Double-Layer Abrasive Material for High-Load Durability

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing abrasive materials lack durability when used for severe abrasive work with high loads, leading to reduced effectiveness and increased risk of separation from the substrate.

Innovation Solution

A coated abrasive material with a substrate and an abrasive part having a double-layer structure, where the upper layer contains abrasive particles dispersed in a resin and the lower layer is composed of a cured material with a radiation-curable monomer and/or oligomer and a thermosetting resin, providing enhanced adhesion and resistance to high loads.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a conventional single-layer abrasive structure is used, then the manufacturing process is simple, but the durability under high load is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedurability under high loadVSAvoidabrasive layer structure
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The abrasive layer is divided into two distinct layers: an upper abrasive layer containing abrasive particles for cutting function, and a lower binder layer providing adhesion to the substrate. This segmentation allows each layer to be optimized independently for its specific function, improving overall durability under high load while maintaining manufacturing feasibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses composite material structures where the upper layer combines abrasive particles with resin binder, and the lower layer uses radiation-curable monomer/oligomer with thermosetting resin. This composite approach provides both cutting effectiveness and enhanced adhesion resistance to high loads, resolving the contradiction between durability and structural complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Reliability

If the abrasive part is made with strong adhesion to resist high load, then the durability improves, but the manufacturing process becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresistance to separationVSAvoidproduction process
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces conventional thermal curing processes with radiation-curable monomers and oligomers that cure upon exposure to radiation (UV, electron beam, etc.). This substitution enables faster curing, better adhesion to the substrate, and improved resistance to separation under high load, while the process remains manufacturable through established radiation curing techniques.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The use of radiation-curable materials changes the curing parameter from thermal to radiative energy input, enabling controlled adhesion strength and separation resistance. This parameter change allows the lower layer to achieve superior bonding to the substrate without significantly complicating the manufacturing process, as radiation curing is an established industrial process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Productivity

If shaped structures are formed to prevent loading, then the abrasive performance improves, but the adhesion under high load deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveabrasive performanceVSAvoidadhesion under high load
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

By separating the abrasive layer into two functional layers, the patent allows the upper layer to be optimized for abrasive performance with shaped structures that prevent loading, while the lower layer is optimized for adhesion under high load. This segmentation resolves the contradiction by assigning different optimization goals to different layers.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The composite structure of the two-layer abrasive system enables the upper layer to provide cutting effectiveness through shaped structures, while the lower layer with radiation-curable materials provides strong adhesion. This composite approach allows both contradictory requirements to be satisfied simultaneously in different layers.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

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 material exhibits improved durability and resistance to separation, even under severe abrasive conditions, ensuring effective and long-lasting performance.

Implementation Method 1

a lower layer composed of a cured material of a binder agent containing a radiation-curable monomer and/or oligomer

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectPhotopolymerization: Photopolymerisation

Implementation Method 2

a thermosetting resin, providing enhanced adhesion and resistance to high loads

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectThermosetting:

Implementation Method 3

an abrasive part having a plurality of shaped structures projecting from the substrate, in which the abrasive part comprises (1) an upper layer composed of a cured material of a mixture containing abrasive particles dispersed in a resin

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectAbrasion: Abrasion

Data Source

PatentEP2328719B1Abrasive material product, its production method and use method
Publication Date: 2021.02.24 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO
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AI summary

To provide an abrasive material with improved adhesion strength of an abrasive part to a substrate and durable to a severe abrasive work with applying high load and a long time abrading work. The abrasive material product comprises a substrate and an abrasive part having a plurality of shaped structures projecting from the substrate and is characterized in that the abrasive part comprises (1) an upper layer composed of a cured material of a mixture containing abrasive particles dispersed in a resin and (2) a lower layer composed of a cured material of a binder agent containing a radiation-curable monomer and/or oligomer and a thermosetting resin.