Use of a semi-aromatic polyamide in a mixture of aliphatic polyamide comprising circular-section glass fibres to limit warping
The use of at least one MXDZ polyamide, obtained from the polycondensation of meta-xylylenediamine (MXD), with a C 6 to C 18 aliphatic (Z) dicarboxylic acid, in particular C 6 to C 12 , in a mixture including at least one aliphatic polyamide A obtained from the polycondensation of a unit selected from: a C 6 to C 12 lactam, a C 6 to C 12 amino acid, and an XY unit obtained from the polycondensation of a C 4 to C 18 , aliphatic diamine (X), especially C 4 to C 12 , and a C 6 to C 18 aliphatic dicarboxylic acid (Y), especially C 6 to C 12 , circular-section glass fibres and optionally at least one impact modifier and/or at least one additive, said at least one MXDZ polyamide and said mixture constituting a composition, and the MXDZ/A weight ratio being from 0.11 to 0.83, in particular from 0.11 to 0.66, to limit the warping of said composition during processing, in particular by injection or compression moulding.
1. A composition configured to reduce limit warping upon transformation into an object, the composition comprising:
from 5 to 30% by weight of at least one MXDZ polyamide, obtained from the polycondensation of meta-xylylenediamine (MXD) with a diacid (Z) selected from the group consisting of suberic acid, azelaic acid, sebacic acid, undecanedioic acid, dodecanedioic acid, brassylic acid, tetradecanedioic acid, pentadecanedioic acid and hexandecanedioic acid;
from 20 to 60% by weight of at least one aliphatic polyamide A selected from the group consisting of PA 1010, PA 610, PA 1012, PA 11 and PA 12,
from 30 to 75% by weight of circular-section glass fibres,
from 0 to 10% by weight of at least one impact modifier,
from 0 to 2% by weight of at least one additive,
wherein said composition does not contain PA 66, the sum of the proportions of each constituent of the composition being equal to 100%, and
wherein the composition produces a warping that is less than 2 mm, as determined on plates of 100*100*1 mm 3 .
2. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one MXDZ polyamide comprises MXD10.
3. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one MXDZ polyamide consists of MXD10.
4. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one aliphatic polyamide A is PA1010 or PA 610.
5. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one aliphatic polyamide A is PA1010, PA 610 or PA 1012.
6. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one additive is selected from the group consisting of fillers, dyes, stabilizers, plasticizers, surfactants, nucleating agents, pigments, brighteners, antioxidants, lubricants, flame retardants, natural waxes and mixtures thereof.
7. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition produces a warping that is less than 1 mm, as determined on plates of 100*100*1 mm 3 .
8. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises from 25 to 50% by weight of at least one aliphatic polyamide A.
9. A layer formed from the composition according to claim 1 , wherein the layer is a monolayer structure or at least one layer of a multilayer structure.
10. The layer according to claim 9 , wherein the structure is in the form of an injected part.
11. An object obtained from a composition according to claim 1 .
12. The object according to claim 11 , wherein the object is in the electrical and/or electronics field.
13. A method of forming the object according to claim 11 , wherein the method comprises a compression moulding step.