JP6436768B2 - Polyamide resin composition and molded article - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a polyamide resin composition and a molded article formed by molding the polyamide resin composition.

  Conventionally, it has been studied to improve the mechanical strength of a polyamide resin molded product by blending glass fiber with a polyamide resin (Patent Document 1, Patent Document 2).

JP 2013-100412 A JP 2010-189467 A

Here, when the present inventors examined, there are various types of polyamide resins, and since there are various types of glass fibers, depending on the types of polyamide resins, It has been found that the mechanical strength may not improve much.
An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problem, and is composed of a structural unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid and a structural unit derived from a diamine, and 50 mol% or more of the structural unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid is carbon. Provided are a polyamide resin composition containing a polyamide resin derived from an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid of several 4 to 8 and having a high mechanical strength, and a molded article formed by molding the polyamide resin composition. For the purpose.

Under such circumstances, as a result of the study by the present inventor, by using a specific one as at least one of the glass fiber sizing agent and the surface treatment agent to be blended with the polyamide resin, the polyamide resin composition The present inventors have found that it is possible to increase the mechanical strength and have completed the present invention.
Specifically, the above problem has been solved by the following means <1>, preferably <2> to <12>.
<1> A gas obtained by heating at least one of the sizing agent and the surface treatment agent at 280 ° C. for 1 hour, comprising at least one of a polyamide resin, glass fiber, a glass fiber sizing agent and a surface treating agent. In the component, the proportion of isophorone diisocyanate exceeds 20 mass%, the polyamide resin is composed of a structural unit derived from dicarboxylic acid and a structural unit derived from diamine, and 50 mol% or more of the structural unit derived from dicarboxylic acid, A polyamide resin composition derived from an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 8 carbon atoms.
<2> The polyamide resin composition according to <1>, wherein at least one of the sizing agent and the surface treatment agent is a urethane / acid copolymer sizing agent.
<3> 80% by mass or more of the resin component contained in the polyamide resin composition is composed of the structural unit derived from the dicarboxylic acid and the structural unit derived from diamine, and 50 mol% or more of the structural unit derived from the dicarboxylic acid. The polyamide resin composition according to <1> or <2>, which is a polyamide resin derived from an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 8 carbon atoms.
<4> The polyamide resin composition according to any one of <1> to <3>, wherein the compounding amount of the glass fiber is 30% by mass or more of the polyamide resin composition.
<5> The polyamide resin composition according to any one of <1> to <4>, wherein the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid is an α, ω-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 8 carbon atoms.
<6> The polyamide resin composition according to any one of <1> to <5>, wherein 50 mol% or more of the structural unit derived from diamine is derived from at least one of aromatic diamine and alicyclic diamine.
<7> The polyamide resin composition according to any one of <1> to <5>, wherein 50 mol% or more of the structural unit derived from diamine is derived from at least one aromatic diamine.
<8> The polyamide resin composition according to <7>, wherein the aromatic diamine is xylylenediamine.
<9> The polyamide resin composition according to <7>, wherein the aromatic diamine is paraxylylenediamine.
<10> The polyamide resin composition according to any one of <1> to <9>, wherein 70 mol% or more of the structural units derived from the dicarboxylic acid are derived from adipic acid.
<11> The polyamide resin composition according to any one of <1> to <10>, wherein the bending stress is 300 MPa or more when a 4 mm-thick test piece conforming to ISO178 is used.
<12> A molded product obtained by molding the polyamide resin composition according to any one of <1> to <11>.

  According to the present invention, a polyamide resin comprising a structural unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid and a structural unit derived from a diamine, wherein 50 mol% or more of the structural unit derived from dicarboxylic acid is derived from an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 8 carbon atoms. It is possible to provide a polyamide resin composition containing a polyamide resin composition having high mechanical strength and a molded product formed by molding the polyamide resin composition.

  Hereinafter, the contents of the present invention will be described in detail. In the present specification, “to” is used to mean that the numerical values described before and after it are included as a lower limit value and an upper limit value.

