Abstract: A polyurethane resin forming composition comprising: a main agent (A) containing an isocyanate group-terminated prepolymer obtained by reacting an isocyanate group-containing compound (a1) with a polyfunctional polyether polyol (b1) having a specific molecular weight distribution obtained by the use of a compound having a functional group number of 8 as an initiator; and a curing agent (B) containing a castor oil-modified polyol (b2) obtained from castor oil and/or a castor oil fatty acid and a trimethylolalkane. This polyurethane resin forming composition is applicable to the production of large-sized hollow-fiber membrane modules and can form cured resins excellent in adhesion property and heat resistance, low in the temperature dependence of hardness and extremely small in the amount of substance eluted into water when immersed in the water.

Abstract: A aqueous modified polyisocyanate intended to be dispersed in an aqueous medium for use and obtained by reacting an HDI derivative with (A) a modifying agent composed of a methoxy polyoxyalkylene glycol mainly comprising an ethylene oxide unit, (B) a modifying agent composed of a hydroxyl group-terminated polyoxyalkylene glycol produced by using an alcohol having 8 or more carbon atoms as an initiator and mainly comprising a propylene oxide unit, and (C) a modifying agent composed of an ester compound having at least one hydroxyl group with an alkali metal salt of sulfonic acid introduced therein, wherein the concentration (calculated value) of the alkali metal salt of sulfonic acid derived from the modifying agent (C) is 1.5 to 25 ?mol/g. The aqueous modified polyisocyanate is not only excellent in dispersion stability in water but also excellent in stability of the isocyanate group in water even under temperature conditions of 35 ° C. or higher.

Abstract: A production process of colored resin powder, comprising a coloring step of mixing 0.5 to 40% by mass of a colorant (b1) with 99.5 to 60% by mass of a non-phthalic acid plasticizer (b2) to prepare a colored paste (B) and adding and mixing the colored paste (B) into a powdery thermoplastic polyurethane-urea resin (A), wherein the amounts of the colorant (b1) and the plasticizer (b2) contained in the colored paste (B) added to the powdery thermoplastic polyurethane-urea resin (A) are 0.1 to 5 parts by mass and 1 to 20 parts by mass, respectively, per 100 parts by mass of the thermoplastic polyurethane-urea resin. According to the production process, there can be provided colored resin powder, which is free from color mottling (color unevenness) on its surface and does not cause smearing of a molded product due to separation and falling of the colorant upon a molding process or the like.

Abstract: [Problem] To improve the previous aqueous one-component coating polyurethane emulsion among the aqueous one-component type polyurethane resin coating agents utilizing the blocked isocyanate compounds, in order to improve aqueous dispersibility and the storage stability of the emulsion as well as various coating performances of the coating appearing around the dissociation temperature of the blocking groups.

Abstract: A polyurethane resin forming composition comprising: a main agent (A) containing an isocyanate group-terminated prepolymer obtained by reacting an isocyanate group-containing compound (a1) with a polyfunctional polyether polyol (b1) having a specific molecular weight distribution obtained by the use of a compound having a functional group number of 8 as an initiator; and a curing agent (B) containing a castor oil-modified polyol (b2) obtained from castor oil and/or a castor oil fatty acid and a trimethylolalkane. This polyurethane resin forming composition is applicable to the production of large-sized hollow-fiber membrane modules and can form cured resins excellent in adhesion property and heat resistance, low in the temperature dependence of hardness and extremely small in the amount of substance eluted into water when immersed in the water.

Abstract: Disclosed are a lubricant composition to which is added as buffer particles to a lubricant polyurethane resin particles obtained by reacting and synthesizing long-chain polyol having a number-average molecular weight of not less than 500, a crosslinking agent having three or more active hydrogen groups in one molecule, and polyisocyanate as buffer particles, a speed reduction gear filled with the lubricant composition, and an electric power steering apparatus having the speed reduction gear incorporated therein, wherein noise produced by the speed reduction gear can be made lower than ever before irrespective of the magnitude of backlash in a case where a worm and a worm wheel are combined with each other and without complicating the configuration of the speed reduction gear by the buffer action of the buffer particles added to the lubricant composition, thereby making it possible to reduce noise produced in an automobile due to the electric power steering apparatus at low cost.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermosetting polyurethane elastomer that is yellowing-free, has low hardness and does not give rise to bleeding without using any plasticizer, has little tack, and exhibits small changes in hardness with temperature. This is achieved by a composition forming a yellowing-free, low-hardness polyurethane elastomer, containing no plasticizer and having (A) an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer and (B) a polyester polyol, wherein the isocyanate-terminated prepolymer (A) is an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer obtained by reacting hexamethylene diisocyanate with a glycol having an alkyl group as a side chain and having a molecular weight no greater than 500, and the polyester polyol (B) is a polyester polyol obtained from trimethylolpropane, 3-methyl-1,5-pentanediol and adipic acid, and having an average number of functional groups of 2.5 to 3.5 and a number average molecular weight of 800 to 5,000.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a conductive polyurethane molded body that can reconcile a satisfactory conductivity with a satisfactory moldability or, in place of this, can provide a high conductivity while securing a suitable moldability, and provides a conductive roll. A conductive polyurethane molded body is obtained by employing as main starting materials polyol and isocyanate that contains at least 60 mass % of 2,4?-diphenylmethane diisocyanate, incorporating thereinto at least a conductivity-imparting agent, and reacting and molding. The conductive polyurethane foam obtained when this reaction is carried out with the addition of a foaming agent is well suited for use as a conductive roll.

