Plasticizer Composition for PVC Laminates With Low-Temperature Elongation

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Problem

Resin molded products, particularly those used in automobile interiors, face challenges with low-temperature tensile elongation and heat shrinkage resistance, especially when combined with foamed polyurethane in laminates, leading to potential migration of plasticizers and heat shrinkage issues.

Innovation Solution

A compound represented by formula (1) is used in a resin composition, enhancing low-temperature tensile elongation and heat shrinkage resistance through specific structural components, including organic groups and bond types, which can be further improved with a polyester plasticizer and specific content ratios.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Strength

If a conventional plasticizer is used in a vinyl chloride resin composition, then the resin molded product can be formed, but the low-temperature tensile elongation is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelow-temperature tensile elongationVSAvoidheat shrinkage resistance
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the chemical structure parameters of the plasticizer by introducing a hydroxyl group and specific organic groups (Ax with 3-20 carbon atoms) into the molecular structure. This structural modification allows the plasticizer to maintain flexibility at low temperatures while resisting heat shrinkage, resolving the contradiction between low-temperature elongation and heat resistance

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The invention creates a composite plasticizer system by combining a polyester component with a hydroxyl-containing compound having specific organic groups. This composite structure synergistically improves both low-temperature tensile elongation and heat shrinkage resistance, achieving properties that neither component alone could provide

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Adaptability or versatility

If the resin molded product is combined with foamed polyurethane to form a laminate, then the product functionality is enhanced, but plasticizer migration occurs causing heat shrinkage

Engineering Contradiction:
Improve laminate formation capabilityVSAvoidplasticizer migration resistance
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The hydroxyl-containing plasticizer acts as an intermediary substance that forms strong interactions with both the vinyl chloride resin and the foamed polyurethane. This intermediary plasticizer prevents migration by creating a stable interface between the two materials, eliminating the harmful effect of plasticizer transfer while maintaining laminate functionality

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentEP4656626A1Compound and method for using same, plasticizer composition, resin composition, resin molded body, and laminated body
Publication Date: 2025.12.03 ZEON CORP
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AI summary

Provided is a compound that can be used in production of a resin composition that is capable of forming a resin molded product having excellent low-temperature tensile elongation and heat shrinkage resistance. The compounded is represented by formula (1), shown below (in formula (1), Ax represents an organic group having a carbon number of 3 to 20, Y1, Y2, Y3, and Y4 each independently represent a single bond, -C(=O)-, etc., R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, etc., SP1, SP2, SP3, and SP4 each independently represent a specific organic group, a, b, c, and d each independently represent an integer of 1 to 30, Ra, Rb, Rc, and Rd each independently represent an optionally substituted chain aliphatic hydrocarbon group having a carbon number of 12 to 18, and x and y each independently represent 0 or 1).