New options with Baypren ®

K. Varnhorn
T. Neuner; R. Josten; N. Sary, H. Stange

Sveriges Gummitekniska Förenings vårkonferens

 Introduction:

Lanxess offers a broad range of

Polychloroprene rubbers.
Baypren® is a commonly used
elastomer due to it´s multi-purpose
properties.
A new finishing line offers new
options and keep the establish
properties of Baypren ®.

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Agenda

Introduction, Polychloroprene

New products by new technology

New finishing – new possibilities

New products in compound studies

Summary

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What is Polychlorprene - Baypren® ?

a) linear, uniform configuration c) linear, reactive endgroups

variations in MW and MW-distribution
Cl Cl Cl Cl
X
X
n

XD types
Ve

Cl Cl Cl Cl
d) precrosslinked
R R
n R R
R R
determines Mooney viscosity R
R R
R R
R R
b) linear, non-uniform configuration
determines gel content
Cl Cl Cl

n Cl e) sulphur modified
Cl
Cl
comonomer R S S R

Low crystallization tendency S types

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Conventional Lanxess CR products

Pre- Sulphur
General purpose grades Adhesive
crosslinked modified Latex grades
non precrosslinked grades
types grades
120

110
Mooney viscosity * M L 1+4/100 °C

230

100

90

80 126

226
114
70
110
60 214
215 611 711 712
510
210 216
50
112
110
116
40

211
30

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The first new grades:

Nomenclature
Three groups of new Baypren® ‘s
 Baypren® 110 A VP

 110 crystallization, slow

Baypren® 100 A VP Baypren® 110 A VP Baypren® 126 A VP  210 cryst. medium

Baypren® 200 A VP Baypren® 210 A VP Baypren® 216 A VP
 110 Mooney range

Low Mooney Improved Reduced  100 low Mooney

grades, vulcanization marching
better characteristics modus  110 mercaptane
extrusion with MTT
 116 xanthogene
performance disulfid
Special Alternative Improved  A VP new, trial product
Performance Performance Performance

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Standard and new process

Standard process

Coagulation
Neutralization Washing Drying Roping Chopping
Freeze roll

New (alternative) process

Coagulation Dewatering Drying Chopping

Standard New
Lowest 37 28
Mooney
Resources consumption
„…in that connection, freeze roll isolation of very
low Mooney viscosity polymers or fluid polymers is Ammonia -
difficult or virtually impossible.“ Steam
[Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Water
Technology]
Natural gas -
Electricity

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Focus of the presentation

Baypren®
Mercaptane Xantogene Disulfide

Low Mooney

ETU MTT
Standard Mooney Standard Mooney

ETU MTT ETU MTT

Fast cure regular cure

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Low Mooney grade
B200A VP - Extrusion
Baypren® 210 Standard 100 50
Baypren® 200A VP 100 50 Mooney viscosity compound
REGAL® SRF / N772 30 30 30
EDENOR® C 18 98-100 0,5 0,5 0,5 45

Mooney-Viscosity [MU]
B210
Scorchguard® O 5,3 5,3 5,3 40
B210-B200 50/50
ZINKWEISS ROTSIEGEL® 5 5 5 35
B200A VP
Edenol® 888 8 8 8
30
MTT based Crosslinking x x x
25
20
15
10
5
0
0 100 200 300 400
Time [s]

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B210 - B200A VP – Extrusion
Die swelling

 Lower die swell for low

Mooney B200 compared to
B210

 Significant reduced die

swell for blend of
B210: B200 (50:50)

 Less nerve

 Advantages in calandering

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B210 - B200A VP – Extrusion
Volume output

 Higher Volume output for

low Mooney B200
compared to B210

 Significant increased
output for blend of
B210: B200 (50:50)

 Higher output, higher

production rate

 Advantage also for semi-

finished products

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B210 - B200A VP – Extrusion
Energy consumption

 Lower Energy consumption

for low Mooney B200
compared to B210

 Significant reduced
Energy consumption for
blend of
B210: B200 (50:50)

 Safe energy cost

 Less compound
temperature

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B210 - B200A VP
Mechanical properties

 Stress strain curve for

standard and low Mooney
material comparable

 No lack of mechanical
properties if low Mooney
material is used

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B210 - B200A VP
Compression set - hardness

60
 Compression set at
CS 70h / 53 53 54 evaluated temperatures for
22°C a blend of low Mooney/
50 CS 70h /
70°C
standard material is
comparable to standard
Compression set (%)

Hardness
40
Hardness (ShA)

(ShA)

 Low Mooney material

29 30
30 28 slightly increase
27
24 compression set
22
20
 No influence on hardness
10
with low Mooney material
and blend of thereof
0
B210 Standard B200A VP B210-200

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B110 – B100A VP
Injection moulding
Injection moulding formulation
MTT based curing system
Blends of Baypren ® 110 Standard (40 MU)  Injection moulding
and Baypren ® 100A VP low Mooney (34 MU) formulation possible

BAYPREN® 110 100 70 50

 Investigate the influence of
BAYPREN® 100A VP 30 50 low Mooney CR on flow
SCORCHGUARD® O 5,3 5,3 5,3 behaviour and filling
ZINKWEISS ROTSIEGEL 5 5 5 degree of injection
EDENOR® C 18 98-100 1 1 1 moulding cavity
CORAX® N 330 15 15 15
REGAL® SRF / N772 35 35 35
EDENOL® 888 10 10 10
TUDALEN® 1849-TE 10 10 10
RHENOFIT® DDA-70 1,5 1,5 1,5
RHENOGRAN® MBTS-80 1,25 1,25 1,25
RHENOGRAN® MTT-80 1 1 1

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B110 – B100A VP
Compound Mooney – Filling degree

 Compound Mooney
decrease with the addition
of 30 and 50 parts low
Mooney CR

 Degree of filling increase

with the addition of 30 and
50 parts low Mooney CR

 Better filling of IM cavity

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Summary I: Low Mooney grades

Summary low Mooney grades

Baypren ® A VP low Mooney grades offer low Mooney viscosity about 28 MU

Baypren ® A VP low Mooney grades have comparable mechanical properties to standard grades
despite lower Mooney viscosity

Baypren ® A VP low Mooney grades offer

better flowing
lower die swell
higher out put
lower energy consumption

Baypren ® A VP low Mooney grades offer new compounding option combinations of high and low
Mooney polymers e.g. B230 / B200

Baypren ® A VP low Mooney grades can support to optimize processing

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Curatives ETU and MTT

Most vulcanization systems for CR contain either ETU or MTT as curative.

