SOUND ABSORBING AND INSULATING MATERIAL WITH IMPROVED HEAT RESISTANCE AND MOLDABILITY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME

• US 20160300561A1
• Filed: 06/17/2016
• Published: 10/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Kim, Keun Young, Jeong, Kie Youn, Park, Bong Hyun
• Granted Patent: US 10,269,337 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B29B 11/12 Compression moulding
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2063/00 Use of EP, i.e. epoxy resins or derivatives thereof, as moulding material
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2105/0854 in the form of a non-woven mat
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2277/10 Aromatic polyamides [Polyaramides] or derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2995/0002 insulating
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2995/0016 Non-flammable or resistant to heat
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/102 Insulating
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/306 Resistant to heat
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2605/00 Vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 37/14 characterised by the properties of the layers
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 5/022 Non-woven fabric
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 7/12 using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 13/08 Insulating elements, e.g. for sound insulation sound insulating linings for trains B61D17/185; drivers' cabs for load-carrying vehicles insulated against vibrations or noise B62D33/0604; thermal or acoustic insulation of engines F02B77/11; damping of sounds using compensation by electro-acoustic methods G10K11/178
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 77/13 Acoustic insulation
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/168 Plural layers of different materials, e.g. sandwiches

Abstract

Disclosed are a sound absorbing and insulating material with improved heat resistance and moldability and a method for manufacturing the same. The sound absorbing and insulating material includes a heat-resistant material, as a surface layer, prepared by impregnating a binder into a nonwoven fabric formed of a heat-resistant fiber and a base layer formed of a conventional sound absorbing and insulating material and the surface layer is stacked on one side of the base layer. The sound absorbing and insulating material of the present invention can have improved sound-absorbing property, flame retardancy, heat-insulating property and heat resistance as compared to the conventional sound absorbing and insulating material, is applicable to parts maintained at high temperatures of 200 ° C. or greater due to the surface layer and is moldable into a desired shape during the curing of the binder impregnated into the surface layer.

Claims

1. A sound absorbing and insulating material comprising:

a base layer; and

a surface layer comprising a nonwoven fabric comprising an amount of about 30 to 100 wt % of a heat-resistant fiber based on the total weight of the nonwoven fabric and a binder present in the same layer as the nonwoven fabric and maintaining a three-dimensional structure in the surface layer,

wherein the surface layer is stacked on one side of the base layer.

2. The sound absorbing and insulating material according to claim 1, wherein the base layer and the surface layer is stacked by an adhesive, heat or pressure.

3. The sound absorbing and insulating material according to claim 2, wherein the adhesive is the same binder included in the surface layer.

4. The sound absorbing and insulating material according to claim 3, wherein the adhesive is a thermosetting resin.

5. The sound absorbing and insulating material according to claim 1, wherein the base layer or the surface layer is formed in a single layer or multiple layers.

6. The sound absorbing and insulating material according to claim 5, wherein the base layer has a thickness of about 5 to 50 mm and the surface layer has a thickness of about 0.1 to 5 mm.

7. The sound absorbing and insulating material according to claim 1, wherein the base layer is at least one material selected from a group consisting of a polyethylene terephthalate fiber, a polypropylene fiber, a polyethylene fiber, a polyamide fiber, a glass wool, a polyurethane fiber and a melamine fiber.

8. The sound absorbing and insulating material according to claim 1, wherein the nonwoven fabric of the surface layer has a density of about 100 to 2000 g/m².

9. The sound absorbing and insulating material according to claim 1, wherein the heat-resistant fiber of the nonwoven fabric has a limiting oxygen index (LOI) of about 25% or greater and a heat resistance temperature of about 150°

C. or greater.

10. The sound absorbing and insulating material according to claim 9, wherein the heat-resistant fiber is one or more selected from a group consisting of an aramid fiber, a polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) fiber, an oxidized polyacrylonitrile (oxi-PAN) fiber, a polyimide (PI) fiber, a polybenzimidazole (PBI) fiber, a polybenzoxazole (PBO) fiber, a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) fiber, a polyketone (PK) fiber, a metallic fiber, a carbon fiber, a glass fiber, basalt fiber, a silica fiber and a ceramic fiber.

11. The sound absorbing and insulating material according to claim 10, wherein the heat-resistant fiber is an aramid fiber having a fineness of about 1 to 15 denier.

12. The sound absorbing and insulating material according to claim 1, wherein the binder included in the surface layer is a thermosetting resin.

13. The sound absorbing and insulating material according to claim 4, wherein the thermosetting resin is an epoxy resin.

14. The sound absorbing and insulating material according to claim 13, wherein the epoxy resin is one or more selected from a group consisting of bisphenol A diglycidyl ether, bisphenol B diglycidyl ether, bisphenol AD diglycidyl ether, bisphenol F diglycidyl ether, bisphenol S diglycidyl ether, polyoxypropylene diglycidyl ether, a bisphenol A diglycidyl ether polymer, phosphazene diglycidyl ether, bisphenol A novolac epoxy, a phenol novolac epoxy resin and an o-cresol novolac epoxy resin.

