IP Library Granted Patent US 11,433,639
Granted Patent B2
US 11,433,639 · App. 16/763,792 · Granted Sep 6, 2022

Lightweight sandwich steel sheet using polyamide, and manufacturing method therefor

Inventors: Dae Hak Kim (Seongnam-si, KR); Seung Hoe Do (Daejeon, KR); Jin Seo Lee (Seongnam-si, KR); Kyoung Won Yim (Buk-gu, KR); Kyung Ho Kwon (Daegu, KR); Do Kyoung Kim (Busan, KR); Hye Yeon Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: HANWHA CHEMICAL CORPORATION
B32B5/20B32B15/046B32B15/18B32B27/08B29K2105/04B32B2250/40B32B2266/0257B32B2305/022B32B2605/08
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Patent No.
US 11,433,639
App. No.
16/763,792
Granted
Sep 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a lightweight sandwich steel sheet using polyamide, and more particularly, to a lightweight sandwich steel sheet using polyamide and a manufacturing method therefor, the steel sheet being usable at a wider temperature range than that of a conventional sandwich steel sheet and, particularly, having excellent adhesion at a low temperature and remarkably increasing stability and lightweight property.

Claims (19)

1. A lightweight sandwich steel sheet comprising a polyamide, comprising:

a plastic intermediate layer; and

steel sheets disposed above and below the plastic intermediate layer,

wherein the plastic intermediate layer is a porous layer including the polyamide, wherein the polyamide is a long chain polyamide and the long chain polyamide has a powder diameter of 30 μm to 100 μm,

the plastic intermediate layer comprises a network of the long chain polyamide powders bonded to each other, and a plurality of pores uniformly distributed in the network, and

the plastic intermediate layer comprises 2 parts by weight to 10 parts by weight of a foaming agent based on 100 parts by weight of the long chain polyamide.

2. The lightweight sandwich steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein the long chain polyamide is at least one selected from polyamide 11, polyamide 12, polyamide 1212, polyamide 1010, polyamide 1012, polyamide 610, polyamide 612, polyamide 9T, and polyamide 10T.

3. The lightweight sandwich steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein the foaming agent has a particle diameter of 10 μm to 100 μm.

4. A method for manufacturing the lightweight sandwich steel sheet according to claim 1 , the method comprising:

(a) preparing a long chain polyamide powder through an anionic polymerization reaction, in the presence of a mineral spirit solvent, on a mixture prepared by mixing laurolactam (LL), and based on 100 parts by weight of the laurolactam, 0.01 parts by weight to 20 parts by weight of an alkali metal as an initiator, 0.3 parts by weight to 10 parts by weight of a molecular weight controller, 0.01 parts by weight to 5 parts by weight of silica as a nucleating agent, 0.002 parts by weight to 10 parts by weight of octadecyl isocyanate as an activator, and 0.001 parts by weight to 1 part by weight of carbon dioxide as a coactivator;

(b) preparing a mixture of a plastic intermediate layer by uniformly mixing 2 parts by weight to 10 parts by weight of a foaming agent based on 100 parts by weight of the long chain polyamide; and

(c) laminating the mixture to 1 to 3 times the thickness of a steel sheet and manufacturing a sandwich steel sheet through hot press at a temperature of 180° C. to 250° C.,

wherein, in the step (a), the long chain polyamide has a particle diameter of 30 μm to 100 μm, and

the plastic intermediate layer comprises a network of the long chain polyamide powders bonded to each other, and a plurality of pores uniformly distributed in the network.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein, in the step (a), the long chain polyamide is at least one selected from polyamide 11, polyamide 12, polyamide 1212, polyamide 1010, polyamide 1012, polyamide 610, polyamide 612, polyamide 9T, and polyamide 10T.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein, in the step (a), the alkali metal comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of metal hydride, metal hydroxide, and metal alkoxide.

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein, in the step (b), the foaming agent comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of azodicarbonamide, N,N-dinitroso pentamethylene tetramine, and hydrazodicarbonamide.

8. The method of claim 4 , wherein, in the step (b), the foaming agent has a particle diameter of 10 μm to 100 μm.

9. The method of claim 4 , wherein the step (c) comprises foaming the foaming agent at a temperature of 180° C. to 250° C. for 10 seconds to 5 minutes to form a porous plastic intermediate layer.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 27, 2023
From: HANWHA CHEMICAL CORPORATION
To: HANWHA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065385/0687 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2020
From: KIM, DAE HAK; DO, SEUNG HOE; LEE, JIN SEO; YIM, KYOUNG WON; KWON, KYUNG HO; KIM, DO KYOUNG; LEE, HYE YEON
To: HANWHA CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052652/0674 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0151261 · Nov 14, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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