This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure. The disclosure provides aromatic polyester polyether polyols and compositions comprising such polyols. The disclosed aromatic polyester polyether polyols and compositions including same are the products of the transesterification reaction of polyethylene terephthalate (“PET”) and an ethoxylated triol, namely glycerin or trimethylolpropane, wherein the degree of ethoxylation is from 1 to 9 moles. At least some of the PET used to generate the aromatic polyester polyether polyols is derived from recycled PET. The disclosed aromatic polyester polyether polyols have utility in preparing polyurethane materials, for example.

Methods are provided for producing bio-oil polyols, alkoxylating bio-oil polyols to provide polyols, and for employing the alkoxylated bio-oil polyols for making polymers or copolymers of polyesters or polyurethanes.

This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure. The disclosure provides aromatic polyester polyether polyols and compositions comprising such polyols. The disclosed aromatic polyester polyether polyols and compositions including same are the products of the transesterification reaction of polyethylene terephthalate (“PET”) and an ethoxylated triol, namely glycerin or trimethylolpropane, wherein the degree of ethoxylation is from 1 to 9 moles. At least some of the PET used to generate the aromatic polyester polyether polyols is derived from recycled PET. The disclosed aromatic polyester polyether polyols have utility in preparing polyurethane materials, for example.

The present invention relates to a novel thermoplastically processible polyurethane polymer having a hardness of ≤60 Shore A, to compositions containing this polyurethane polymer, to the uses thereof and to articles containing this polyurethane polymer.

A moisture curable polyurethane hot melt adhesive composition and a process for making the same are disclosed. The moisture curable polyurethane hot melt adhesive composition includes an isocyanate-terminated polyurethane prepolymer that is the reaction product of a diisocyanate monomer component that includes at least 20% by weight asymmetrical diisocyanate monomer based on the weight of the diisocyanate monomer component and symmetrical diisocyanate monomer, at least one polyol having a number average molecular weight greater than 1000 g/mole, a monofunctional compound that includes one isocyanate-reactive group and has a molecular weight no greater than 400 g/mole, and a multifunctional compound that includes at least two isocyanate-reactive groups and has a molecular weight no greater than 400 g/mole.

A moisture curable hot melt adhesive composition that includes isocyanate-terminated polyurethane prepolymer that includes the reaction product of a crystalline polyester polyol, a polyether polyol, and diisocyanate, clay, polyester/polyether elastomer, a first thermoplastic polymer selected from the group consisting of ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, ethylene (alkyl)acrylate copolymer, and combinations thereof, a tackifying agent, and optionally a second thermoplastic polymer selected from the group consisting of thermoplastic polyurethane, thermoplastic polycaprolactone, and combinations thereof.

A moisture curable polyurethane hot melt adhesive composition and a process for making the same are disclosed. The moisture curable polyurethane hot melt adhesive composition includes an isocyanate-terminated polyurethane prepolymer that is the reaction product of a diisocyanate monomer component that includes at least 20% by weight asymmetrical diisocyanate monomer based on the weight of the diisocyanate monomer component and symmetrical diisocyanate monomer, at least one polyol having a number average molecular weight greater than 1000 g/mole, a monofunctional compound that includes one isocyanate-reactive group and has a molecular weight no greater than 400 g/mole, and a multifunctional compound that includes at least two isocyanate-reactive groups and has a molecular weight no greater than 400 g/mole.

Methods are provided for producing bio-oil polyols, alkoxylating bio-oil polyols to provide polyols, and for employing the alkoxylated bio-oil polyols for making polymers or copolymers of polyesters or polyurethanes.

A subject of the invention is a method for producing a polyetherester polyol by addition of alkylene oxide and lactone to H-functional starter substance in the presence of a double metal cyanide catalyst, wherein a suspension medium containing no H-functional groups is first initially charged in a reactor, and an H-functional starter substance is subsequently continuously metered in to the reactor during the reaction, and wherein the lactone is a 4-membered cyclic lactone. A further subject is also the polyetherester polyol obtainable according to the method according to the invention, and also polyurethanes which can be produced therefrom.

Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) compositions, methods for producing TPU compositions, methods of using TPU compositions, and apparatuses produced therefrom are disclosed. Disclosed TPU compositions include a thermoplastic polyurethane polymer, a heat stabilizer, a flow agent, and a filler material. The filler may be a glass fiber. Disclosed TPU compositions have improved thermal stability and improved flow properties suitable for injection molding of articles of manufacture having a large plurality of fine openings or pores. Articles produced from the composition have superior thermal stability, abrasion resistance, and chemical resistance. Example articles include screening members for vibratory screening machines. Further embodiments include compositions without heat stabilizers, flow agents, and filler materials, and compositions in which two TPU materials having different harnesses are combined to generate a material with a pre-determined hardness. Injection molded screen elements having openings from 25 to 150 microns and open screening area from 10% to 35% are disclosed.