Abstract: A process for producing a powdered thermoplastic polyurethane urea resin is disclosed, which includes a step of forming a polyurethane urea resin by reacting a polymer polyol (a), an organic polyisocyanate (b), a monofunctional active hydrogen-containing compound (c), and preferably a bifunctional active hydrogen-containing compound (d) in specific proportions to form an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer, and subjecting the isocyanate-terminated prepolymer and water (e) to chain extension reaction in a non-aqueous dispersion medium. According to this production process, a powdered thermoplastic polyurethane urea resin having excellent melt formability can be obtained, and it is easy to control a molecular weight of the polyurethane urea resin.

Abstract: An aqueous modified polyisocyanate intended to be dispersed in an aqueous medium for use and obtained by reacting an HDI derivative with (A) a modifying agent composed of a methoxy polyoxyalkylene glycol mainly comprising an ethylene oxide unit, (B) a modifying agent composed of a hydroxyl group-terminated polyoxyalkylene glycol produced by using an alcohol having 8 or more carbon atoms as an initiator and mainly comprising a propylene oxide unit, and (C) a modifying agent composed of an ester compound having at least one hydroxyl group with an alkali metal salt of sulfonic acid introduced therein, wherein the concentration (calculated value) of the alkali metal salt of sulfonic acid derived from the modifying agent (C) is 1.5 to 25 ?mol/g. The aqueous modified polyisocyanate is not only excellent in dispersion stability in water but also excellent in stability of the isocyanate group in water even under temperature conditions of 35° C. or higher.

Abstract: A production process of colored resin powder, comprising a coloring step of mixing 0.5 to 40% by mass of a colorant (b1) with 99.5 to 60% by mass of a non-phthalic acid plasticizer (b2) to prepare a colored paste (B) and adding and mixing the colored paste (B) into a powdery thermoplastic polyurethane-urea resin (A), wherein the amounts of the colorant (b1) and the plasticizer (b2) contained in the colored paste (B) added to the powdery thermoplastic polyurethane-urea resin (A) are 0.1 to 5 parts by mass and 1 to 20 parts by mass, respectively, per 100 parts by mass of the thermoplastic polyurethane-urea resin. According to the production process, there can be provided colored resin powder, which is free from color mottling (color unevenness) on its surface and does not cause smearing of a molded product due to separation and falling of the colorant upon a molding process or the like.

Abstract: [PROBLEMS] The invention is to provide an aqueous one-component coating agent that is environmentally friendly and safe, and is excellent in productivity and storage stability, and also in alkali resistance and solvent resistance of a coated film. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] The problems are solved by providing a method for producing polyurethane emulsion for an aqueous one-component coating agent, comprising: reacting an organic diisocyanate (a1), a high molecular weight polyol (a2) and a low molecular weight glycol containing a carboxyl group (a3) to produce an isocyanate-terminated urethane prepolymer having a carboxyl group (A); mixing the urethane prepolymer (A) with a polyisocyanate containing a nonionic polar group (B); neutralizing the carboxyl group in the system with a neutralizing agent (C); and subjecting the mixture to emulsification in water and chain extension with water or an amine.

Abstract: A composition for forming a rigid polyurethane foam, characterized in that a composition comprising an organic polyisocyanate, a polyol, a catalyst, a foam stabilizer, water, and if necessary, a hydrochlorofluorocarbon, as a foaming agent, a low molecular weight compound (a) having an unsaturated bond and carbonyl group which are adjacent to each other in an amount of 0.01 to 20 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of said polyol, as a modifying agent, and if necessary, other auxiliary agent(s). The use of a low molecular weight compound having an unsaturated bond and carbonyl group which are adjacent to each other, as a modifying agent could remarkably improve the brittleness and adhesive properties of a rigid polyurethane foam which was foamed with water, or with water and an HFC, without affecting the reactivity or dimensional stability of the polyurethane foam.

