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CN105623418B - The low attachment moisture-resistant coating of fluorine-containing organic silicon oleophobic - Google Patents

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CN105623418B
CN105623418B CN201510771370.XA CN201510771370A CN105623418B CN 105623418 B CN105623418 B CN 105623418B CN 201510771370 A CN201510771370 A CN 201510771370A CN 105623418 B CN105623418 B CN 105623418B
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The present invention provides a kind of inkjet print heads, it includes having before polymer coating, the polymer coating includes oleophobic graft polymers, and the oleophobic graft polymers has the fluoroelastomer of crosslinking and is grafted to the perfluorinated fluorine-containing organic silicon of the fluoroelastomer of the crosslinking.The polymer coating has at least about 45 degree of ink contact angle and the ink slide angle less than about 35 degree.

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The low attachment moisture-resistant coating of fluorine-containing organic silicon oleophobic
Technical field
Embodiment disclosed herein is related to the coating used on the element of printing equipment.Particularly, implementation disclosed herein Example is related to the oleophobic moisture-resistant coating used on before print head.
Background technique
In typical solid ink print head construction, printer has the nozzle plate of injection array, and ink passes through The injection array leaves injection heap.In some printhead systems, nozzle plate and injection heap include stainless steel plate, but recently this A little parts have been replaced by flexible polymer skin such as polyimides.In some cases, polyimide film reception is bonded to stainless The moisture-resistant coating of steel orifice plate, the array of subsequent laser ablated holes is into polyimide film.
The nozzle of ink leak, ink before the print head on wetting and attachment will lead to missing and injection direction mistake and Bad picture quality.When the internal pressure of print head is more than specific pressure, the nozzle of ink leak will ooze out ink.Nozzle can be without exudation The pressure that ground is kept is higher, and performance will be better.It will be soaked when keeping wet after printing before print head.It is maintained at This ink on print head may block nozzle, so as to cause nozzle missing and Print direction mistake.Fig. 1 shows such quilt Pollute the photo of print head.
A kind of method solved these problems uses active cleaning blade system.The system removes ink simultaneously from print head And then wiping blade wipes ink from front.Ink is removed usually after system detection to injection missing and when ink has frozen It is carried out after power-off when tying or solidifying, shrink and suck air into system.Ink, which is removed, will evict the air of pollutant, retention from And nozzle clearing, then wiper cleans up front.
It is combined with wiping blade system, people improve performance using various moisture-resistant coatings.Although current coating With it is good heat and ink stability, but mechanical robustness be likely lower than may expect, especially when with wiping blade system Requirement when system is used in combination to these coatings.Other ask may occur because of the coating stability under print head manufacturing condition Topic.
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Fig. 1 shows the photo before contaminated print head.
Fig. 2 shows the side views of print head assembly.
Fig. 3 is shown in one in the technique for being used to prepare the print head assembly of Fig. 2 according to embodiment disclosed herein Between structure side view.
Fig. 4 is shown in another in the technique for being used to prepare the print head assembly of Fig. 2 according to embodiment disclosed herein Between structure side view.
Fig. 5 is shown in another in the technique for being used to prepare the print head assembly of Fig. 2 according to embodiment disclosed herein Between structure side view.
Fig. 6 shows the synthesis program for being used to prepare graft.
Fig. 7 shows a kind of thermogravimetric analysis of exemplary oleophobic graft polymers according to embodiment disclosed herein (TGA) curve.TGA analysis shows coating until about 330 DEG C be all heat-staple and zero gravity lose.
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Embodiment disclosed herein provides thermostabilization based on oleophobic graft polymers, machine robust, low adhering coating, institute Oleophobic graft polymers is stated by being prepared with perfluor fluorine-containing organic silicon to the fluoroelastomer grafting being crosslinked.Relative to based on poly- The coating of chlorine ester, the oleophobic graft polymers can show advantageous and/or complementary chemical property.In embodiment, it is used as The oleophobic graft polymers of coating can be particularly useful in the application of fine definition (HD) piezoelectric printhead, in such an application, On coating is applied in front of print head.The coating or film of oleophobic graft polymers disclosed herein can be showed higher than 45 degree High ink contact angle and low slide angle lower than 35 degree, while there is excellent thermal stability.