  The polyamide resin composition of the present invention contains at least one of a polyamide resin, glass fibers, a glass fiber sizing agent and a surface treatment agent, and at least one of the sizing agent and the surface treatment agent at 280 ° C. for 1 hour. In the gas component obtained by heating, the proportion of isophorone diisocyanate exceeds 20% by mass, and the polyamide resin is composed of a structural unit derived from dicarboxylic acid and a structural unit derived from diamine, and the structural unit derived from dicarboxylic acid. 50 mol% or more originates in C4-C8 aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, It is characterized by the above-mentioned. With such a configuration, high mechanical strength can be achieved.

<Polyamide resin>
The polyamide resin used as an essential component in the present invention (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “specific polyamide resin”) is composed of a structural unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid and a structural unit derived from a diamine, and the structural unit derived from the dicarboxylic acid. 50 mol% or more is derived from an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 8 carbon atoms.
Here, being composed of a structural unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid and a structural unit derived from a diamine means that the amide bond constituting the specific polyamide resin is formed by the bond of the dicarboxylic acid and the diamine. Therefore, the specific polyamide resin includes other parts such as a terminal group in addition to the structural unit derived from dicarboxylic acid and the structural unit derived from diamine. Furthermore, a trace amount of impurities may be included.

In the specific polyamide resin, 50 mol% or more of the structural unit derived from dicarboxylic acid is derived from an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 8 carbon atoms (preferably adipic acid), preferably 51 mol% or more, more preferably It is 60 mol% or more, more preferably 70 mol% or more, more preferably 80 mol% or more, still more preferably 90 mol% or more.
The aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 8 carbon atoms may be a linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 8 carbon atoms or an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid containing a cyclic structure having 4 to 8 carbon atoms, An α, ω-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 8 carbon atoms is preferable, an α, ω-linear saturated aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 8 carbon atoms is more preferable, and succinic acid, glutar Acid and adipic acid are more preferable, and adipic acid is particularly preferable.
As dicarboxylic acids other than aliphatic dicarboxylic acids having 4 to 8 carbon atoms, aliphatic dicarboxylic acids and aromatic dicarboxylic acids having 9 or more carbon atoms are preferable. Specific examples include sebacic acid, suberic acid, dodecanedioic acid, and eicodioic acid.

In the specific polyamide resin, the diamine is not particularly defined, and may be an aromatic diamine or an aliphatic diamine, preferably at least one of an aromatic diamine and an alicyclic diamine, and more preferably an aromatic diamine. In the specific polyamide resin, 50 mol% or more of the structural unit derived from diamine is preferably at least one of aromatic diamine and alicyclic diamine (more preferably at least one of aromatic diamine), and more preferably 60 It is more than mol%, More preferably, it is 70 mol% or more, More preferably, it is 80 mol% or more.
As the aromatic diamine, bis (4-aminophenyl) ether, paraphenylenediamine, xylylenediamine, and bis (aminomethyl) naphthalene are preferable, xylylenediamine is more preferable, and paraxylylenediamine is further preferable.
In a specific polyamide resin, it is preferable that 50 mol% or more of a diamine structural unit originates in xylylenediamine, More preferably, it is 70 mol% or more, More preferably, it is 90 mol% or more.
Furthermore, in a specific polyamide resin, it is preferable that 50 mol% or more of a diamine structural unit originates in paraxylylenediamine, More preferably, it is 70 mol% or more, More preferably, it is 90 mol% or more. The constituent unit derived from the remaining diamine component is preferably derived from 0 to 40 mol% from metaxylylenediamine, more preferably from 0 to 30 mol% from metaxylylenediamine.
Aliphatic diamines include tetramethylenediamine, pentamethylenediamine, 2-methylpentanediamine, hexamethylenediamine, heptamethylenediamine, octamethylenediamine, nonamethylenediamine, decamethylenediamine, dodecamethylenediamine, 2,2,4- Examples include trimethyl-hexamethylenediamine and 2,4,4-trimethylhexamethylenediamine.

