METHOD OF USING WATER-BORNE EPOXIES AND URETHANES IN PRINT BONDING FLUID AND PRODUCTS MADE THEREFROM

摘要

WATER-BORNE EPOXIES AND/OR WATER-BORNE URETHANES ARE EMPLOYED AS A REPLACEMENT FOR AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE BONDING MATERIALS UTILIZED IN ARIOUS PRINT BONDING PROCESSES. THE ADDITIVES MAY OPERATE IN CONJUNCTION WIT STANDARD PRINT BONDING ADHESIVES SUCH AS ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATES TO BOND FIBERS TOGETHER IN A PULP-CONTAINING WEB. THE PAPER-BASED SHEET MATERIAL MADE ACCORDING TO THIS PROCESS IS ALSO PROVIDED.(FIG 1)