Patents Assigned to PKU Pulverkautschuk Union GmbH
  • Patent number: 6825262
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing fine-particle free-flowing rubber powders, composed of carbon black fillers and a rubber, prepared by solution polymerization. The process operates on the basis of a two-phase system involving transfer of the organic rubber phase in a non-aggressive manner into the inorganic filler suspension, without addition of chemicals. A rubber/carbon black composite is formed. The process comprises measures to avoid clumping of product in the aqueous phase. After mechanical water removal and thermal drying, the product obtained flows freely and is a storage-stable powder or pellet and are markedly superior to the standard both in their processing and in their rubber-technology property profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: PKU Pulverkautschuk Union GmbH
    Inventors: Udo Görl, Matthias Schmitt, Reinhard Stober, Andreas Gouw
  • Patent number: 6822036
    Abstract: Rubber powders with a high degree of filling are obtained by precipitating water-containing suspensions which contain fillers and rubber emulsions or rubber solutions. Use thereof to prepare vulcanizable rubber mixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: PKU Pulverkautschuk Union GmbH
    Inventors: Udo Görl, Thomas Trempler, Reinhard Stober, Uwe Ernst
  • Patent number: 6720369
    Abstract: A process for preparing silica-filled rubber powder is provided, which includes contacting a salt-containing silica-precipitation suspension with at least one selected from the group including a rubber latex, rubber solution, and rubber emulsion, to form a mixture; and precipitating to produce a silica-filled rubber powder. A silica-filled rubber powder prepared by the process, and compositions and uses containing the same, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: PKU Pulverkautschuk Union GmbH
    Inventors: Udo Goerl, Reinhard Stober, Matthias Schmitt, Andreas Gouw
  • Patent number: 6713534
    Abstract: A fine-particle, free-flowing rubber powder containing silicatic fillers, one or more organosilanes having trialkoxysilyl groups, and a rubber prepared by solution polymerization is prepared by a process that starts from a two-phase system: 1) filler in water, and 2) rubber in organic solvent. A rubber/silicatic filler/silane composite is formed during transfer, under gentle conditions, of the various reactants into a single phase. The process features a high degree of freedom in selecting forms of filler and in selecting the organosilane and gives a finished rubber powder in which a silicatic filler and an organosilane have undergone complete chemical reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: PKU Pulverkautschuk Union GmbH
    Inventors: Udo Goerl, Matthias Schmitt, Reinhard Stober, Andreas Gouw
  • Publication number: 20030144406
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing fine-particle free-flowing rubber powders, composed of carbon black fillers and a rubber, prepared by solution polymerization. The process operates on the basis of a two-phase system involving transfer of the organic rubber phase in a non-aggressive manner into the inorganic filler suspension, without addition of chemicals. A rubber/carbon black composite is formed. The process comprises measures to avoid clumping of product in the aqueous phase. After mechanical water removal and thermal drying, the product obtained flows freely and is a storage-stable powder or pellet and are markedly superior to the standard both in their processing and in their rubber-technology property profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Applicant: PKU PULVERKAUTSCHUK UNION GMBH
    Inventors: Udo Gorl, Matthias Schmitt, Reinhard Stober, Andreas Gouw
  • Patent number: 6562883
    Abstract: Fine-particle, filled rubber powders prepared by precipitation from aqueous mixtures of a filler suspension and a rubber-latex emulsion in the absence of water-soluble salts of metals of groups IIa, IIb, IIIa, or VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements and in the absence of alkali metal silicate are used for vulcanizable rubber mixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: PKU Pulverkautschuk Union GmbH
    Inventors: Udo Goerl, Reinhard Stober, Matthias Schmitt
  • Patent number: 6548584
    Abstract: Pulverulent rubber powder containing filler which remains free-flowing even after exposure to mechanical stresses, a process for the production thereof, in which the rubber powder is obtained in two precipitation steps, and the use of these powders for the production of vulcanizable rubber compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: PKU Pulverkautschuk Union GmbH