Specific examples of the specific polyamide resin include meta / para mixed xylylene adipamide (polyamide MP6), paraxylylene adipamide (polyamide PXD6), polyamide 6 and the like. Pamide (polyamide MP6) and paraxylylene adipamide (polyamide PXD6) are preferred, and paraxylylene adipamide (polyamide PXD6) is more preferred.
In the present invention, these polyamide homopolymers or copolymers can be used alone or in the form of a mixture.

The glass transition point of the specific polyamide resin is preferably 40 to 180 ° C, and more preferably 60 to 130 ° C.
The number average molecular weight of the specific polyamide resin is preferably 5000 to 45000, and more preferably 10,000 to 25000.
The melting point of the specific polyamide resin is preferably 270 ° C. or higher, and more preferably 270 to 350 ° C.

  The terminal carboxy group concentration of the specific polyamide resin is preferably 60 to 120 μeq / g. By setting it as such a range, compatibility with the sizing agent and / or surface treating agent of a specific glass fiber improves, and it becomes possible to achieve high mechanical strength. The terminal carboxy group concentration of the specific polyamide resin is more preferably 70 to 110 μeq / g, and further preferably 80 to 100 μeq / g.

  The compounding amount of the specific polyamide resin in the polyamide resin composition of the present invention is preferably 50% by mass or more of the resin component contained in the polyamide resin composition of the present invention, and more preferably 80% by mass or more. . By setting it as such a structure, it exists in the tendency for the mechanical strength of the polyamide resin composition of this invention to improve more.

<Other polyamide resins>
The polyamide resin composition of the present invention may contain a polyamide resin other than the specific polyamide resin.
Examples of other polyamide resins include lactam polycondensates, diamines and polycondensates of aliphatic dicarboxylic acids having 9 or more carbon atoms, polycondensates of diamines and aromatic dicarboxylic acids, and ω-aminocarboxylic acids. Examples thereof include various polyamide resins such as polycondensates of these, or copolymerized polyamide resins thereof.

Examples of the lactam that is a raw material for polycondensation of polyamide resin include ε-caprolactam and ω-laurolactam.
Examples of the diamine include the diamine described in the specific polyamide resin.
Examples of the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 9 or more carbon atoms include sebacic acid, suberic acid, dodecanedioic acid, and eicodioic acid.
When the other polyamide resin is blended with the polyamide resin composition of the present invention, the blending amount is preferably 10 to 50% by mass, and 10 to 20% by mass of the total amount of the polyamide resin contained in the polyamide resin composition of the present invention. Is preferred.
On the other hand, the polyamide resin composition of the present invention may be configured so that other polyamide resins are not substantially blended. For example, it may be 5% by mass or less of the total amount of polyamide resin contained in the polyamide resin composition.

<Other resin components>
The polyamide resin composition of the present invention may contain a resin component other than the polyamide resin.
As the resin other than the polyamide resin, a thermoplastic resin such as a polyester resin such as polyethylene terephthalate or polybutylene terephthalate, a polycarbonate resin, a polyacetal resin, polymethyl methacrylate, or a modified polyphenylene ether can be used.
The polyamide resin composition of this invention is good also as a structure which does not mix | blend resin components other than a polyamide resin substantially, for example, can also be 5 mass% or less of the resin component whole quantity contained in a polyamide resin composition.
The total amount of the resin components contained in the polyamide resin composition of the present invention is preferably 30 to 70% by mass, and more preferably 35 to 65% by mass.

<Glass fiber>
The polyamide resin composition of the present invention contains glass fibers. Examples of the glass fiber include glass fiber, plate-like glass, glass beads, and glass flakes. Among these, glass fiber is preferable.

