chloroprene rubber.

  Since the chloroprene rubber composition of the present invention has good processability, it can be used in the same manner as ordinary chloroprene rubber. Generally, it can mix with kneaders, such as a kneader, a Banbury, or a roll, and can shape | mold it into the shape according to the objective, and can obtain a shaping | molding vulcanizate. Specifically, after kneading each component at a temperature lower than the vulcanization temperature, the kneaded product is formed into various shapes and vulcanized. The temperature at the time of vulcanization and the vulcanization time can be appropriately set. The vulcanization temperature is preferably 140 to 190 ° C, and more preferably 150 to 180 ° C.

  The vulcanized adhesive body of the chloroprene rubber composition of the present invention and nylon can be used for all applications utilizing the fact that nylon has excellent gas barrier properties. For example, hoses for transporting refrigerant (fluorocarbon) in air conditioners or automobile coolers, fuel oil transportation hoses for automobiles, and the like are required to have excellent gas barrier properties from the viewpoint of environmental regulations. The laminate of the chloroprene rubber composition of the present invention and nylon is not particularly limited by the molding method, but these hoses are generally extruded. In addition, the laminate of the chloroprene rubber composition and nylon of the present invention can be applied to the innermost layer of the hose by applying the chloroprene rubber composition to the outermost layer, and nylon can be applied to the outermost layer, and vice versa. can do. In addition, although various material configurations of the hose are devised, if a configuration in which the chloroprene rubber composition of the present invention and nylon are laminated is applied, a composite hose in which one or more other rubber materials are combined It can also be applied to. Although it does not specifically limit as another rubber raw material, For example, IIR, FKM, CO, ECO, CSM, EPDM, EPM, ACM, NBR, H-NBR, Q etc. are mentioned. Further, depending on the required performance of the hose, reinforcing yarn such as polyester fiber or nylon fiber, steel, brass wire or the like can be applied to the middle of the hose or the outermost layer.

EXAMPLES The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to examples, but the present invention is not limited to the following examples.
[Example 1, Comparative Examples 1-3]
According to the formulation shown in Table 1, kneading was performed using an 8-inch roll to produce a sheet having a thickness of 2.3 mm.
Evaluation of roll adhesiveness indicates the adhesiveness after addition of all compounding agents, and ○ is determined when the rubber compound is easy to peel off from the roll, and X is determined when the compound adheres to the roll and is difficult to remove. did.
This sheet was press vulcanized at 160 ° C. for 60 minutes to produce a vulcanized sheet having a thickness of 2 mm. The tensile test of the vulcanized sheet was performed using a No. 3 dumbbell according to JIS K 6251. The rubber hardness was measured according to JIS K6253.
A laminate of chloroprene rubber and nylon 6 was prepared using a 4 mm thick mold, and nylon 6 (2 mm thick sheet) and unvulcanized chloroprene rubber compound (2.3 mm thick sheet). Were vulcanized at 160 ° C. for 60 minutes and subjected to a test. The peel test of the adhesion test piece was performed in accordance with JIS K6256 and adopting a 90 degree peel test method.

Claims (3)

0.5 to 20 parts by weight of polybutadiene rubber, 0.5 to 4.5 parts by weight of epoxy resin, 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of resorcin, and 0.5 to 0.5 parts of methylol melamine with respect to 100 parts by weight of chloroprene rubber A vulcanized adhesive body comprising 15 parts by weight of a chloroprene rubber composition and nylon. The nylon according to claim 1 comprises one or a combination of two or more selected from nylon 6, nylon 11, nylon 12, nylon 4-6, nylon 6-6, nylon 6-10, and nylon 6-12. Vulcanized adhesive. A laminated hose for transporting fuel oil or a laminated hose for transporting refrigerant, comprising the vulcanized adhesive body according to claim 1.