Method for manufacturing paper or cardboard
A method for the production of paper or cardboard is provide comprising the following steps: (A) Adding a water soluble polymer P to a first aqueous pulp suspension, wherein polymer P is obtainable by Polymerizing to a polymer V of (i) 33 to 83 mol % of a monomer of formula I in which R 1 ═H or C 1 -C 6 alkyl, (ii) 6 to 56 mol % of diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, diallyl diethyl ammonium chloride or a salt form of a monoethylenically unsaturated monomer, (iii) 11 to 61 mol % of a monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, sulfonic acid or phosphonic acid, or salt forms thereof, (iv) 0 to 50 mol % of one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers, and hydrolyzing the N—C(═O)R 1 groups to form primary amino or amidine groups, (B) dehydrating the second aqueous pulp suspension to a wet paper structure, (C) dehydrating the wet paper structure.
1. Method for the production of paper or cardboard comprising the following steps:
(A) Adding a water-soluble polymer P to a first aqueous pulp suspension having a dry content between 0.1% by weight and 6% by weight, thereby forming a second aqueous pulp suspension containing polymer P,
wherein polymer P is obtainable by
radical polymerization to a polymer V of
(i) 33 to 83 mol % of a monomer of formula I
in which R 1 ═H or C 1 -C 6 alkyl,
(ii) 6 to 56 mol % of diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, diallyl diethyl ammonium chloride or a salt form of a monoethylenically unsaturated monomer with a quaternized nitrogen as the sole charge-bearing group at a pH value of 7,
(iii) 11 to 61 mol % of a monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, a monoethylenically unsaturated sulfonic acid or a monoethylenically unsaturated phosphonic acid, or salt forms thereof,
(iv) 0 to 50 mol % of one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers other than monomer (i), (ii) and (iii),
wherein the total amount of all monomers (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) is 100 mol %, and
hydrolyzing the N—C(═O)R 1 groups of the units of the monomers of formula (I) polymerized into polymer V to form primary amino or amidine groups to polymer P, wherein at least 87% of the units of the monomers of formula (I) polymerized into polymer V are hydrolyzed, based on the number of all units of the monomers of formula I polymerized into polymer V,
(B) dehydrating the second aqueous pulp suspension containing polymer P on a water-permeable substrate to a wet paper structure having a dry content between 18.5% by weight and 25% by weight,
(C) dehydrating the wet paper structure, resulting in the paper or cardboard.
2. Method according to claim 1 , wherein the water-permeable substrate is a sieve.
3. Method according to claim 1 , wherein the amount of monomer (i) is 33 to 65 mol %.
4. Method according to claim 1 , wherein the amount of monomer (ii) is 6 to 45 mol %.
5. Method according to claim 1 , wherein the amount of monomer (iii) is 11 to 40 mol %.
6. Method according to claim 1 , wherein the amount of monomer (iv) is 0 to 30 mol %.
7. Method according to claim 1 , wherein for monomer (i) R 1 ═H.
8. Method according to claim 1 , wherein monomer (ii) is diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, diallyl diethyl ammonium chloride, a salt form of an N-alkyl-N′-vinylimidazolium, a salt form of an N-alkylated vinylpyridinium, a salt form of an acrylic amidoalkyl trialkylammonium or a salt form of a methacrylamidoalkyl trialkylammonium.
9. Method according to claim 8 , wherein monomer (ii) is diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride.
10. Method according to claim 1 , wherein monomer (iii) is a mono-ethylenically unsaturated C 3 -C 8 mono- or dicarboxylic acid, acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid, or salt forms thereof.
11. Method according to claim 10 , wherein monomer (iii) is acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid or salt forms thereof.
12. Method according to claim 11 , wherein monomer (iii) is acrylic acid or methacrylic acid or its sodium salt or potassium salt.
13. Method according to claim 1 , wherein monomer (iv) is acrylonitrile, vinyl acetate, N-vinylpyrrolidone or N-vinylimidazole.
14. Method according to claim 1 , wherein polymer P is amphoteric-cationic.
15. Method according to claim 1 , wherein in step (C) the dehydration comprises the following steps:
(C-1) dehydrating the wet paper structure by pressing, resulting in a moist paper sheet,
(C-2) dehydrating the moist paper sheet by heat input, resulting in the paper or card board.
16. Method according to claim 1 , wherein the amount of added polymer P is 0.01% by weight to 6.0% by weight based on the dry content of the first aqueous pulp suspension.
17. Method according to claim 1 , wherein in step (A) polymer P is added to a first pulp suspension, the dry content of which is greater than 1.5% by weight and up to 6.0% by weight, and the second pulp suspension containing polymer P is diluted to a dry content between 0.1% by weight and up to 1.5% by weight.
18. Method according to claim 1 , wherein in step (A) a further organic polymer other than polymer P is added to the first pulp suspension or the second pulp suspension containing polymer P.
19. Method according to claim 1 , wherein in step (A) a filler is added to the first pulp suspension or the second pulp suspension containing polymer P.
20. A water-soluble polymer P obtainable by
radical polymerization to a polymer V of
(i) 33 to 83 mol % of a monomer of formula I
in which R 1 ═H or C 1 -C 6 alkyl,
(ii) 6 to 56 mol % of diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, diallyl diethyl ammonium chloride or a salt form of a monoethylenically unsaturated monomer with a quatemized nitrogen as the sole charge-bearing group at a pH value of 7,
(iii) 11 to 61 mol % of a monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, a monoethylenically unsaturated sulfonic acid or a monoethylenically unsaturated phosphonic acid, or salt forms thereof,
(iv) 0 to 50 mol % of one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers other than monomer (i), (ii) and (iii),
wherein the total amount of all monomers (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) is 100 mol %, and
hydrolyzing the N—C(═O)R 1 groups of the units of the monomers of formula (I) polymerized into polymer V to form primary amino or amidine groups to polymer P, wherein at least 87% of the units of the monomers of formula (I) polymerized into polymer V are hydrolyzed, based on the number of all units of the monomers of formula I polymerized into polymer V.