In addition, such coating can also show minimum thickness and quality damage after being exposed to the temperature more than 290 DEG C It loses, so that they are suitble to use under harsh print head manufacturing condition.Using oleophobic graft polymers disclosed herein Coating is steady and can have a long shelf life, i.e., box lunch is continuously exposed to about 140 DEG C of temperature in molten ink When degree was up to 2 days.The oleophobic graft polymers coating can be used together with solid ink, pigment ink with UV ink, and can be Good performance is realized under high ink leak pressure, while showing easy to clean and self-cleaning performance.Finally, oleophobic graft polymers Can by simple coating technique such as flow coat, die head extrusion coated, spin coating, pull-rod coating, slot die coating come be formed as must The coating wanted, consequently facilitating print head manufactures.These and other advantage will be apparent to those skilled in the art 's.
In some embodiments, coating is made of oleophobic graft polymers, and the oleophobic graft polymers has and amino The fluoroelastomer of silane crosslinker crosslinking, the fluoroelastomer have the fluorine-containing organic of the fluoroelastomer for being grafted to crosslinking Silicon segment.
As used herein, when being used in combination with graft polymers, term " oleophobic " refers to graft polymers reprimand oil, hydrocarbon, more The normally physical property of organic compound, especially nonpolar organic compound.Fuel shedding quality will assign moisture resistance, described anti- It is moist usefully to resist wetting caused by solvent base, solid inkjet base and other color types and UV curable ink composition. Fuel shedding quality can provide the coating with good contact angle and slide angle characteristic to promote the performance under high ink leak pressure.
As used herein, term " graft polymers " refers to being connected chemically for two or more preformed polymers.Grafting can It is considered as a kind of form of crosslinked polymer.For example, graft polymers disclosed herein can by make prefabricated fluoroelastomer with It is prepared with the prefabricated fluorine-containing organic silicon reaction of functional group for capableing of covalence graft to fluoroelastomer.Optionally, amino silicone Alkane crosslinking agent can be covalently attached fluoroelastomer and fluorine-containing organic silicon.In embodiment, for the crosslinking of crosslinked fluoroelastomers Agent is connected chemically fluorine-containing organic silicon and serves both functions by providing tie point to be grafted.
As used herein, term " fluoroelastomer ", which refers to, is generally classified as elastomer and containing the fluorinated of sizable degree Any material.Fluoroelastomer is the fluorine-containing rubber sample polymer of synthesis, usually copolymer/terpolymer, with high heat Stability, noninflammability and corrosion-resistant medium are characterized.In embodiment, fluoroelastomer (FE) has at least about 65% fluorine Content.In embodiment, fluorine content can be in the range of about 50% to about 90% or about 60% to nearly 100%.Illustrative city Sell fluoroelastomer usually and have fluorine content in the range of about 66% to about 70%.
It is currently known and available fluoroelastomer includes:The copolymer of vinylidene fluoride and hexafluoropropene, inclined difluoro second The alternate copolymer of alkene, the terpolymer of hexafluoropropene and tetrafluoroethene and propylene and tetrafluoroethene.Such fluorine-containing elasticity Body can be with VITONTM(Dupont)、DYNEONTM(3M)、FLUORELTM(3M)、AFLASTM(3M) and TECNOFLONTM(Solvay Solexis) product of classification is commercially available.Compared with its non-fluorinated elastomer counterpart, such fluoroelastomer can be presented Excellent solvent resistance and oil resistivity and heat resistance also with higher out.In embodiment, fluoroelastomer (FE) can be packet Containing the poly- of the monomeric unit selected from vinylidene fluoride, tetrafluoroethene, hexafluoropropene, perfluoro methyl vinyl ether and their combination Close object.In some such embodiments, fluoroelastomer is the ternary polymerization of vinylidene fluoride, tetrafluoroethene and hexafluoropropene Object.
In embodiment, as measured by gel permeation chromatography, fluoroelastomer (FE) have about 50,000 to Molecular weight in the range of about 70,000 dalton.In embodiment, fluoroelastomer can be selected based on its tensile strength.? In some such embodiments, as measured by standard ASTM D412C, the tensile strength of fluoroelastomer can be in about 15mPa To about 25mPa or about 20mPa to about 25mPa or in the range of about 22mPa to about 25mPa.In embodiment, fluoroelastomer The ability of cross-linking chemistry as disclosed herein is participated in especially for it to select.