A glass fiber consists of glass compositions, such as A glass, C glass, E glass, and S glass, and since E glass (an alkali free glass) does not have a bad influence on polycarbonate resin especially, it is preferable.
Glass fiber refers to a fiber having a fiber-like outer shape with a cross-sectional shape cut at right angles to the length direction and having a perfect circle or polygonal shape.

The glass fiber used in the polyamide resin composition of the present invention may be a single fiber or a single fiber twisted together.
As for the form of the glass fiber, “glass roving” continuously wound up of single fibers or twisted ones, “chopped strand” trimmed to a length of 1 to 10 mm, and pulverized to a length of about 10 to 500 μm. Any of "Mildo fiber" etc. may be sufficient. Such glass fibers are commercially available from Asahi Fiber Glass Co., Ltd. under the trade names “Glasslon Chopped Strand” and “Glasslon Milled Fiber”, and are easily available. Glass fibers having different forms can be used in combination.

  In the present invention, glass fibers having an irregular cross-sectional shape are also preferable. This irregular cross-sectional shape means that the flatness indicated by the long diameter / short diameter ratio (D2 / D1) when the long diameter of the cross section perpendicular to the length direction of the fiber is D2 and the short diameter is D1, is, for example, 1. 5 to 10, particularly 2.5 to 10, more preferably 2.5 to 8, and particularly preferably 2.5 to 5. Regarding such flat glass, the description of paragraph numbers 0065 to 0072 of JP2011-195820A can be referred to, and the contents thereof are incorporated in the present specification.

  The glass beads are spherical ones having an outer diameter of 10 to 100 μm, and are commercially available, for example, from Potters Barotini under the trade name “EGB731” and are easily available. Further, the glass flake is a flake shape having a thickness of 1 to 20 μm and a length of one side of 0.05 to 1 mm, and is commercially available, for example, under the trade name “Fureka” from Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. Are readily available.

  The blending amount of the glass fiber in the polyamide resin composition of the present invention is preferably 25% by mass or more of the polyamide resin composition, more preferably 30% by mass or more, and further preferably 35% by mass or more. Preferably, it is more preferably 40% by mass or more, and further preferably 45% by mass or more. The upper limit is not particularly defined, but is preferably 70% by mass or less, more preferably 65% by mass or less, and further preferably 60% by mass or less. The polyamide resin composition of the present invention may contain only one type of glass fiber or two or more types. When two or more types are included, the total amount falls within the above range.