“US Environmental Protection Agency” (EPA) has classified ethylene thiourea as a group B2,
probable human carcinogen.
Therefore ETU is restricted in many countries. Customers looking for alternatives like MTT.

ETU MTT
Ethylene thiourea N-Methyl-thiazolidin-2-thion
(Imidazolidin-2-thion) Trade names (Rheinchemie)
Trade names (Rheinchemie) Rhenogran® MTT 80,
Rhenogran® ETU 80 Rhenocure® CRV/LG
Rhenocure® NPV/C former
former Vulkacit® CRV
Vulkacit® NPV/V

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B110 - MTT curing - MDR

Variation in temperature and MTT level

 Temperature and level of
curative influence the cure
rate (and the maximum
torque)

Baypren® 110 100 100 100

REGAL® SRF / N772 30 30 30
EDENOR® C 18 98-100 0,5 0,5 0,5
Scorchguard® O 5,3 5,3 5,3
ZINKWEISS ROTSIEGEL 5 5 5
RHENOGRAN® MTT 0,5 0,5 1
Rhenofit® DDA 70 1,5 1,5 1,5

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B110 – B110A VP
MTT curing – MDR – Part I
B110 MTT B110 MTT B110 MTT B110 (Ref.) MTT B110 (fast) MTT B110 (regular) MTT
0,5 180°C 0,5 160°C 1,0 160°C 0,5 160°C 0,5 160°C 0,5 160°C
Polymer B110 B110 B110 B110 B110A VP fast B110A VP regular
RHENOGRAN® MTT-80 0,5 0,5 1 0,5 0,5 0,5
Rhenofit® DDA 1,5 1,5 1,5 - - -

20  Temperature and level of

18
curative influence the cure
rate (and the maximum
16 torque)
14 New, fast
New,  Cure rate of new B110A VP
12 180°C regular (fast) only be achieved with
S' [dNm]

10 the new material not with

1 phr variation of temperature or
8
curative level
6 B110 MTT 0,5 180°C
B110 MTT 0,5 160°C
4 B110 MTT 1,0 160°C
B110 (ref.) MTT 0,5 160°C
2 B110A VP (fast) MTT 0,5 160°C
B110A VP (regular) MTT 0,5 160°C
0
0 300 600 900 1200 1500 1800 2100 2400
Time [s]

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B110 – B110A VP
MTT curing – MDR - Part II 160°C

Baypren® 110 100

Baypren® 110A VP (fast) 100
Baypren® 110A VP (regular) 100
Scorchguard® O 5,3 5,3 5,3
ZINKWEISS ROTSIEGEL 5 5 5
EDENOR® C 18 98-100 1 1 1
REGAL® SRF / N772 30 30 30
RHENOGRAN® MTT-80 1 1 1
MBTS® 80% 1,25 1,25 1,25
Rhenofit® DDA 1,5 1,5 1,5

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Summary II: Improved MTT curing

Summary Improved MTT curing

Baypren ® A VP grades have improved cure rates for MTT

Curing curve is close to an ideal curing curve

Polymer variations are possible to further adapt the vulcanization rate of MTT curing

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XD grades from alternative finishing

a) linear, uniform configuration c) linear, reactive endgroups

variations in MW and MW-distribution
Cl Cl Cl Cl
X
X
n

XD types
Ve

Cl Cl Cl Cl
d) precrosslinked
R R
n R
R
R R
determines Mooney viscosity R
R R
R R
R R
b) linear, non-uniform configuration
determines gel content
Cl Cl Cl

n Cl e) sulphur modified
Cl
Cl
comonomer R S S R

Low crystallization tendency S types

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B216 – B216A VP
Comparison

Baypren® 216 100

Baypren® 216A VP 100
REGAL® SRF / N772 30 30
EDENOR® C 18 98-100 0,5 0,5
Scorchguard® O 5,3 5,3
ZINKWEISS ROTSIEGEL 5 5
RHENOGRAN® ETU-80 0,5 0,5

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B216 – B216A VP
Scorch (120°C) – MDR 160°C

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B216 – B216A VP
Mechanical properties

 Mooney scorch,
comparable to standard

 MDR, lower final torque

maximum with ETU,
slightly improved marching
modulus

 Stress strain curve

comparable

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B216 – B216A VP
Compression set - Hardness

 Compression set and

hardness are on a similar
level for the evaluated
formulation

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Summary III: XD grades
General summary
Summary XD grades
XD grades obtained by new finishing offer a very similar material performance in terms
of vulcanization and mechanical properties

Summary Improved MTT curing

Baypren ® A VP grades have improved cure rates for MTT
Polymer variations are possible to further adapt the vulcanization rate of MTT curing

Summary low Mooney grades

Baypren ® A VP low Mooney grades have comparable mechanical properties to
standard grades despite lower Mooney viscosity
Baypren ® A VP low Mooney grades can support to optimize processing

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