Laminated parts are described that include a core, a fiber layer arranged on each side of the core and impregnated with a polyurethane resin, and an outer layer that at least partially coats at least one of the polyurethane impregnated fiber layers, in which the outer layer is the cured reaction product of a reaction mixture that includes: (1) a polyisocyanate, (2) a polyether polyol having a molecular weight of 800 Da to 25,000 Da and a functionality of 2 to 8, and (3) a fatty acid ester having isocyanate-reactive functionality. Methods of producing such laminated parts are also described.

The present invention relates to foam. In particular, the present invention relates to profiled foams and processes for profiling absorbent foam products. More particularly, the present invention relates to processes for producing a profiled absorbent polyurethane foam product, comprising the steps of foaming, curing, profiling and drying, wherein profiling occurs before drying; and absorbent aliphatic polyurethane foam products having at least one profiled surface.

This disclosure provides methods for the chemical modification of microbial derived triglyceride oils, use thereof in polyurethane chemistries, and incorporation thereof as a core material alone or as part of a wood core composite in the production of sporting goods equipment, including, for example, alpine skis, touring skis, cross country skis, approach skis, split boards, snowboards, and water skis.

The invention relates to a process for producing polyurethanes using a component A comprising a polyhydrazide, a polysemicarbazide, a polysulfonyl hydrazide and/or carbodihydrazide, in particular a polyhydrazide, wherein the component A is employed in the form of a mixture C which further comprises a component B comprising a dispersion medium.

A foam-forming composition for producing a rigid polyurethane foam including: (a) at least one isocyanate component; and (b) at least one isocyanate-reactive composition including: (bi) a rigid polyol compound; and (bii) a flexible polyol compound; (c) a catalyst package including at least one latent gelling catalyst; and (d) at least one blowing agent.

Isocyanate-reactive composition that include a polyol blend, a blowing agent composition, and a catalyst. The polyol blend includes a polyether polyol having a functionality of 2 to 6 and an OH number of 20 to 50 mg KOH/g, which is present in an amount of at least 30% by weight, based on total weight of the isocyanate-reactive composition, and an aromatic polyester polyol having a functionality of 1.5 to 3 and an OH number of 150 to 450 mg KOH/g, which is present in an amount of at least 40% by weight, based on total weight of the isocyanate-reactive composition. The blowing agent composition includes water, the water being present in an amount of 1 to 20% by weight, based on total weight of the isocyanate-reactive composition and in an amount of at least 90% by weight, based on total weight of the blowing agent composition. The isocyanate-reaction composition has a green content of at least 30% by weight, based on total weight of the isocyanate-reactive composition. Polyurethane foam-forming reaction mixtures, polyurethane foams, multi-layer composite articles and methods for their production are also described.

A compound of formula (I) having advantageous properties when used as a latent curing agent for compositions containing isocyanate groups, and to compositions containing the compound of formula (I). The compound of formula (I) is odourless, is liquid and has comparatively low viscosity at room temperature and is stable in storage together with isocyanates. It makes possible odourless single-component polyurethane compositions which have good stability in storage, do not produce bubbles when cured in the presence of moisture, and cause no problematic odour emissions, giving a cured elastic material having good mechanical properties, good heat stability, a surprisingly non-adhesive surface and little tendency towards plasticizer migration.

A one-component type polyurethane prepolymer composition comprises a reaction product formed through a reaction between reactants comprising (a) at least one polyisocyanate, and (b) a polyol blend comprising at least one bifunctional polyether polyol, wherein the bifunctional polyether polyol is a homopolymer of propylene oxide, homopolymer of butylene oxide, or copolymer of alkylene oxide, and has a number average molecular weight from 3000 g/mol to 9000 g/mol, and at least one trifunctional polyether polyol, wherein the trifunctional polyether polyol is a copolymer of alkylene oxide and end-capped with 10 wt % to 28 wt %, by the total weight of the trifunctional polyether polyol, of ethylene oxide, and has a number average molecular weight from 5000 g/mol to 8000 g/mol, wherein the bifunctional polyether polyol and the trifunctional polyether polyol are present in a parts by weight ratio from 4:1 to 2.5:1, and wherein the polyisocyanate and the polyol blend are present in a parts by weight ratio of from 1:7 to 1:2.5.

A poly(meth)acrylate urethane polymer, obtained from the reaction of at least one monomeric diisocyanate and a poly(meth)acrylate polyol having an OH number in the range from 50 to 200 mg KOH/g in an NCO/OH ratio of at least 3/1, followed by removal of a majority of the monomeric diisocyanate by means of a suitable separation method, wherein it has an NCO content in the range from 2.5% to 8% by weight, based on the poly(meth)acrylate urethane polymer, and a residual content of unconverted monomeric diisocyanates of not more than 0.5% by weight, and to the use thereof as additive and to moisture-curing polyurethane compositions.

This invention provides stable polyol compositions at all states and these compositions are stable for at least 24 hours, in some cases for more than 6 months. There is also provided polyol mixture compositions that may be uniformly blended under manufacturing conditions within a time period of less than eight hours, typically less than two hours, i.e., stable—polyol mixtures. The invention provides a composition and a method for making stable polyurethane foams. The polyol mixture comprises at least two polyols of different polyoxyethylene content, catalyst, at least one ethoxylated alcohol of the following formula: RO(CH.sub.2CH.sub.2O).sub.nH, wherein R is C1-C31 linear or branched alkyl, n is an integer equal to or greater than 1; and wherein the at least one ethoxylated alcohol has a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) value equal to or greater than about 3.7.