<Bundling agent>
The polyamide resin composition of the present invention contains at least one of a glass fiber sizing agent and a surface treating agent in which the proportion of isophorone diisocyanate exceeds 20% by mass in a gas component obtained by heating at 280 ° C. for 1 hour. The mechanical strength can be improved by using at least one kind of such a glass fiber sizing agent and surface treating agent and using a specific polyamide resin. The proportion of the isophorone diisocyanate is preferably 50% by mass or less, more preferably 40% by mass or less, and can also be 30% by mass or less.
The glass fiber sizing agent and the surface treatment agent are usually present on the surface of the glass fiber and enhance the adhesion and compatibility between the polyamide resin and the glass fiber. In the present invention, the sizing agent and the surface treatment agent that generate the gas component and the specific polyamide resin are estimated to have high compatibility and improved mechanical strength.
Here, in the gas component obtained by heating at 280 ° C. for 1 hour, the ratio of isophorone diisocyanate is a value measured by the method described in Examples described later. However, about the apparatus which performs TD-GC / MS analysis, the value measured using the other same kind of analyzer may be sufficient. When there is a difference in value between the analyzer described in the present embodiment and other similar gas analyzers, the value of the gas analyzer described in the present embodiment is taken as the value in the present invention.
In the present invention, the sizing agent is a urethane / acid copolymer sizing agent containing an unsaturated carboxylic acid and / or a copolymer of an unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride and an unsaturated monomer, and a urethane resin. Is exemplified.
Examples of the copolymer of unsaturated carboxylic acid and / or unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride and unsaturated monomer include unsaturated acids such as acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, cinnamic acid, itaconic acid, fumaric acid and maleic acid. At least one selected from carboxylic acids and anhydrides of unsaturated carboxylic acids such as maleic anhydride, and styrene, butadiene, acrylonitrile, vinyl acetate, methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, It is a copolymer with at least one selected from unsaturated monomers such as methylstyrene, ethylene, propylene, butylene, isobutylene, vinyl ethers, and particularly a copolymer containing maleic anhydride or acrylic acid. Is preferred. The weight average molecular weight of the copolymer is preferably 5000 or more.
The mixing ratio of unsaturated carboxylic acid and / or anhydride of unsaturated carboxylic acid and unsaturated monomer is not particularly limited.
Examples of the urethane resin include a polyurethane resin obtained by a reaction between a polyol component of a polyether-based polyol and an isocyanate component of an aliphatic isocyanate.
Polyol polyol (for example, polyethylene adipate diol, polybutylene adipate diol, polyethylene butylene adipate diol, polyneopentyl adipate diol, polyneopentyl terephthalate diol, polycaprolactone diol, polyvalerolactone diol, polyhexamethylene carbonate diol) Polyether polyol (for example, polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, polyoxyethyleneoxypropylene glycol, polyoxytetramethylene glycol, ethylene oxide and / or propylene oxide adduct of bisphenols) and the like. The number average molecular weight of the polyol is usually 500 to 6,000, preferably 800 to 3,000.
Aliphatic isocyanates include tetramethylene diisocyanate, hexamethylene diisocyanate, trimethylhexamethylene diisocyanate, lysine isocyanate, isophorone diisocyanate, 1.3-cyclopentylene diisocyanate, 1.3-cyclohexylene diisocyanate, 1.4-cyclohexylene diisocyanate. 1.3-di (isocyanatomethyl) cyclohexane, 1.4-di (isocyanatomethyl) cyclohexane, 4.4′-dicyclohexylmethane diisocyanate, and trimer compounds thereof.
In the present invention, the ratio (mass ratio) of unsaturated carboxylic acid and / or copolymer of unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride and unsaturated monomer to urethane resin is preferably 2: 5 to 1: 1. The unsaturated carboxylic acid and / or the copolymer of the unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride and the unsaturated monomer may be further reacted with the urethane resin.

  As the surface treatment agent, γ-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane, γ-aminopropyltriethoxysilane, N-β (aminoethyl) γ-aminopropylmethyldimethoxysilane, N-β (aminoethyl) γ-aminopropyltrimethoxy Silane, aminosilane coupling agents such as N-β (aminoethyl) γ-aminopropyltriethoxysilane, γ-glycidoxypropylmethyldiethoxysilane, γ-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane, γ-glycidoxy Epoxysilane coupling agents such as propyltriethoxysilane, γ-methacryloxypropylmethyldimethoxysilane, γ-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane, γ-methacryloxypropylmethyldiethoxysilane, γ-methacryloxypropyltriethoxysilane, etc. Metachrome Shishiran based coupling agent, vinyltrimethoxysilane, vinyltriethoxysilane, vinyltris (beta-methoxyethoxy) vinylsilane coupling agents such as silane.

These sizing agents and surface treatment agents can be used alone or as a mixture of two or more.
0.01-4.0 mass% of glass fiber is preferable, and, as for the total amount of a sizing agent and a surface treating agent, 0.1-2.0 mass% is more preferable.

<Release agent>
The polyamide resin composition of the present invention may contain a release agent. Examples of the releasing agent include aliphatic carboxylic acids, salts of aliphatic carboxylic acids, esters of aliphatic carboxylic acids and alcohols, aliphatic hydrocarbon compounds having a number average molecular weight of 200 to 15,000, and polysiloxane silicone oil. Etc.

