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Radiation-cured, laminated flexible packaging material, and radiation-curable, adhesive composition

A technology of radiation curing and adhesives, applied in non-polymer organic compound adhesives, non-polymer adhesive additives, packaging, etc., which can solve the problems of short service life, time delay, and delamination of mixed components

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-05-23
ASHLAND LICENSING & INTPROP LLC
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Problems solved by technology

[0006] Solvent-based adhesives have inherent limitations, including: 1) emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs); 2) high cost of solvent incineration or recovery equipment; 3) flammability; and 4) require analysis and control of packaging residual solvent in
[0007] Water-based adhesives have inherent limitations. These limitations include: 1) Equipment that needs to provide long-term drying; 2) The heat used during drying will affect heat-sensitive packaging films; level; and 4) Difficulty starting and stopping as the adhesive dries on the coating equipment
[0008] Any two-component system (solvent-based, water-based, or solvent-free) has inherent disadvantages, including: 1) the need for precise mixing of the two components; 2) the short pot life of the mixed components; and 3) ) a time delay (usually 2 to 5 days) is required for the two components to react to obtain the final viscosity
Other limitations associated with two-part solvent-free adhesives include: 1) the need to heat the applicator; and 2) the presence of residual toxic aromatic amines, which are by-products of isocyanate-based curing systems
Problems with delamination can also occur during processing of the package

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Embodiment 1

[0091] A UV / E-beam curable titanate compound was prepared by reacting 4.4 molar equivalents of a carboxylic acid functional monomer derived from acrylic acid-2 - Half-ester of hydroxyethyl ester (HEA) and succinic anhydride (HEA-succinate monomer). Isopropanol was removed by heating the mixture under vacuum. The product obtained was a highly viscous, clear, reddish liquid. TiO was determined gravimetrically by heating to dry ash 2 The calculated titanium content is 4.8%. This result is in good agreement with the expected theoretical titanium content of 4.8%, thus proving that the product is a novel titanate compound obtained by introducing 4 moles of HEA-succinate per mole of titanium.

Embodiment 2

[0093] The organotitanate compound from Example 1 was used in the adhesive formulations shown in Table 1. For comparison, the "A" formulation contained no titanate. A thin film (approximately 0.1 mil) of each adhesive was applied to each layer of the flexible packaging material. A second layer of flexible packaging material was placed on the wet adhesive and irradiated with an electron beam of 165 kV at a dose of 3.0 Mrads to cure the resulting laminate. The bond strength of the resulting laminates was measured using a tensile testing apparatus using a T-peel configuration at a rate of 12 inches per minute. The results are listed in the table below. The results show that the bond strength of oPP / metallized oPP laminates is improved in the presence of titanate compounds. The results also showed that titanate improved the water resistance of both polyester (PET) film laminates.

[0094] Adhesive formulation (wt%)

Embodiment 3

[0096] A series of titanate compounds were added to the UV curable laminating adhesives shown in Table 2. The adhesive was coated onto the polypropylene film at a thickness of approximately 0.2 mil. A second layer of polypropylene film was placed over the wet adhesive. The adhesive was then cured by UV exposure with a 300 w / in medium pressure mercury arc lamp through the top film to form a laminate at a transport speed of 100 ft / min. The adhesive strength of the laminate was measured by a T-peel test. The results show that the bond strength increases significantly in the presence of titanate compounds. Store at room temperature for one month to check stability. The mixture containing triethanolamine titanate remained liquid without sediment and without significant change in viscosity.

[0097] Adhesive formulation (parts by weight)

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Abstract

Provided are laminated flexible packaging materials (20) suitable for containing a pharmaceutical, food or beverage grade product. The laminated flexible packaging material includes a layer of flexible packaging material (26) bound to at least one other layer of flexible packaging material (22) by a radiation-cured laminating adhesive composition (24) formulated from a radiation-curable laminating adhesive containing at least 50% of one or more radiation-curable, carboxylic acid functional monomers and 0.1 to 20% of an organic titanate compound. Also provided is a radiation-curable laminating adhesive containing at least 50% of one or more radiation-curable, carboxylic acid functional monomers and 0.1 to 20% of an organic titanate compound.

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[0001] This application claims priority to US Application Serial No. 60 / 349,429, filed January 22, 2002, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference. technical field [0002] The invention relates to a radiation-cured laminated flexible packaging material. The present invention also relates to a radiation curable adhesive composition suitable for forming laminated flexible packaging materials. Background technique [0003] Flexible packaging is widely used in food, non-food and pharmaceutical applications. Flexible packaging uses many different types of materials, including various types of plastic film, paper and aluminum foil. Plastic films include various types of polyolefins, polyesters and polyamides. Such films can be a combination of various homopolymers, copolymers and polymer blends. Such films can be monolayer or can be coextruded in multiple layers. Such films are also typically coated, metallized, or otherwise treated to enhance the pro...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): C09J4/00C08F220/28B65D30/02B32B7/04B32B27/30B65D65/40C09J4/02C09J11/06
CPCC09J4/00C08F222/1065B82B3/00
Inventor 凯文·D·雷斯蒂芬·C·拉平保罗·尤金·小斯诺怀特
Owner ASHLAND LICENSING & INTPROP LLC