As used herein, fluorine-containing organic silicon refers to the fluorine-substituted organosilicon polymer with sizable degree, and can be Any fluorinated oligomeric object, homopolymer or copolymer.Fluorine-containing organic silicon can show and the comparable chemical stability of fluoroelastomer And similar property can be showed.In embodiment, fluorine-containing organic silicon is alkoxysilane-terminated organosilicon, has Yue 10 Average molecular weight in the range of Er Dun to about 10,000 dalton.Fluorine-containing organic silicon can be directed to its ability for being bonded to silanol It selects, while there is solvent repulsive similar with fluoroelastomer.In addition, fluorine-containing organic silicon component may be selected to be to oleophobic Graft polymers assigns good wearability.Wearability is particularly useful in the printhead system using wiping blade, is using In the process, wiping blade will constantly contact coating.
Can be used this cross-linking method by make full use of in different polymer with amine present in amino silane crosslinking agent or The similar functional group of trimethoxy function and limited amount such different polymer is introduced into fluoroelastomer.Implement at one In example, fluoroelastomer reacts with alkoxy end-capped fluorine-containing organic silicon, extends collosol and gel with amino silane, forms interpenetrating Network.Available fluorine-containing organic silicon segment is shown below in such graft reaction.
According to embodiment disclosed herein, alkoxysilane end groups are grafted chemistry for downstream and provide a kind of chemistry reply.Alkane The grafting chemistry of oxysilane group can be realized with the substrate such as Organic Alcohol or silanol of hydroxyl group.Silanol coupling partner (coupling partner) provides obtaining for siloxane products (Si-O-Si) oleophobic graft polymers as disclosed herein.Formula The linker (L) used in the compound of II may include any substituted or unsubstituted C1-C6Alkyl, including fluorinated alkyl are such as complete Fluorinated alkyl.Linker L can also also include the organo-functional group of any qualification to hold oxygen or have in some embodiments at end Main fluorine-containing organic silicon chain is connected at machine silicon or end carbon atom.For the non-limiting functional group packet of connection in linker L Include silane such as alkoxy silane and/or chlorosilane, silanol, carboxylic acid, amine, carbaminate, ester, ether etc..
Alkoxysilane moiety (Si (OR)3) R group may be the same or different.R may include methyl, ethyl, n-propyl or Isopropyl, it is therein any one can be substituted, including replaced by fluorine.R can also be hydrogen.In some embodiments, it is being grafted In the preparation of chemistry, after the hydrolysis step, R is hydrogen.In Formula II, m, n and o are integer, are based on target molecule as described above Amount is to select.In embodiment, the integer that m and o is 2 to 8.In embodiment, the integer that n is 2 to 4.
In embodiment herein, disclosed oleophobic graft polymers can be the compound of Formula II:
Wherein FE is fluoroelastomer,
FS is fluorine-containing organic silicon,
L is linker,
M, n and o independently 1 to 10 integer;
Each R occurred1And R2It independently is the C being optionally fluorinated1-C6Alkyl,
R3And R4It independently is the C being optionally fluorinated1-C6Alkyl or the C being optionally fluorinated1-C6Alkoxy.In embodiment In, m and o independently are 3 to 8 integer, and n is integer of 1 to 10.In embodiment, linker L includes C1-C6Alkyl, end Meet the functional group that can be covalently attached to the terminal hydroxy group functional group of fluorine-containing organic silicon as described above.
Any C1-C6Alkyl or C1-C6Alkoxy can be linear chain or branched chain.In embodiment, these any groups are equal It can optionally be substituted, including being replaced by the halogen of non-fluorine such as chlorine or bromine.Those skilled in the art should recognize, because structure I is poly- Mould assembly, therefore each site that fluorine-containing organic silicon is not shown in structure I can be actually so substituted.Therefore, in reality It applies in example, print head coating disclosed herein may include the mixture of structure I and structure III:
Wherein the definition of each group is as described above.In embodiment, structure III can be for accessory constituent and to be lower than About 10 weight % of coating composition exist below about 5 weight % or below about 1 weight %.In some embodiments, when depositing When, the potential silanol of the compound of structure III can be blocked.For example, they can be and being handled with alkylating agent It is blocked as alkoxy base.
The compound of Formula II includes above-described fluoroelastomer (FE) and fluorine-containing organic silicon (PFPE).Two polymer Type is gathered in together with the help of crosslinking agent.Crosslinking agent can be used to crosslinked fluoroelastomers first and its own.Implementing In example, fluoroelastomer and aminofunctional silane are crosslinked.In embodiment, aminofunctional silane also mentions for fluorine-containing organic silicon For being grafted tie point, as shown in structure I.In embodiment, aminofunctional silane can (or be only silicon oxygen based on polysiloxanes Alkane, wherein the n=1 in structure I and III) by 3- TSL 8330 (AO800 is available from UCT, Bristol, PA sealing end).It will be understood by those skilled in the art that crosslinking agent can itself include high degree of fluorination, but this is not necessary.