  Examples of the aliphatic carboxylic acid include saturated or unsaturated aliphatic monovalent, divalent or trivalent carboxylic acid. Here, the aliphatic carboxylic acid includes alicyclic carboxylic acid. Among these, preferable aliphatic carboxylic acids are monovalent or divalent carboxylic acids having 6 to 36 carbon atoms, and aliphatic saturated monovalent carboxylic acids having 6 to 36 carbon atoms are more preferable. Specific examples of such aliphatic carboxylic acids include palmitic acid, stearic acid, caproic acid, capric acid, lauric acid, arachidic acid, behenic acid, lignoceric acid, serotic acid, mellicic acid, tetratriacontanoic acid, montanic acid, adipine Examples include acids and azelaic acid. Examples of the salt of the aliphatic carboxylic acid include sodium salt, potassium salt, calcium salt, and magnesium salt.

  As aliphatic carboxylic acid in ester of aliphatic carboxylic acid and alcohol, the same thing as the said aliphatic carboxylic acid can be used, for example. On the other hand, examples of the alcohol include saturated or unsaturated monohydric or polyhydric alcohols. These alcohols may have a substituent such as a fluorine atom or an aryl group. Among these, a monovalent or polyvalent saturated alcohol having 30 or less carbon atoms is preferable, and an aliphatic or alicyclic saturated monohydric alcohol or aliphatic saturated polyhydric alcohol having 30 or less carbon atoms is more preferable.

  Specific examples of such alcohols include octanol, decanol, dodecanol, stearyl alcohol, behenyl alcohol, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, glycerin, pentaerythritol, 2,2-dihydroxyperfluoropropanol, neopentylene glycol, ditrimethylolpropane, dipentaerythritol, and the like. Is mentioned.

  Specific examples of esters of aliphatic carboxylic acids and alcohols include beeswax (a mixture based on myricyl palmitate), stearyl stearate, behenyl behenate, stearyl behenate, glycerin monopalmitate, glycerin monostearate Examples thereof include rate, glycerol distearate, glycerol tristearate, pentaerythritol monopalmitate, pentaerythritol monostearate, pentaerythritol distearate, pentaerythritol tristearate, pentaerythritol tetrastearate and the like.

Examples of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having a number average molecular weight of 200 to 15,000 include liquid paraffin, paraffin wax, microwax, polyethylene wax, Fischer-Tropsch wax, and α-olefin oligomer having 3 to 12 carbon atoms. Here, the aliphatic hydrocarbon includes alicyclic hydrocarbons. The number average molecular weight of the aliphatic hydrocarbon is preferably 5,000 or less.
Among these, paraffin wax, polyethylene wax, or a partial oxide of polyethylene wax is preferable, and paraffin wax and polyethylene wax are more preferable.

  When the polyamide resin composition of the present invention contains a release agent, the content of the release agent is preferably 0.001 to 2 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polyamide resin. More preferably, it is 1 part by mass. When the content of the release agent is less than the lower limit of the range, the effect of releasability may not be sufficient, and when the content of the release agent exceeds the upper limit of the range, hydrolysis resistance And mold contamination during injection molding may occur.

<Other ingredients>
The polyamide resin composition of the present invention may contain other components without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Examples of such additives include fillers other than glass fibers, light stabilizers, antioxidants, flame retardants, ultraviolet absorbers, dyes and pigments, fluorescent whitening agents, anti-dripping agents, antistatic agents, antifogging agents, and lubricants. , Antiblocking agents, fluidity improvers, plasticizers, dispersants, antibacterial agents and the like. These components may use only 1 type and may use 2 or more types together.

<Properties>
The polyamide resin composition of the present invention preferably has a bending stress of 300 MPa or more, and can be 410 MPa or more, when a 4 mm-thick test piece conforming to ISO178 is used.
In particular, a polyamide resin composition of the present invention having a glass fiber content of 25 to 35% by weight (preferably 30% by weight), a test piece having a thickness of 4 mm in accordance with ISO178, When it does, it is preferable that the bending stress in the temperature of 23 degreeC is 300 Mpa or more.
Further, a polyamide resin composition of the present invention, wherein the glass fiber content is 45 to 55% by weight (preferably 50% by weight), a test piece having a thickness of 4 mm in accordance with ISO178, In this case, the bending stress at a temperature of 23 ° C. is preferably 410 MPa or more.
The upper limit is not particularly defined, but can be set to 500 MPa, for example.