Abstract: A sealing gasket for closure, made of a polyurethane elastomer obtained by reacting the following (A) and (B): (A) a polyisocyanate component having an isocyanate group content of 5 to 38% by weight and average 2 to 3 functional groups, obtained by modifying an aliphatic isocyanate and/or an alicyclic isocyanate, and (B) a polyol component having a hydroxyl value of 20 to 350 mgKOH/g and average 2 to 3 functional groups; and a process for producing a closure using such a sealing gasket. The closure sealing gasket made of a polyurethane elastomer, obtained by the present invention, when used for a closure (e.g. a metal closure of food container), causes no yellowing by ultraviolet light, has a strength at least equal to those of sealing gaskets produced from an aromatic isocyanate.

Abstract: A self-emulsifiable polyisocyanate with high functionality, having the average number of functional groups in 4.3 or more and a viscosity of 8,000 mPa·s (at 25° C.) or less, which is obtained by subjecting a modified polyisocyanate containing allophanate bonds and a poly(oxyalkylene)glycol monoalkyl ether (e) having oxyethylene bonds in a total amount of 30 mole % or more in its molecule to a urethanization reaction, said modified polyisocyanate being obtained by reacting a polyol (a) having the average number of functional groups in an amount of 2 or more with an organic polyisocyanate (b) in the presence of an allophanate-forming catalyst (c) comprising a zirconium carboxylate; and a process for producing the same.

Abstract: A non-aqueous laminate adhesive comprising a tertiary amino group-containing polyurethane resin (A) or a tertiary amino group- and carboxyl group-containing polyurethane resin (B) and a polyisocyanate curing agent. The resin (A) is obtained from (1) an active hydrogen group-containing compound comprising at least one or more kinds of tertiary amino group-containing glycols and (3) an organic polyisocyanate; and the resin (B) is obtained from (2) an active hydrogen group-containing compound comprising at least (a) one or more kinds of tertiary amino group-containing glycols and (b) one or more kinds of carboxyl group-containing glycols and (3) an organic polyisocyanate. The content of the tertiary amino group in the resin (A), the content of the tertiary amino group in the resin (B), and the carboxyl group in the resin (B) are each 0.001 to 1 mmol/g.

Abstract: A polyisocyanate curing agent comprising an isocyanate group-terminated prepolymer and a silane coupling agent represented by formula (2), OCN—(CH2)x—Si(OR′)3  (2) wherein R is an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms and m and n is each an integer of 1 or more; and an adhesive for forming laminates based on the above polyisocyanate curing agent and an active hydrogen-group containing resin.

Abstract: An adhesive composition for lignocellulose-type hot-pressed forms is disclosed which comprises (A) an organopolyisocyanate which is a polyisocyanate composed chiefly of from 20% by weight to 70% by weight of a diphenylmethane diisocyanate having two benzene rings in one molecule and from 80% by weight to 30% by weight of a diphenylmethane diisocyanate polynuclear condensate having at least three benzene rings in one molecule, and has a viscosity of 500 mPa·s or less in the state of solid content=100% by weight at 25° C.; and (B) a wax emulsion prepared by emulsifying a wax (B1) which is a paraffin wax containing at least 80% by weight of a paraffin having 20 to 40 carbon atoms, and has a melting point of from 40° C. to 100° C., with an emulsifier (B2) which is an ethylene oxide polyaddition product of an aliphatic monoalcohol whose aliphatic chain has 14 to 20 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A composition for production of cover packing, comprising: (A) a blocked isocyanate, (B) an active hydrogen group-containing compound having average two or more functional groups, (C) an organic substance powder having an average particle diameter of 40 to 250 &mgr;m, and (D) an inorganic substance powder having an average particle diameter of less than 40 &mgr;m; and a method for production of cover packing using the composition. With this composition which is a one-pack type, curable composition, no apparatus for mixing the main material and the curing agent is required; by heating, dissociation of blocking agent and completion of reaction are allowed to take place simultaneously; and a cover packing superior in mechanical strength, etc. can be formed.

Abstract: A polyisocyanate curing agent for laminate adhesive, comprising: (A) an isocyanate group-terminated prepolymer having isocyanurate group and urethane group, obtained by reacting an organic polyisocyanate containing at least (a1) an aromatic diisocyanate with an active hydrogen group-containing compound containing at least (a2) a diol compound having a number-average molecular weight of 100 to 2,000, and, as an optional component, (B) an isocyanate group-terminated prepolymer having urethane group, and, also as an optional component, (C) a silane coupling agent represented by the following general formula (1): OCN—(CH2)m—Si(OR)3  (1)  (wherein R is a methyl group or an ethyl group, and m is an integer of 1 to 5); and a process for producing the polyisocyanate curing agent. The polyisocyanate curing agent is usable in a laminate adhesive which can be aged in a short time without shortening the pot life, which has good adhesivity, and which can withstand a severe retort treatment.