15. The sound absorbing and insulating material according to claim 1, wherein the sound absorbing and insulating material is molded to have a three-dimensional shape corresponding to that to which the sound absorbing and insulating material is applied.

16. The sound absorbing and insulating material according to claim 15, wherein the sound absorbing and insulating material is for a vehicle.

17. A method for manufacturing the sound absorbing and insulating material according to claim 1, comprising steps of:

a) immersing a nonwoven fabric comprising an amount of about 30 to 100 wt % of a heat-resistant fiber based on the total weight of the nonwoven fabric in a binder solution;

b) forming a surface layer by drying the nonwoven fabric; and

c) stacking the surface layer on one side of a base layer.

18. The method according to claim 17, further comprising a step of, after the step c), d) molding the sound absorbing and insulating material.

19. The method according to claim 17, wherein in the step b), the nonwoven fabric is dried at a temperature of 70 about 200°

C. and the surface layer formed after drying comprises an amount of about 1 to 300 parts by weight of a binder based on 100 parts by weight of the nonwoven fabric.

20. The method according to claim 17, wherein, in the step c), the surface layer and the base layer is stacked by an adhesive, heat or pressure.

21. The method according to claim 20, wherein the adhesive is the same binder included in the surface layer.

22. The method according to claim 21, wherein the adhesive is a thermosetting resin.

23. The method according to claim 17, wherein the base layer or the surface layer is formed in a single layer or multiple layers.

24. The method according to claim 17, wherein the base layer is at least one material selected from a group consisting of a polyethylene terephthalate fiber, a polypropylene fiber, a polyethylene fiber, a polyamide fiber, a glass wool, a polyurethane fiber and a melamine fiber.

25. The method according to claim 17, wherein the heat-resistant fiber constituting the nonwoven fabric has a limiting oxygen index (LOI) of about 25% or greater and a heat resistance temperature of about 150°

C. or greater.

26. The method according to claim 25, wherein the heat-resistant fiber is one or more selected from a group consisting of an aramid fiber, a polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) fiber, an oxidized polyacrylonitrile (oxi-PAN) fiber, a polyimide (PI) fiber, a polybenzimidazole (PBI) fiber, a polybenzoxazole (PBO) fiber, a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) fiber, a polyketone (PK) fiber, a metallic fiber, a carbon fiber, a glass fiber, basalt fiber, a silica fiber and a ceramic fiber.

27. The method according to claim 26, wherein the heat-resistant fiber is an aramid fiber having a fineness of about 1 to 15 denier and a yarn length of about 20 to 100 mm.

28. The method according to claim 17, wherein the nonwoven fabric has a thickness of about 3 to 20 mm and a density of about 100 to 2000 g/m².

29. The method according to claim 17, wherein the nonwoven fabric is formed by continuously performing up-down needling, down-up needling and up-down needling.

30. The method according to claim 29, wherein the nonwoven fabric is formed with a needle stroke of about 30 to 350 times/m².

31. The method according to claim 17, wherein the binder solution comprises an amount of about 1 to 60 wt % of a binder, an amount of about 0.1 to 10 wt % of a curing agent, an amount of about 0.01 to 5 wt % of a catalyst, an amount of about 1 to 40 wt % of an additive and a solvent constituting the remaining balance of the binder solution, all the wt % based on the total weight of the binder solution .

32. The method according to claim 17, wherein the binder solution comprises an amount of about 1 to 30 wt % of the binder, an amount of about 0.1 to 10 wt % of a curing agent, an amount of about 0.01 to 5 wt % of a catalyst, an amount of about 1 to 30 wt % of a flame retardant and an amount of about 40 to 95 wt % of a solvent, all the wt % based on the total weight of the binder solution.

33. The method according to claim 31, wherein the binder is a thermosetting resin.

34. The method according to claim 22, wherein the thermosetting resin is an epoxy resin.

35. The method according to claim 34, wherein the epoxy resin is one or more selected from a group consisting of bisphenol A diglycidyl ether, bisphenol B diglycidyl ether, bisphenol AD diglycidyl ether, bisphenol F diglycidyl ether, bisphenol S diglycidyl ether, polyoxypropylene diglycidyl ether, a bisphenol A diglycidyl ether polymer, phosphazene diglycidyl ether, bisphenol A novolac epoxy, a phenol novolac epoxy resin and an o-cresol novolac epoxy resin.

36. The method according to claim 17, wherein the sound absorbing and insulating material is for a vehicle.

37. A method for reducing noise of a noise-generating device, comprising:

i) checking a three-dimensional shape of a noise-generating device;

ii) preparing and molding the sound absorbing and insulating material according to claim 1 so as to correspond to the three-dimensional shape of the device partially or entirely; and

iii) bringing the sound absorbing and insulating material adjacent to the noise-generating device.

38. The method according to claim 37, wherein the device is a motor, an engine or an exhaust system.

39. The method according to claim 37, wherein the sound absorbing and insulating material is brought adjacent to the noise-generating device by attaching the sound absorbing and insulating material to the noise-generating device, providing the sound absorbing and insulating material with a distance from the noise-generating device, or molding the sound absorbing and insulating material as a part of the noise-generating device.

40. A vehicle comprising a sound absorbing and insulating material of claim 1.