<Manufacturing method of polyamide resin composition>
Arbitrary methods are employ | adopted as a manufacturing method of the polyamide resin composition of this invention.
For example, a method of mixing a polyamide resin and various additives using a mixing means such as a V-type blender to prepare a batch blend product, and then melt-kneading with a vented extruder to form a pellet. When blending glass fibers, as a two-stage kneading method, after mixing components other than glass fibers in advance and then melt-kneading them with an extruder with a vent to produce pellets, the pellets and glass fibers And then kneading and kneading with a vented extruder.

As for the screw configuration of the kneading zone of the extruder, it is preferable that the element that promotes kneading is arranged on the upstream side, and the element having a boosting ability is arranged on the downstream side.
Examples of elements that promote kneading include a progressive kneading disk element, an orthogonal kneading disk element, a wide kneading disk element, and a progressive mixing screw element.

  The heating temperature at the time of melt kneading can be appropriately selected from the range of 180 to 360 ° C. If the temperature is too high, decomposition gas is likely to be generated, which may cause opacity. Therefore, it is desirable to select a screw configuration in consideration of shear heat generation. In order to suppress decomposition during kneading or molding in the subsequent process, it is desirable to use an antioxidant or a heat stabilizer.

<Molded product>
The molded article of the present invention is formed by molding the polyamide resin composition of the present invention. The manufacturing method of a molded article is not particularly limited, and a molding method generally employed for the thermoplastic resin composition can be arbitrarily adopted. For example, injection molding method, ultra-high speed injection molding method, injection compression molding method, two-color molding method, hollow molding method such as gas assist, molding method using heat insulating mold, rapid heating mold were used. Molding method, foam molding (including supercritical fluid), insert molding, IMC (in-mold coating molding) molding method, extrusion molding method, sheet molding method, thermoforming method, rotational molding method, laminate molding method, press molding method, Examples thereof include a blow molding method. A molding method using a hot runner method can also be used.
The molded product of the present invention is preferably used for various resin molded products such as housings of various electronic device parts, vehicle members, and the like.

  The present invention will be described more specifically with reference to the following examples. The materials, amounts used, ratios, processing details, processing procedures, and the like shown in the following examples can be changed as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the specific examples shown below.

Polyamide resin <Synthesis Example 1: Synthesis of polyamide resin (MXD6)>
According to the description in paragraph 0038 of JP2011-140620A, a polyamide resin composed of adipic acid and metaxylylenediamine and having a terminal carboxy group concentration ([COOH]) of 90 μeq / g was synthesized.

Glass fiber T286H: Urethane / acid copolymer sizing agent, manufactured by Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. FT807A: Urethane sizing agent, manufactured by Owens Corning Japan GK T756H: Urethane sizing agent, manufactured by Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

Release agent WH255: manufactured by Kyoeisha Chemical

<Gas analysis>
About 50 mg of the glass fiber with a sizing agent was heated at 280 ° C. for 1 hour, and the resulting gas was analyzed. For gas analysis, TD-20 (TD), GC-2010 Plus (GC), GCMS-QP2010 Ultra (MS) manufactured by Shimadzu Corporation was used, and TD-GC / MS (Thermal Desorption (Auto Sampler) -Gas Chromatography / Mass Spectrometry). About the obtained gas, the quantity of isophorone diisocyanate was measured by decane conversion. The results are shown below. The unit of isophorone diisocyanate and the total amount of gas is mass (μg / g) per 1 g of glass fiber.

