REACTIVE HOT MELT ADHESIVE

• US 20140027056A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 01/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Henkel AG & Co KGaA
• Original Assignee: Henkel Corporation (Henkel AG & Co KGaA)
• Inventors: Suen, Wu
• Granted Patent: US 9,365,751 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 156/320
• CPC Class Codes: C08G 18/289 containing silicon
• CPC Class Codes: C08G 2170/20 Compositions for hot melt adhesives
• CPC Class Codes: C08K 5/01 Hydrocarbons C08K5/0091 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C08K 5/5425 containing at least one C=C bond
• CPC Class Codes: C08K 5/544 containing nitrogen
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 23/26 modified by chemical after-treatment
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 91/06 Waxes
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 91/08 Mineral waxes
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 93/04 Rosin
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 11/06 organic
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 175/04 Polyurethanes
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 201/10 containing hydrolysable silane groups
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 5/06 involving heating of the applied adhesive

Abstract

The present invention relates to silane reactive hot melt adhesive compositions having improved green strength, the production of such adhesives and the use of such adhesives.

Claims

1. A silane reactive hot melt adhesive composition comprising:

a silane modified polymer and 0.1% to 15% of acid functional wax.

2. The silane reactive hot melt adhesive composition of claim 1 further comprising adhesion promoter.

3. The silane reactive hot melt adhesive composition of claim 1 further comprising an aminosilane adhesion promoter.

4. The silane reactive hot melt adhesive composition of claim 1 further comprising an aminosilane adhesion promoter wherein the molar ratio of acid functionality from the acid functional wax and amino functionality of the aminosilane (R) is equal to or less than 1.8.

5. The silane reactive hot melt adhesive composition of claim 1 further comprising an aminosilane adhesion promoter wherein the molar ratio of acid functionality from the acid functional wax and amino functionality of the aminosilane (R) is about 0.3 to about 1.2.

6. The silane reactive hot melt adhesive composition of claim 1 being free of isocyanate functionality.

7. The silane reactive hot melt adhesive composition of claim 1 further comprising one or more of a tackifier selected from rosin ester, aromatic tackifier or mixtures thereof;

an acrylic polymer; and

a catalyst.

8. The silane reactive hot melt adhesive composition of claim 1, wherein the silane modified polymer is a liquid at room temperature and comprises at least one silyl group with a formula of

A-Si(C_xH_2x+1)_n(OC_yH_2y+1)₃₋

n,

wherein

A is a linkage to the silane modified polymer backbone;

x is 1 to 12;

y is 1 to 12; and

n is 0, 1 or 2.

9. The silane reactive hot melt adhesive composition of claim 1, wherein the silane modified polymer comprises a plurality of terminal silyl groups each independently having a formula of

A-Si(C_xH_2x+1)_n(OC_yH_2y+1)₃₋

n,

wherein

A is a linkage to the polymer backbone;

x is 1 to 12;

y is 1 to 12; and

n is 0, 1 or 2; and

the silyl group of the silane modified liquid polymer is end-functionalized.

10. The silane reactive hot melt adhesive composition of claim 1, wherein the silane modified polymer has a backbone structure selected from polyurethane, polyether, polyester, polyacrylate or polyolefin.

11. The silane reactive hot melt adhesive composition of claim 1, wherein the silane modified polymer has a formula

R-[A-Si(C_xH_2x+1)_n(OC_yH_2y+1)₃₋

n]_z

wherein

R is an organic backbone of the silane modified polymer without silicon atoms,

A is a linkage that links the silane group to the polymer backbone R.

n=0, 1 or 2;

x and y are, independently a number from 1 to 12; and

z is at least one.

12. The silane reactive hot melt adhesive composition of claim 1, wherein the silane modified polymer comprises a plurality of telechelic silyl groups each independently having a formula of

A-Si(C_xH_2x+1)_n(OC_yH_2y+1)₃₋

n,

wherein

A is a linkage to the polymer backbone;

x is 1 to 12;

y is 1 to 12; and

n is 0, 1 or 2.

13. The silane reactive hot melt adhesive composition of claim 1, further comprising a rosin tackifier selected from the group consisting of fully or partially hydrogenated rosin esters.

14. The silane reactive hot melt adhesive composition of claim 1, further comprising an aromatic tackifier selected from the group consisting of alpha-methyl styrene resins, C₉ hydrocarbon resins, aliphatic-modified aromatic C₉ hydrocarbon resins, phenolic-modified aromatic resins, C₉ aromatic/aliphatic olefin-derived resins, and mixtures thereof.

15. The silane reactive hot melt adhesive composition of claim 1, wherein the silane modified polymer is a low modulus silane modified liquid polymer.

16. The silane reactive hot melt adhesive composition of claim 1 being free of water and solvent.

17. The method of applying a silane reactive hot melt adhesive composition comprising:

providing the silane reactive hot melt adhesive composition of claim 1 in solid form at room temperature;

heating the silane reactive hot melt adhesive composition to a molten state at the point of use;

applying the molten silane reactive hot melt adhesive composition to a first substrate;

bringing a second substrate in contact with the molten adhesive composition applied to the first substrate;

cooling the applied molten adhesive composition to a solid state;

subjecting the cooled adhesive composition to conditions sufficient to irreversibly cure the cooled adhesive composition to form a bond between the first and second substrates.

18. An article of manufacture comprising the silane reactive hot melt adhesive composition of claim 1.

19. A method of improving the green strength of a silane reactive hot melt adhesive composition, comprising adding an effective amount of one or more acid functional waxes to a silane reactive hot melt adhesive formulation.