BFGoodrich.SPECIALTY EMULSION POLYMERS FOR NONWOVEN non·wo·ven adj. Made by a process not involving weaving. Used of textiles. n. Material or a fabric made by a process not involving weaving. BINDERS More than 125 years ago, Dr. Benjamin Franklin Goodrich founded a small rubber company in Akron, OH. Today, his company has evolved into a leading chemical and aerospace firm, with 1996 sales in excess of $2.2 billion. The products of today's BFGoodrich Company bear little resemblance to those first produced by its founder: fire hose, power transmission belts, bicycle tires and other rubber industrial goods industrial goods npl → bienes mpl de producción , which no longer are a part of the company. What has survived is a dedication to quality, service and technical innovation. Today's business Today's Business is a show on CNBC that aired in the early morning, 5 to 7AM ET timeslot, hosted by Liz Claman and Bob Sellers, and it was replaced by Wake Up Call on Feb 4, 2002. includes two main segments: Specialty Chemicals and Aerospace Products and Services. Aerospace Products and Services supplies aircraft components and services to all segments of the aviation industry. Specialty Chemicals produces a broad range of specialty plastic materials, chemical additives, sealants and adhesives and provides high-purity industrial water-treatment systems. In the Specialty Chemicals business, BFGoodrich offers a broad range of emulsion polymer compositions providing many properties to nonwoven fabrics containing cellulose, synthetic fiber Noun 1. synthetic fiber - fiber created from natural materials or by chemical processes man-made fiber fiber, fibre - a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn acrylic, acrylic fiber - polymerized from acrylonitrile and glass. The water-based polymer types available include the following: Hycar Acrylics Vycar Polyvinyl Chloride polyvinyl chloride (PVC), thermoplastic that is a polymer of vinyl chloride. Resins of polyvinyl chloride are hard, but with the addition of plasticizers a flexible, elastic plastic can be made. Hycar Nitriles Good-rite Styrene sty·rene n. A colorless oily liquid from which polystyrenes, plastics, and synthetic rubber are produced. Also called vinylbenzene. Butadiene Vycar Polyvinyl Acetates Vycar Polyvinylidene Chloride HyStretch Elastomerics Sancure Polyurethanes Carboset Water Soluble Acrylics Carbocure Highly Reactive Emulsions Different polymer compositions offer different end use properties to nonwovens bound with them. Nitrile rubber Nitrile rubber, or Buna-N,is a synthetic rubber copolymer of acrylonitrile (ACN) and butadiene. Some trade names are: Nipol, Krynac and Europrene. polymers for example are well known for their oil and solvent resistance. Polyvinyl chlorides are well known for their toughness, chemical resistance and flame retarding ability. Acrylics are known for their durability and excellent heat and light aging properties. Through copolymerization copolymerization (kōpäl´im  rizā´sh of different polymers, some unusual
combinations of properties are possible. Our HyStretch elastomeric
polymers for example are elastic rubber polymers with the heat and light
aging characteristics of acrylics.
Some of the properties available for nonwovens designers depending on binder choice include: * Stiffness or Flexibility * Stretch/Recovery * Toughness and Abrasion Resistance * Formaldehyde-free * APE-free * Thermoplasticity or Thermosetting thermosetting, adj having the property of becoming irreversibly rigid or hardened with the application of heat. In dentistry the term is used in connection with resins. * Hydrophobicity hy·dro·pho·bic adj. 1. Repelling, tending not to combine with, or incapable of dissolving in water. 2. Of or exhibiting hydrophobia. hy or Hydrophilicity * Flame Retardancy * Chemical Resistance * Solvent and Oil Resistance * Controlled Surface Tack Research and development efforts at the company's Brecksville, OH research facilities are focused on providing the water-based polymers needed by the nonwovens industry. The properties they provide allow the nonwovens developer and manufacturer to meet the stringent and vigorous demands of their customers in the marketplace. BFGoodrich services the nonwovens industry through six production facilities in the U.S. enhanced by utilizing 14 strategically located warehouse locations. BF-Goodrich sells to 111 countries worldwide. The BFGoodrich Nonwoven Marketing Group The BFGoodrich Company Specialty Chemicals 9911 Brecksville Rd. Cleveland, OH 44141-3247 Tel: 800-331-1144; 216-447-5000 Fax: 216-447-5770 Contact: Arnie Blam |
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