Some embodiments provide the methods for being used to prepare oleophobic graft polymers, and the method includes making fluoroelastomer The fluoroelastomer for being crosslinked with aminofunctional silane and alkoxysilane-terminated fluorine-containing organic silicon being made to be grafted to the crosslinking.? In some such embodiments, the oleophobic graft polymers obtained by such method may include the compound of above structure I. In embodiment, crosslinking can carry out in the presence of alkoxysilane-terminated fluorine-containing organic silicon.Comprising hydrogen atom in main chain The estimated permissible fluoroelastomer dehydrofluorination as shown in the step 1 of following reaction scheme 1 of the crosslinking of fluoroelastomer.It is de- Hydrogen fluoride will provide the aminofunctional crosslinking agent of unsaturated fluoroelastomer intermediate and protonation.The regeneration of amine alkali (step 2) and then the amine addition (step 3) in degree of unsaturation will provide the fluoroelastomer of crosslinking, be ready for complete It is fluorinated fluorine-containing organic silicon grafting.Being grafted (step 4) can be by hydrolytic crosslinking agent and/or alkoxysilane-terminated fluorine-containing organic silicon The alkoxy base of alkoxy silane realize to provide the compound of structure I.
Step 1:(dehydrofluorination)
Step 2:(regeneration of amine)
Step 3:(addition of the amine in double bond)
Scheme 1:Fluoroelastomer has with alkoxysilane-terminated perfluorinated fluorine-containing organic silicon using aminofunctional is fluorine-containing Cross-linking reaction of the machine silicon as crosslinking agent.
As described above, fluoroelastomer crosslinking can carry out in the presence of perfluorinated fluorine-containing organic silicon.Some such In embodiment, the ratio of aminofunctional silane and alkoxysilane-terminated perfluorinated fluorine-containing organic silicon is about 0.5: 1 to about 3: 1 Or in the range of about 1: 1 to about 2: 1.In some embodiments, the ratio can be about 1.5: 1.In some embodiments, amino Functionalized silane relative to fluoroelastomer amount in the range of about 2pph to about 10pph.In some embodiments, amino official The connection that crosslinking agent and perfluorinated fluorine-containing organic silicon can be changed can carry out before the crosslinking of fluoroelastomer.Any of above process is equal It can carry out and react optionally to carry out at high temperature with the help of catalyst.In general, reaction will be in organic solvent such as first It is carried out in base isobutyl ketone (MIBK).In embodiment, reaction carries out in one pot without separation chemistry intermediate.Implementing In example, reaction product is used directly to form coating in the case where purifying with or without any type.
In some embodiments, inkjet print head is provided comprising have before polymer coating, the polymer Coating includes oleophobic graft polymers, and the oleophobic graft polymers includes the fluoroelastomer of crosslinking and is grafted to containing for crosslinking The fluorine-containing organic silicon of fluoroelastomer.In some such embodiments, oleophobic graft polymers includes the compound of structure I.
Modeling it has been shown that coating keep about 4 inches ink leak pressure specification service life in, the oil of qualified oleophobic coating Black contact angle should be greater than about 40 degree, and bigger contact angle will be more advantageous.Front coating ideally also has low slide angle with reality Now easily/automatically cleaning characteristic, this will generate non-maintaining or low-maintenance, engine high reliablity and the low head cartridge of operating cost. Low slide angle is the measurement of low ink attachment and indicates under ink can neatly be wiped from surface without leaving around nozzle Ink is remaining.Any ink remnants may destroy ink meniscus and cause in normal value pressure below around mentioned nozzle area Ink leak under power.In addition, under the harsh manufacturing condition of stack press under such as from about 290 DEG C and 350PSI after 30 minutes, it is generally desirable to Any coating keeps these properties.In some embodiments, polymer coating at least about 50 degree ink contact angle with Ink slide angle less than about 30 degree.In addition, the upper polymer coating used can be in 290 DEG C and 350psi before print head Lower stabilization and convenient for manufacture be characterized.
