Fiber reinforced nylon composition

• US 8,044,139 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2010
• Issued: 10/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lotte Advanced Materials Co., Ltd. (Lotte Chemical Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cheil Industries Incorporated (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Hong, Chang-Min, Youn, Bum-Seok, Kim, Tae-Uk, Lee, Young-Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): Jagannathan; Vasu
• Assistant Examiner(s): KAUCHER, MARK S
• Application Number:
  US12/824,267
• Publication Number:
  US 20100324188A1
• Time in Patent Office: 484 Days
• Field of Search: 524/606, 524/607, 524/492, 524/493, 524/494, 524/495, 524/538
• US Class Current: 524/606
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 23/08 Copolymers of ethene C08L23/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 23/16 Elastomeric ethene-propene or ethene-propene-diene copolymers, e.g. EPR and EPDM rubbers
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 23/22 Copolymers of isobutene; Butyl rubber ; Homo- or copolymers of other iso-olefins
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 2666/06 Homopolymers or copolymers of unsaturated hydrocarbons; Derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 2666/24 Graft or block copolymers according to groups C08L51/00, C08L53/00 or C08L55/02; Derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 51/06 grafted on to homopolymers or copolymers of aliphatic hydrocarbons containing only one carbon-to-carbon double bond
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 77/06 Polyamides derived from polyamines and polycarboxylic acids C08L77/10 takes precedence

Abstract

The present invention relates to a fiber reinforced nylon composition, wherein the composition includes (A) 25 to 75 parts by weight of a polyarylamide resin, (B) 25 to 75 parts by weight of a reinforcing fiber having a cross-sectional aspect ratio of 1.5 or more, and (C) an impact modifier, and the impact modifier is included in an amount of 1 to 10 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of a mixture of the polyarylamide resin and the reinforced fiber. According to the present invention, the fiber reinforced nylonresin composition may exhibit minimal or no warpage, can have excellent fluidity and impact resistance, and can provide high whiteness and a glossy-coating due to minimal or no surface change after dipping in boiling water.

Claims

1. A fiber reinforced nylon composition comprising:

(A) 25 to 75 parts by weight of a polyarylamide resin, wherein the polyarylamide resin has the following Formula 1;

2. The fiber reinforced nylon composition of claim 1, wherein the reinforcing fiber comprises a glass fiber, a carbon fiber, an aramide fiber, a potassium titanate fiber, or a silicon carbonate fiber.

3. The fiber reinforced nylon composition of claim 1, wherein the reinforcing fiber has a cross-sectional aspect ratio from 2 to 8.

4. The fiber reinforced nylon composition of claim 1, wherein the reinforcing fiber has a plate shape.

5. The fiber reinforced nylon composition of claim 2, wherein the plate shaped reinforcing fiber has a fiber length of 2 to 13 mm.

6. The fiber reinforced nylon composition of claim 1, wherein the impact modifier comprises an olefin-based copolymer.

7. The fiber reinforced nylon composition of claim 6, wherein the olefin-based copolymer comprises an ethylene/propylene rubber, an isoprene rubber, an ethylene/octene rubber, an ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer (EPDM), an ethylene-methacryl acid (EMAA), an olefin graft copolymer, or a mixture thereof.

8. The fiber reinforced nylon composition of claim 6, wherein the olefin-based copolymer comprises a reactive compound, a non-reactive metal, or a combination of a reactive compound and a non-reactive metal.

9. The fiber reinforced nylon composition of claim 8, wherein the olefin-based copolymer comprises a reactive compound and is obtained by graft polymerizing 99.9 to 95 wt % of an olefin-based polymer and 0.1 to 5 wt % of a reactive compound.

10. The fiber reinforced nylon composition of claim 9, wherein the reactive compound comprises maleic anhydride, glycidylmethacrylate, or oxazoline.

11. The fiber reinforced nylon composition of claim 8, wherein the olefin-based copolymer comprises a non-reactive metal comprising zinc (Zn), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), or a mixture thereof.

12. The fiber reinforced nylon composition of claim 1, further comprising an additive selected from the group consisting of pigments, antioxidants, thermal stabilizers, photo-stabilizers, fluidity enhancers, lubricants, bactericides, release agents, nucleating agents, and mixtures thereof.

13. The fiber reinforced nylon composition of claim 12, comprising said additive in an amount of 30 parts by weight or less based on 100 parts by weight of the mixture of the polyarylamide resin (A) and reinforcing fiber (B).

14. The fiber reinforced nylon composition of claim 12, wherein said additive comprises a pigment.

15. The fiber reinforced nylon composition of claim 1, comprising (A) 40 to 60 parts by weight of said polyarylamide resin;

(B) 40 to 60 parts by weight of said reinforcing fiber having a cross-sectional aspect ratio of 2 to 8; and

(C) 3 to 7 parts by weight of said impact modifier, based on 100 parts by weight of a mixture of the polyarylamide resin and reinforcing fiber.

16. A molded product manufactured using the fiber reinforced nylon composition according to claim 1.