Composite Textile Coating for Bonding and Crease Resistance
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for lower-cost, recyclable materials in footwear and sporting equipment that offer improved mechanical properties, resistance to creasing and bagging, stress whitening, and adequate bonding, while maintaining performance.
Innovation Solution
The use of a composite textile comprising a coating layer made from a mixture of polyolefin resin and thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV) that provides better bonding and resistance to creasing and bagging, while maintaining high bonding scores with polyolefin materials.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If polyolefin materials are used for cost-effectiveness and recyclability, then manufacturing cost and recyclability are improved, but bonding strength and resistance to creasing and bagging deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies composite materials by combining polyolefin resin with thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV) to create a coating layer that integrates the cost-effectiveness and recyclability of polyolefin with the superior bonding and crease resistance of TPV. This composite structure allows the material to maintain low cost while achieving adequate bonding strength and resistance to creasing and bagging.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent modifies the physical and chemical parameters of polyolefin materials by incorporating TPV into the coating layer, changing the material's mechanical properties, surface energy, and bonding characteristics. This parameter change enables the polyolefin-based composite to achieve adequate bonding strength and crease resistance while maintaining cost-effectiveness.
2Ease of manufacture
If conventional coating materials are used, then ease of application is maintained, but resistance to creasing and bagging and bonding performance deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a composite coating material consisting of polyolefin resin and thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV) that combines the ease of application of conventional coatings with enhanced resistance to creasing and bagging. The TPV component provides the necessary mechanical flexibility and bonding strength to prevent creasing while maintaining coating applicability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies the coating layer with specific local properties by formulating it from polyolefin resin and TPV in appropriate ratios, creating a coating that has adequate bonding strength and crease resistance in the critical areas where it contacts other materials, while maintaining ease of application characteristics.
3Reliability
If polyolefin resin and TPV coating layer are used, then bonding strength and resistance to creasing are improved, but material complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a two-component composite material system consisting of polyolefin resin and thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV). This composite structure provides adequate bonding strength and resistance to creasing and bagging while maintaining relative material simplicity. The combination of only two materials avoids excessive complexity while achieving the desired performance.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The composite textile with a polyolefin resin and TPV coating layer offers cost-effective, recyclable materials with enhanced mechanical properties and chemical bonding, reducing creasing and bagging, and maintaining high bonding scores.
Implementation Method 1
the TPV comprises a cured rubber dispersed in a thermoplastic resin
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides for composite textiles that can include a coating layer that is compatible with textiles such as those comprising polyolefins. The coating layer, as well as the precursor coating layer composition, the coating mixture, or resin composition used to form the coating layer, include a mixture of a polyolefin resin and a thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV). It is believed that the use of the coating layer in the disclosed composite textiles can promote better bonding between other components or materials used in articles, such as articles of footwear or articles of clothing, while resisting or preventing creasing and bagging. This allows the use of cost-effective materials such as polyolefins in the composite textiles that have adequate physical and mechanical properties, while also having sufficient chemical bonding properties.