Laminates, their production and use

• US 20060257673A1
• Filed: 05/13/2006
• Published: 11/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Celanese Emulsions Gmbh (Celanese Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Celanese Emulsions Gmbh (Celanese Corporation)
• Inventors: Reitspiess, Josef, Desor, Ulrich, Prass, Werner
• Application Number:
  US11/433,860
• Publication Number:
  US 20060257673A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 428/448
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 15/12 of paper or cardboard
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2250/02 2 layers
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/4023 on the layer surface, e.g. ink
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/412 Transparent
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/726 Permeability to liquids, absorption
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/732 Dimensional properties
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/75 Printability
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2425/00 Cards, e.g. identity cards, credit cards
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2439/62 Boxes, cartons, cases
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2509/00 Household appliances
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2554/00 Paper of special types, e.g. banknotes
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 27/10 of paper or cardboard
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 29/00 Layered products comprising a layer of paper or cardboard
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 3/30 characterised by a layer formed with recesses or projections, e.g. hollows, grooves, protuberances, ribs apertured layer B32B3/266; layer with cavities or internal voids B32B3/26
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 7/12 using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties
• CPC Class Codes: C08J 5/127 Aqueous adhesives

Abstract

A description is given of laminates comprising sheetlike substrate and film joined to the substrate by means of an adhesive which comprises a polymer dispersion prepared by free-radical emulsion polymerization and an organosilane which is incorporated into the polymer during the polymerization and/or is added subsequently and which in addition to at least one silane group has at least one primary, secondary or tertiary amino group or at least one epoxide group or which comprises at least one ethylenically unsaturated group and at least one silane group. Through the addition of an organosilane it is possible to produce laminates which can be processed rapidly and which are distinguished by improved embossing strength.

Claims

1. An embossable laminate comprising

a) a sheetlike substrate having at least one absorbent surface,

b) a film and

c) an adhesives;

wherein the film is joined to the substrate by means of said adhesive which comprises a polymer dispersion prepared by free-radical emulsion polymerization and an organosilane comprising at least one silane group and at least one primar, secondary or tertiary amino group, at least one epoxide group, or at least one ethvlenically unsaturated group and one silane group, and

wherein the organosilane is incorporated into the polymer during the polymerization or is added subsequently.

2. The laminate as claimed in claim 1, wherein said substrate is selected from the group consisting of papers, cards, cardboards, and other fiber webs.

3. The laminate as claimed in claim 2, wherein the substrate is printed and/or coated.

4. The laminate as claimed in claim 1, wherein the film is selected from the group consisting of metal foils and polymeric films.

5. The laminate as claimed in claim 1, wherein the substrate is printed and wherein the film is polymeric and light-transmissive.

6. The laminate as claimed in claim 1, wherein the polymer dispersion is a polyacrylate or a polyvinyl ester.

7. The laminate as claimed in claim 1, wherein the polymer dispersion is derived from vinyl acetate/butyl acrylate, vinyl acetate/dibutyl maleate, vinyl acetate/dibutyl fumarate, vinyl acetate/2-ethylhexyl acrylate, vinyl acetate/ethene/butyl acrylate, vinyl acetate/ethene/dibutyl maleate, vinyl acetate/ethene/dibutyl fumarate, vinyl acetate/ethene/2-ethylhexyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate/butyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate/2-ethylhexyl acrylate, styrene/butyl acrylate, styrene/2-ethylhexyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate/isobutyl acrylate or methyl methacrylate/isopropyl acrylate.

8. The laminate as claimed in claim 1, wherein the polymer dispersion is derived from the principal monomers vinyl acetate/vinyl chloride/ethene, vinyl acetate/vinyl laurate/ethene, vinyl acetate/vinyl laurate/ethene/vinyl chloride, vinyl acetatenersatic acid vinyl ester/ethene/vinyl chloride, Versatic acid vinyl ester/ethene/vinyl chloride, vinyl acetatenersatic acid vinyl ester/ethene, and vinyl acetate/ethane

