Polypropylene Film Resin Composition for Low-Temperature Adhesion

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional polypropylene-based films face challenges in achieving high adhesiveness at low temperatures and preventing whitening during fabrication processes, such as drawing and folding, which are essential for food packaging, construction/industrial materials, and secondary battery components like lithium ion batteries.

Innovation Solution

A resin composition comprising specific ratios of propylene-based polymers, polyolefins with unsaturated carboxylic acid derivatives, and ethylene-based polymers, optimized for melting points, melt flow rates, and molecular structures to enhance adhesiveness and prevent whitening, is developed. This composition is used in monolayer or multilayer films, including layers with metal-containing or polar resin layers, to improve bonding and processing properties.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Strength

If polypropylene is used as a thermoplastic forming material, then high rigidity and heat resistance are achieved, but poor adhesiveness to metallic and polar materials occurs

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproverigidityVSAvoidadhesiveness
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent modifies the chemical parameters of polypropylene by introducing grafted unsaturated carboxylic acid groups, changing its surface properties and polarity to improve adhesiveness while maintaining the base polypropylene structure for rigidity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The invention creates a composite material system by combining polypropylene with soft rubber components and unsaturated carboxylic acid derivatives, forming a multi-component adhesive resin that integrates rigidity, flexibility, and adhesiveness

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Temperature

If polypropylene is used as a thermoplastic forming material, then heat resistance is achieved, but poor flexibility occurs

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveheat resistanceVSAvoidflexibility
Core Design Contradiction:
TemperatureVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines polypropylene with soft rubber components to create a composite adhesive resin that integrates the heat resistance of polypropylene with the flexibility of rubber, achieving both properties simultaneously

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

Solution Approach 2:

The invention introduces soft rubber components specifically to modify the flexibility characteristics of polypropylene, creating localized flexible regions within the otherwise rigid polypropylene matrix

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Ease of manufacture

If conventional polypropylene-based films are used, then processing is simplified, but whitening occurs during fabrication such as drawing and folding

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprocessing simplicityVSAvoidwhitening
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent modifies the molecular structure and composition parameters of the polypropylene-based adhesive resin by incorporating unsaturated carboxylic acid derivatives and soft rubber components, changing the material's properties to prevent whitening during deformation while maintaining ease of processing

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

4Reliability

If adhesive properties are improved by compounding soft rubber component to polypropylene, then adhesiveness is enhanced, but the complexity of the resin composition increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveadhesivenessVSAvoidresin composition complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent optimizes the compositional parameters by defining specific content ranges for each component (polypropylene: 70-95 parts, soft rubber: 5-30 parts, unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative: 0.1-10 parts), simplifying the formulation process while achieving enhanced adhesiveness

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS20240166856A1Resin composition, film comprising resin composition, and use thereof
Publication Date: 2024.05.23 MITSUI CHEMICALS INC

AI summary

A resin composition, wherein the content of a propylene-based polymer (A) satisfying a predetermined requirement is 10 to 99.9 parts by mass, the content of a propylene-based polymer (B) satisfying a predetermined requirement is 0 to 40 parts by mass, the content of a polyolefin (C) containing structural units derived from an unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or a derivative thereof is 0.1 to 20 parts by mass, and the content of an ethylene-based polymer (D) satisfying a predetermined requirement is 0 to 40 parts by mass, provided that the total content of components (A), (B), (C) and (D) is 100 parts by mass.