<Compound>
The resin component and the release agent were weighed and dry blended so as to have the composition (unit: mass ratio) shown in Table 2 below, and then from the screw root of the twin screw extruder (Toshiki Machine, TEM26SS). It put in using a twin screw cassette weighing feeder (manufactured by Kubota, CE-W-1-MP). Glass fiber is fed into the above-mentioned twin-screw extruder from the side of the extruder using a vibrating cassette weighing feeder (manufactured by Kubota, CE-V-1B-MP), and melted with resin components and release agent. Kneaded and charged with resin composition pellets. The temperature setting of the extruder was 280 ° C.

<Bending stress>
After drying the pellet obtained by the above-mentioned manufacturing method at 120 ° C. for 5 hours, using SG125-MIII manufactured by Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd., cylinder temperature 280 ° C., mold temperature 130 ° C., molding cycle 50 seconds. Then, an ISO tensile test piece having a thickness of 4 mm was formed.
Based on ISO178, the bending stress (unit: MPa) was measured at a temperature of 23 ° C. using the above ISO tensile test piece (4 mm thickness).

<Charpy impact value>
Using ISO tensile test pieces obtained in the above (4mm thick), conforming to the ISO 179, under the condition of 23 ° C., unnotched Charpy impact value and the notch has a Charpy impact value (unit: kJ / m ²⁾ was measured.

As is clear from the results in the above table, it was found that high bending stress can be achieved by using glass fibers treated with a specific polyamide resin and at least one specific sizing agent and surface treatment agent. It was.
In the above examples and comparative examples, the type of polyamide resin was changed to polyamide 66 or meta / para-mixed xylylene adipamide (polyamide MP6), respectively. A trend was observed. However, when polyamide 66 was used, the rate of decrease in bending stress after water absorption treatment at 23 ° C. for 100 hours was lower than when PXD6 and MP6 were used.

Claims (10)

In a gas component obtained by heating at least one of the sizing agent and the surface treatment agent at 280 ° C. for 1 hour, including a polyamide resin, glass fiber, and a glass fiber sizing agent and a surface treating agent. The proportion of isophorone diisocyanate exceeds 20% by mass, and the polyamide resin is composed of a structural unit derived from dicarboxylic acid and a structural unit derived from diamine, and 50 mol% or more of the structural unit derived from dicarboxylic acid has 4 carbon atoms. derived from 8 aliphatic dicarboxylic acids, at least 50 mol% of constitutional unit derived from the diamine is derived from at least one aromatic diamine and alicyclic diamine, a polyamide resin composition,
At least one of the sizing agent and the surface treatment agent is a urethane / acid copolymer sizing agent,
Polyamide resin composition. 80% by mass or more of the resin component contained in the polyamide resin composition is composed of the structural unit derived from the dicarboxylic acid and the structural unit derived from diamine, and 50 mol% or more of the structural unit derived from the dicarboxylic acid has a carbon number. The polyamide resin composition according to claim 1, which is a polyamide resin derived from 4 to 8 aliphatic dicarboxylic acids. The polyamide resin composition of Claim 1 or 2 whose compounding quantity of glass fiber is 30 mass% or more of a polyamide resin composition. The polyamide resin composition according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid is an α, ω-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 8 carbon atoms. The polyamide resin composition according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein 50 mol% or more of the structural unit derived from diamine is derived from at least one kind of aromatic diamine. The polyamide resin composition according to claim 5 , wherein the aromatic diamine is xylylenediamine. The polyamide resin composition according to claim 5 , wherein the aromatic diamine is paraxylylenediamine. The polyamide resin composition according to any one of claims 1 to 7 , wherein 70 mol% or more of the structural units derived from the dicarboxylic acid are derived from adipic acid. The polyamide resin composition according to any one of claims 1 to 8 , wherein a bending stress is 300 MPa or more when a test piece having a thickness of 4 mm conforming to ISO178 is used. A molded article formed by molding the polyamide resin composition according to any one of claims 1 to 9 .