Adhesive compositions comprise a polyester polyol that includes residues of at least one 2, 2, 4, 4-tetraalkylcyclobutane-1, 3-diol, including, for example, 2, 2, 4, 4-tetramethylcyclobutane-1, 3-diol (TMCD). Adhesive compositions as described herein exhibit enhanced properties as compared to conventional adhesive compositions, and may be suitable for a wide variety of end use applications, including, flexible packaging, woodworking, automotive uses, and electronics.

Described herein is a method of manufacturing a one-pack polyurethane dispersion, where the dispersion includes a polyurethane containing hydroxyl groups and at least one group selected from the group consisting of acid groups and polyalkoxylene groups, the acid groups of the polyurethane, if present, being neutralized to an extent from 0 to 100 mol-% of the acid groups; and a fully blocked polyisocyanate; where the method includes obtaining a mixture A; reacting a hydroxy-functional polymer with mixture A, thus-obtaining a mixture B; and neutralizing 0 to 100 mol-% of the acid groups, if contained in mixture B, based on the total amount of acid groups in mixture B. Also described herein are one-pack polyurethane dispersions obtainable according to the method, one-pack coating materials including the same and coated substrates including cured coating materials.

Provided is an adhesive composition comprising (A) one or more polyisocyanate and (B) one or more polymeric polyol, wherein said polymeric polyol is a reaction product of (I) a polyol initiator, wherein said polyol initiator is a reaction product of (a) one or more dihydroxy tertiary amine compound, and (b) a polyhydroxy alcohol, and (II) one or more epoxide compound or one or more glycidyl ether compound or a mixture thereof; wherein said adhesive composition contains solvent in an amount of 0 to 5% by weight based on the weight of said adhesive composition. Also provided is a method of bonding substrates using such an adhesive composition.

A system for applying a coating composition is provided herein. The system includes a first high transfer efficiency applicator defining a first nozzle orifice and a second high transfer efficiency applicator defining a second nozzle orifice. The system further includes a reservoir. The system further includes a substrate defining a first target area and a second target area. The first high transfer efficiency applicator and the second high transfer efficiency applicator are configured to receive the coating composition from the reservoir and configured to expel the coating composition through the first nozzle orifice to the first target area of the substrate and to expel the coating composition through the second nozzle orifice to the second target area of the substrate.

The present invention relates to a polyurethane laminating adhesives, methods for producing a multilayer laminate by laminating at least two films with a polyurethane laminating adhesive, and multilayer laminates obtainable by these methods wherein the polyurethane laminating adhesive comprises an NCO-terminated polyurethane prepolymer obtainable by reacting a polyol mixture comprising: 0.1 to 20.0 wt % relative to the total weight of the polyol mixture of at least one polybutadiene polyol; and 5.0 to 99.9 wt % relative to the total weight of the polyol mixture of at least one polyether polyol, wherein the at least one polyether polyol comprises at least one polyether polyol with a number average molecular weight M.sub.n in the range of >1000 g/mol to 10000 g/mol; with at least one polyisocyanate, wherein the at least one polyisocyanate is used in an amount such that the isocyanate groups are present in molar excess relative to the hydroxyl groups of the polyol mixture. Also encompassed are the use of the described adhesives for laminating two or more films, and the multilayer laminates obtainable by the described methods.

The present invention relates to a polyurethane laminating adhesives, methods for producing a multilayer laminate by laminating at least two films with a polyurethane laminating adhesive, and multilayer laminates obtainable by these methods wherein the polyurethane laminating adhesive comprises an NCO-terminated polyurethane prepolymer obtainable by reacting a polyol mixture comprising: 0.1 to 20.0 wt % relative to the total weight of the polyol mixture of at least one polybutadiene polyol; and 5.0 to 99.9 wt % relative to the total weight of the polyol mixture of at least one polyether polyol, wherein the at least one polyether polyol comprises at least one polyether polyol with a number average molecular weight M.sub.n in the range of >1000 g/mol to 10000 g/mol; with at least one polyisocyanate, wherein the at least one polyisocyanate is used in an amount such that the isocyanate groups are present in molar excess relative to the hydroxyl groups of the polyol mixture. Also encompassed are the use of the described adhesives for laminating two or more films, and the multilayer laminates obtainable by the described methods.

Polyurethane/polyisocyanurate foam insulation described herein is derived from a composition that contains an organic polyisocyanate, an isocyanate reactive material containing at least about 20% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition, of an aromatic polyester polyol, a hydrocarbon blowing agent, a first catalyst selected from the group consisting of a carboxylate salt of an alkali metal, a carboxylate salt of an alkaline earth metal, a carboxylate salt of a quaternary ammonium, and combinations thereof, and a second catalyst comprising a non-reactive tertiary amine, wherein a molar ratio of the first catalyst to the second catalyst is less than about 1.25, the composition gels quickly, and the composition has an isocyanate index greater than about 175. Such an insulating foam has a ratio of thermal conductivity at 75° F. to thermal conductivity at 25° F. between about 0.98 and about 1.10.

The present invention provides a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) having a glass transition temperature between an ambient temperature and normal body temperature, wherein the TPU contains dicarboxyphenyl polyester structure represented by Formula 1 or 10-(2,3-dicarboxypropyl)-9,10-dihydro-9-oxa-10-phosphaphenanthrene-10-oxide n(DOPO-ITA) polyester structure represented by Formula 2. The present invention also provides a polyester polyol containing DOPO-ITA polyester structure represented by Formula 2, a molar percentage of the 10-(2,3-dicarboxypropyl)-9,10-dihydro-9-oxa-10-oxide polyester structure in the whole polyester polyol ranges from 30% to 70%. The present invention further provides an article thereof. ##STR00001## in Formula 1, R is C2 to C8 alkylene group or CH.sub.2CH.sub.2OCH.sub.2CH.sub.2; ##STR00002## in Formula 2, R is C2 to C8 alkylene group or CH.sub.2CH.sub.2OCH.sub.2CH.sub.2.

Described herein are aqueous binder formulations including organic compounds including acryloyloxy groups and carboxylic acid hydrazides.

A solvent-based two-component polyurethane-type adhesive composition comprises an —OH component and an —NCO component. The —OH component comprises an amorphous prepolymer including two —OH end groups, with a number-average molar mass M.sub.n of 8000 to 12, 000 g and is chosen from: a) a copolyester (A1) obtained by a polycondensation reaction of at least one aliphatic diol (i) with at least one aromatic diacid (ii) and at least one aliphatic diacid (iii); and b) a polyurethane (A2) obtained by a polyaddition reaction between an aliphatic diisocyanate compound and an amorphous copolyester diol with a number-average molecular weight M.sub.n ranging from 4000 to 11 500 g/mol. The —NCO component comprises a compound (B1) including three —NCO end groups, obtained by the reaction of meta-xylylene diisocyanate (m-XDI) with a triol, said compound (B1) being alone or as a mixture with a compound (B2) derived from an aliphatic diisocyanate.