9. The laminate as claimed in claim 1, wherein said organosilane is a compound of the formula I or II

in which R¹ is —

(CH₂)_n—

NH—

R⁴, —

(CH₂)_n—

NH—

[(CH₂)_m—

NH]_o—

R⁴, —

(CH₂)_n—

O—

R⁵ or —

(CH₂)₁—

CH═

CH₂,

R² is hydrogen, —

(CH₂)_n—

CH₃ or R¹,

R³is hydrogen, —

(CH₂)_n—

CH₃ or R²,

R⁴ is hydrogen, —

(CH₂)_n—

CH₃ or —

CO—

(CH₂)_m—

CH₃, and

R⁵is hydrogen, —

(CH₂—

CH₂—

O)_m—

R⁴ or

n and m each independently of one another being an integer between 0 and 12, and o being an integer between 0 and 5.

10. The laminate as claimed in claim 1, wherein said organosilane is a compound comprising at least one silane group, at least one primary, secondary or tertiary amino group, or at least one epoxide group.

11. The laminate as claimed in claim 10, wherein said organosilane is a compound of the formula III, IV, V or VI

(R⁶—

O)₃—

Si—

(CH₂)_p—

NH—

(CH₂)_p—

Si—

(O—

R⁶)₃  

 

(III),
(R⁶—

O)₃—

Si—

(CH₂)_p—

N[—

(CH₂)_p—

Si—

(O—

R⁶]₂  

 

(IV),
(R⁶—

O)₃—

Si—

(CH₂)_p—

O—

R⁷  

 

(V),
(R⁶—

O)₃—

Si—

(CH₂)_p—

NR⁸R⁹  

 

(V),

in which R⁶ independently at each occurrence is hydrogen or C₁-C₆ alkyl,

R⁷ is a glycidyl radical,

R⁸ and R⁹ independently of one another are hydrogen or C₁-C₆ alkyl, and

p is an integer between 1 and 12.

12. The laminate as claimed in claim 11, wherein said organosilane is a compound of the formula

(CH₃—

CH₂—

O)₃—

Si—

(CH₂)_p—

NH—

(CH₂)_p—

Si—

(O—

CH₂—

CH₃)₃,
(CH₃—

O)₃—

Si—

(CH₂)_p—

NH—

(CH₂)_p—

Si—

(O—

CH₃)₃,
(CH₃—

CH₂—

O)₃—

Si—

(CH₂)_p—

N[—

(CH₂)_p—

Si—

(O—

CH₂—

CH₃)₃]₂
(CH₃—

O)₃—

Si—

(CH₂)_p—

N[—

(CH₂)_p—

Si—

(O—

CH₃)₃]₂

in which p is an integer between 1 and 12.

13. The laminate as claimed in claim 1, wherein said organosilane is an ethylenically unsaturated compound containing silane groups and is of the formula R¹¹Si(CH₃)_0-2(OR¹²)_3-1, where R¹¹ is CH₂═

CR¹³—

(CH₂)_0-1 or CH₂═

CR¹³CO₂—

(CH₂)_1-3, R¹² is an unbranched or branched, unsubstituted or substituted alkyl radical having 1 to 12 carbon atoms and is uninterrupted or interrupted by an ether group, and R¹³ is hydrogen or methyl.

14. The laminate as claimed in claim 1, wherein said organosilane is an ethylenically unsaturated compound containing silane groups and is of the formula CH₂═

CR¹³—

(CH₂)_0-1Si(CH₃)_0-1(OR¹²)_3-2 or CH₂═

CR¹³CO₂—

(CH₃)_0-1(OR¹²)_3-2, where R¹² is an unbranched or branched, unsubstituted or substituted alkyl radical having 1 to 12 carbon atoms and R¹³ is hydrogen or methyl.

15. The laminate as claimed in claim 14, wherein said organosilane is a compound selected from the group consisting of vinylmethyldimethoxysilane, vinylmethyldiethoxysilane, vinylmethyldi-n-propoxysilane, vinylmethyldiisopropoxysilane, vinylmethyldi-n-butoxysilane, vinylmethyldi-sec-butoxysilane, vinylmethyldi-tert-butoxysilane, vinylmethyldi(2-methoxyisopropyloxy)silane and vinylmethyldioctyloxysilane.

