Reinforcing mechanical, thermical and electrical properties of thermoplastic polymer with nano particles

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10457784-B2
Application number	US-201715591714-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 10, 2017
Priority date	May 10, 2017
Publication date	Oct 29, 2019
Grant date	Oct 29, 2019

Abstract

A circuit breaker comprises a body made of a nanocomposite material formed by insertion of nano particles of a nano particles material in thermoplastic polymer of a thermoplastic polymer material. A method of reinforcing a material with another material, the method comprises mixing homogenously a thermoplastic polymer material with a nano particles material in a hot process to reinforce the thermoplastic polymer material with the nano particles material and forming a nanocomposite material by insertion of nano particles of the nano particles material in thermoplastic polymer of the thermoplastic polymer material. The nano particles material has a mechanical wear property, a dielectric property and a thermal property of fire retardant.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of reinforcing a material with another material, the method comprising:
mixing homogenously a thermoplastic polymer material with a nano particles material in a hot process to reinforce the thermoplastic polymer material with the nano particles material; and
forming a nanocomposite material by insertion of nano particles of the nano particles material into thermoplastic polymer of the thermoplastic polymer material,
wherein the nano particles material having a mechanical wear property, a dielectric property and a thermal property of fire retardant.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the nano particles material having a range one of 1% the nano particles material by weight, or 3% the nano particles material by weight, or 5% the nano particles material by weight.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein mixing homogenously a thermoplastic polymer material with a nano particles material further comprising:
mixing homogenously polyamide with the nano particles material.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the polyamide is Nylon 6, 6 or PA 6,6.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the nano particles material is Muscovite KAl 2 (AlSi 3 O 10 )(OH) 2 .

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the nano particles material is Phlogopite K(Mg, Fe, Mn) 3 Si 3 AlO 10 (F,OH) 2 .

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the nano particles material having a range of 1-5% by weight.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein mixing homogenously a thermoplastic polymer material with a nano particles material further comprising:
mixing the thermoplastic polymer material with the nano particles material in the hot process having multiple zones of heat.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein forming a nano composite material further comprising:
moving the nano particles material via a first screw and moving the thermoplastic polymer material via a second screw in a mixing chamber in which heat increases progressively to melt the thermoplastic polymer material and making possible insertion of the nano particles.

10. A circuit breaker comprising:
a body of a nanocomposite material formed by insertion of nano particles of a nano particles material in thermoplastic polymer of a thermoplastic polymer material,
wherein the thermoplastic polymer material is mixed homogenously with the nano particles material in a hot process to reinforce the thermoplastic polymer material with the nano particles material,
wherein the nano particles material having a mechanical wear property, a dielectric property and a thermal property of fire retardant.

11. The circuit breaker of claim 10 , wherein the nano particles material having a range one of 1% the nano particles material by weight, or 3% the nano particles material by weight, or 5% the nano particles material by weight.

12. The circuit breaker of claim 10 , wherein the thermoplastic polymer material is polyamide.

13. The circuit breaker of claim 12 , wherein the polyamide is Nylon 6, 6 or PA 6,6.

14. The circuit breaker of claim 10 , wherein the nano particles material is Muscovite KAl 2 (AlSi 3 O 10 )(OH) 2 .

15. The circuit breaker of claim 10 , wherein the nano particles material is Phlogopite K(Mg, Fe, Mn) 3 Si 3 AlO 10 (F,OH) 2 .

16. The circuit breaker of claim 10 , wherein the nano particles material having a range of 1-5% by weight.

17. A method of reinforcing a thermoplastic polymer material with a nano particles material, the method comprising:
mixing homogenously a thermoplastic polymer material with a nano particles material in a hot process having multiple zones of heat to reinforce the thermoplastic polymer material with the nano particles material; and
forming a nanocomposite material by moving the nano particles material via a first screw and moving the thermoplastic polymer material via a second screw in a mixing chamber in which heat increases progressively to melt the thermoplastic polymer material and making possible insertion of the nano particles material,
wherein the nano particles material having a mechanical wear property, a dielectric property and a thermal property of fire retardant, and
wherein the nano particles material having a range of 1-5% by weight.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the nano particles material is one of Muscovite KAl 2 (AlSi 3 O 10 )(OH) 2 or Phlogopite K(Mg, Fe, Mn) 3 Si 3 AlO 10 (F,OH) 2 .

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the thermoplastic polymer material is polyamide.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the polyamide is Nylon 6, 6 or PA 6,6.

Assignees

• Siemens Industry Inc

Inventors

• Rodriguez Salinas Juan Jose
• Garcia Martinez Javier
• Jimenez Gonzalez Eduardo

Classifications

• H01H2300/036

  Application nanoparticles, e.g. nanotubes, integrated in switch components, e.g. contacts, the switch itself being clearly of a different scale, e.g. greater than nanoscale · CPC title

• B29C70/60

  comprising a combination of distinct filler types incorporated in matrix material, forming one or more layers, and with or without non-filled layers · CPC title

• B29C70/887

  locally reinforced, e.g. by fillers (filler concentrated near the surface B29C70/64) · CPC title

• H01H71/025

  Constructional details of housings or casings not concerning the mounting or assembly of the different internal parts · CPC title

• C08J3/203

  Solid polymers with solid and/or liquid additives · CPC title