    Inventors: Udo Görl, Reinhard Stober, Hartmut Lauer, Uwe Ernst
  • Publication number: 20030036593
    Abstract: A fine-particle, free-flowing rubber powder containing silicatic fillers, one or more organosilanes having trialkoxysilyl groups, and a rubber prepared by solution polymerization is prepared by a process that starts from a two-phase system: 1) filler in water, and 2) rubber in organic solvent. A rubber/silicatic filler/silane composite is formed during transfer, under gentle conditions, of the various reactants into a single phase. The process features a high degree of freedom in selecting forms of filler and in selecting the organosilane and gives a finished rubber powder in which a silicatic filler and an organosilane have undergone complete chemical reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2002
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Applicant: PKU PULVERKAUTSCHUK UNION GMBH
    Inventors: Udo Goerl, Matthias Schmitt, Reinhard Stober, Andreas Gouw
  • Patent number: 6433064
    Abstract: Finely divided, pulverulent rubbers containing filler which contain further processing and vulcanization auxiliaries necessary for the production of vulcanizable rubber mixtures, which rubbers are pourable even after exposure to mechanical action, and to a process for the production thereof. The rubber powder is obtained within two precipitation steps. These rubber powders are used for the production of vulcanizable rubber mixtures. The fillers used, which comprise not only precipitated silicas but also carbon blacks known in the rubber industry, are optionally surface modified with organosilicon compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: PKU Pulverkautschuk Union GmbH
    Inventors: Udo Görl, Reinhard Stober, Hartmut Lauer, Uwe Ernst
  • Publication number: 20020091190
    Abstract: A process for preparing silica-filled rubber powder is provided, which includes contacting a salt-containing silica-precipitation suspension with at least one selected from the group including a rubber latex, rubber solution, and rubber emulsion, to form a mixture; and precipitating to produce a silica-filled rubber powder. A silica-filled rubber powder prepared by the process, and compositions and uses containing the same, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Applicant: PKU PULVERKAUTSCHUK UNION GMBH
    Inventors: Udo Goerl, Reinhard Stober, Matthias Schmitt, Andreas Gouw
  • Publication number: 20020026004
    Abstract: Fine-particle, filled rubber powders prepared by precipitation from aqueous mixtures of a filler suspension and a rubber-latex emulsion in the absence of water-soluble salts of metals of groups IIa, IIb, IIIa, or VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements and in the absence of alkali metal silicate are used for vulcanizable rubber mixtures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Applicant: PKU PULVERKAUTSCHUK UNION GMBH
    Inventors: Udo Goerl, Reinhard Stober, Matthias Schmitt
  • Patent number: 6340724
    Abstract: Finely divided powdered rubbers containing filler which remain free-flowing even after exposure to mechanical stresses and to a process for the production thereof, in which the rubber powder is obtained in two precipitation steps, and to the use of these powders for the production of vulcanizable rubber compounds. The fillers used, which are both precipitated silicas and carbon blacks known in the rubber art, are surface-modifed by organosilicon compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignee: PKU Pulverkautschuk Union GmbH
    Inventors: Udo Görl, Reinhard Stober, Hartmut Lauer, Uwe Ernst
  • Patent number: 6329449
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of finely divided rubbers (rubber powders) by precipitation from aqueous mixtures, which comprise filler in the form of suspensions, water-soluble salts of a metal of groups IIa, IIb, IIIa and VIII of the periodic table of the elements arid a rubber latex (polymer latex), aqueous emulsions of a rubber or rubber solution, in which one or more organosilicon compound(s) containing at least one alkoxy group is or are dissolved or emulsified, optionally in the presence of a surface-active substance, in water, or the compounds mentioned are mixed directly, optionally with a surface-active substance, with an aqueous suspension of an oxidic or silicatic finely divided filler or a mixture of these fillers at a temperature of 10 to 60° C., preferably at room temperature, while stirring, the amount of this mixture envisaged for incoporation in the rubber, based on the filler content, in general being divided into two batches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: PKU Pulverkautschuk Union GmbH
    Inventors: Udo Gorl, Reinhard Stober, Hartmut Lauer, Uwe Ernst