Abstract:
Materials are bonded together by means of an adhesive which comprises a blend of a poly(arylene sulfide) and polytetrafluoroethylene. Coatings of the adhesive can be applied to each of the materials to be bonded and partially cured. The coated surfaces can then be placed in contact with one another and curing of the adhesive completed.
Abstract:
A tube used or medical or other purposes is concentrically bonded to an inner lining tube by sequentially inserting a core within the inner lining tube, creating an adhesive layer on the outer surface of the inner lining tube, inserting the inner lining tube and core into the lumen of the outer tube, and then activating the adhesive to bond the inner tune to the outer tube before removing the core.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a method of treating a substrate comprising an elastomeric material, wherein the method comprises the steps of: a) providing a composition comprising: i. at least one fluoropolymer which is a copolymer comprising at least 90% by weight, based on the total weight of the copolymer, of units derived from tetrafluoroethene (TFE) and from one or more perfluorinated alkyl ethers corresponding to the general formula (I): Rf1—O—(CF2)n—CF═CF2 (I) wherein n is 1 or 0 and Rf1 represents a perfluoroalkyl residue which is optionally interrupted once or more than once by an oxygen atom; and ii. at least one solvent comprising a linear, cyclic or branched, partially fluorinated (poly)ether; b) contacting at least part of the substrate with the composition of step a); c) at least partially removing the at least one solvent; and d) optionally, when the fluoropolymer is curable, subjecting the fluoropolymer to curing, wherein the curing step may be carried out simultaneously with or after step c).
Abstract:
Provide are fluororesin and silica compositions having a low coefficient of thermal expansion. The fluororesin compositions include 20 to 70 wt % of a melt-processible fluororesin and 80 to 30 wt % of silica particles. The silica particles are constituted by leafy silica secondary particles formed as a result of a parallel overlap of a plurality of scaly silica primary particles, or flower petal-shaped tertiary particles formed as a result of the aggregation of the leafy silica secondary particles, or mixtures thereof. The thickness of the scaly silica primary particle is 0.001 to 0.1 μm, the thickness of the leafy silica secondary particles is 0.001 to 3 μm, and the ratio of the length of the leafy silica secondary particle with respect to their thickness is 2 to 300.
Abstract:
Slide bearings and methods of producing slide bearings are disclosed. The slide bearing has a metal support, an adhesive layer and a sliding layer. The adhesive layer is applied directly to the metal support. The adhesive layer comprises a blend of at least two fluoropolymers P1 and P2, wherein P1 is selected from perfluoroalkoxyethylene (PFA) or tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene (FEP). P2 is different from P1 and can be a fluoropolymer.
Abstract:
The invention includes a method of bonding a perfluoroelastomer material to first surface that includes: (a) contacting a first surface with a bonding agent comprising a curable perfluoropolymer and a curing agent; (b) curing the bonding agent to form a perfluoroelastomer material that is bonded to the first surface. In the practice of such method, the bonding agent may be a solution prepared by dissolving the curable perfluoroelastomer and the curing agent in a solvent. In an embodiment of the invention, the perfluoroelastomer material formed in step (b) is a coating layer or, alternatively, the first surface is a surface of a perfluoroelastomer member and the perfluoroelastomer material formed is a perfluoroelastomer weld.
Abstract:
An asymmetric multi-layer insulative film of improved internal adhesive strength is made by combining a layer of polyimide and a high-temperature bonding layer, the high-temperature bonding layer being derived from a high temperature base polymer made of poly(tetrafluoroethylene-co-perfluoro[alkyl vinyl ether]) (PFA) and optionally blended with from 0–60 weight percent poly(tetrafluoroethylene-co-hexafluoropropylene) (FEP). The polyimide and high-temperature bonding layer laminate optionally also contains a layer of unsintered, partially sintered, or totally sintered polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) bonded directly to the high-temperature bonding layer. In addition, the polyimide high-temperature bonding layer laminate may be adhered to a poly(tetrafluoroethylene-co-hexafluoropropylene) (FEP) adhesive primer layer to more effectively bond the polyimide core layer to the high-temperature bonding layer. This type of primer layer may also be used as a polyimide-to-metal bonding layer to assist bonding of the polyimide to a metal wire or metal layer.
Abstract:
A fluorine-containing adhesive material comprising a fluorine-containing ethylenic polymer having a carbonate group and/or a carboxylic acid halide group at a chain end or a side chain of the polymer, wherein a total of a number of the carbonate groups and/or carboxylic acid halide groups is at less than 150 per 1×106 main chain carbon atoms, can directly impart the firm adherability to a substrate such as a metal, a glass or a resin while maintaining excellent properties such as chemical resistance, solvent resistance, weatherability and soil releasability possessed by a fluorine-containing polymer.
Abstract:
Fluoroelastomers and fluoroplastics are plasticized with high-boiling fluorinated aliphatic cyclic structures to enhance processibility or to improve final properties.