16. The laminate as claimed in claim 14, wherein said organosilane is a compound of the formula CH₂═

CR¹³—

(CH₂)_0-1Si(OR¹⁴)₃ or CH₂═

CR¹³CO₂—

(CH₂)₃Si(OR¹⁴)₃, where R¹⁴ is a branched or unbranched alkyl radical having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R¹³ is hydrogen or methyl.

17. The laminate as claimed in claim 16, wherein said organosilane is a compound selected from the group consisting of γ

-(meth)acryloyloxypropyltris-(2-methoxyethoxy)silane, γ

-(meth)acryloyloxypropyltrismethoxysilane, γ

-(meth)acryloyloxypropyltrisethoxysilane, γ

-(meth)acryloyloxypropyltris-n-propoxysilane, γ

-(meth)acryloyloxypropyltrisisopropoxysilane, γ

-(meth)acryloyloxypropyltrisbutoxysilane, γ

-acryloyloxypropyltris(2-methoxyethoxy)silane, γ

-acryloyloxypropyltrismethoxysilane, γ

-acryloyloxypropyltrisethoxysilane, γ

-acryloyloxypropyltris-n-propoxysilane, γ

-acryloyloxypropyltrisisopropoxysilane, γ

-acryloyloxypropyltrisbutoxysilane, and vinyltris(2-methoxyethoxy)silane, vinyltrismethoxysilane, vinyltrisethoxysilane, vinyltris-n-propoxysilane, vinyltrisisopropoxysilane and vinyltrisbutoxysilane.

18. The laminate as claimed in claim 1, wherein the organosilane is a compound selected from the group consisting of primary and secondary aminoalkylethoxysilanes, bis(3-triethoxysilylpropyl)amine, trifunctional propyltrimethoxysilane [NH₂—

(CH₂)₂—

NH—

(CH₂)₂—

NH—

(CH₂)₃—

Si(OCH₃)₃], vinyltriethoxysilane [CH₂═

CH—

Si(OC₂H₅)₃], vinyltrimethoxysilane [CH₂═

CH—

Si(OCH₃)₃], 3-glycidyloxypropyltriethoxysilane, 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane, oligomeric diaminosilane system, glycidyl-trimethoxy-functional silane, vinyl-triethoxy-functional silane, glycidyl-triethoxy-functional silane, vinyltris(2-methoxyethoxy)silane, (3-Glycidyloxypropyl)trimethoxysilane, N-(2-aminoethyl)(3-aminopropyl)trimethoxysilane, (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane, N-(2-aminoethyl)(3-aminopropyl)methyldimethoxysilane, (3-aminopropyl)trimethoxysilane, (methacryloyloxymethyl)methyldimethoxysilane, (methacryloyloxymethyl)trimethoxysilane and (methacryloyloxymethyl)methyldiethoxysilane.

19. The laminate as claimed in claim 1, further comprising embossing on the film side.

20. A process for producing the laminate as claimed in claim 1, comprising

i) coating at least one absorbent surface of a substrate with an adhesive which comprises a polymer dispersion prepared by free-radical emulsion polymerization and an organosilane which is incorporated into the polymer during the polymerization or is added subsequently and which comprises at least one silane group, at least one primary, secondary or tertiary amino group, at least one epoxide group, or at least one ethylenically unsaturated group and at least one silane group, and

ii) laminating a film to the adhesive-coated surface.

21. A process for producing packaging cartons, packing materials, book spines, brochures, advertising media, postcards, training boards, identity cards or chip cards which comprises employing the laminate as claimed in claim 1.

23. The laminate as claimed in claim 6, wherein the polyacrylate or a polyvinyl ester has a glass transition temperature below 15°

C.

24. The process of claim 20 further comprising embossing the laminate on the film-laminated side.

22. A process for bonding polymeric films to porous substrates or for high gloss film lamination which comprises applying to a polymeric film an adhesive comprising a polymer dispersion prepared by free-radical emulsion polymerization and an organosilane which is incorporated into the polymer during the polymerization or is added subsequently and which comprises at least one silane group, at least one primary, secondary or tertiary amino group, at least one epoxide group, or at least one ethylenically unsaturated group and at least one silane group.