The ink-jet that the low attaching surface coating of oleophobic disclosed herein can be used as being configured to spraying ink in record substrate is beaten Print coating before the moisture-resistant print head of head.Any suitable record substrate can be used, including plain pape is such as4024 Paper,Image sequence paper, Courtland 4024DP paper, scribing line notebook paper, loan, silica-coating paper Such as Sharp Corp's silica-coating paper, JuJo paper, Hammermill laser stamping paper, transparent material, fabric, weaving produce Product, plastics, polymer film, inorganic substrates such as metal and timber etc..
In some embodiments, print head includes front, and there are the surface of the low adhering coating of oleophobic, institute in the front Stating oleophobic low adsorption coating includes oleophobic low adsorption polymer material, wherein the drop ejection of ultraviolet gel ink or solid ink Drop ejection, which is showed, is greater than about 50 degree of contact angle with surface covering.In some embodiments, the contact angle is greater than about 55 degree Or greater than about 65 degree.In one embodiment, the drop ejection to ultraviolet gel ink or the drop ejection of solid ink and surface apply The contact angle no maximum showed between layer.In another embodiment, the contact angle is less than about 150 degree or less than about 90 Degree.Ink contact angle is bigger, and ink leak pressure will be higher.Orifice plate avoids when ink leak pressure and the pressure of ink tank (reservoir) increase The ability that ink is oozed out from nozzle is related.In some embodiments, coating is to ultraviolet curable gel ink and solid ink group It closes ground and low attachment and high contact angle is provided, this will advantageously influence ink leak pressure.In some embodiments, the coating of this paper will mention For being less than about 30 degree of low slide angle.In some embodiments, slide angle is less than about 25 degree.In some embodiments, slide angle Greater than about 1 degree.Contact angle is largely insensitive to the size of drop.However, contact angle can arranged on surface covering It is measured when 5-10 microlitres of UV ink or solid oil ink droplet.Slide angle can arrange 7-12 microlitres of UV ink on surface covering Or it is measured when solid oil ink droplet.
In embodiment described here, the low adhering coating of the oleophobic be it is heat-staple, be accordingly provided in about 1 degree of peace treaty Low slide angle in the range of 30 degree and high contact angle in the range of about 45 degree and about 150 degree, or even it is being exposed to high temperature When such as temperature in the range of about 180 DEG C and about 325 DEG C and high pressure in the range of about 100psi and about 400psi reach long Between after period such as in the range of about 10 minutes and about 2 hours.In one embodiment, the low adhering coating of the oleophobic In the case where being exposed to about 290 DEG C of temperature and the pressure of about 350psi of about being heat-staple after 30 minutes.High density piezoelectricity is beaten The manufacture of print head needs high temperature, high-pressure bond agent adhesion step.It is expected that front coating can bear these high temperature and high pressure conditions.This In the stability of the low attaching surface coating of oleophobic that describes at high temperature and pressure it is compatible with current printing head manufacturing technique.
When being applied to before inkjet print head, the low attaching surface coating of oleophobic will be ejected to from inkjet print head Ink show sufficiently low attachment, such that the ink droplets that are retained on the low adhering coating of oleophobic are simple, automatically cleaning Mode from print head slide.Sometimes before the inkjet print head present on pollutant such as dust, paper particle etc. can be slided Dynamic ink droplets are taken away before inkjet print head.Coating can provide automatically cleaning, nothing before the low attachment print head of the oleophobic The inkjet print head of pollutant.
As used herein, the low adhering coating of oleophobic can show the ink ejected from inkjet print head " sufficiently low Wetability ", the contact angle in one embodiment between ink and the low adhering coating of oleophobic is greater than about 50 degree or is greater than about at this time 55 degree.
The low adhering coating of oleophobic disclosed herein can be used as any suitable ink-jet printer such as continuous inkjet printers, heat The low attachment printing of the oleophobic of the inkjet print head of quick type on demand piezoelectric (DOD) ink-jet printer and piezo-electric type DOD ink-jet printer Head front coating.As used herein, term " printer " covers any device for executing print output function for any purpose, Such as digital copier, books manufacturing machine, facsimile machine, multi-purpose machine.
The low adhering coating of oleophobic disclosed herein can be used as being configured to spray any suitable ink such as water-based ink, solvent It is applied before the low attachment print head of the oleophobic of the inkjet print head of ink, UV curable ink, sublimable dye ink, solid ink etc. Layer.Fig. 2 is described in conjunction with a kind of exemplary inkjet printhead being used together suitable for adhering coating low with oleophobic disclosed herein.
Referring to fig. 2, inkjet print head 20 according to an embodiment of the invention includes Support bracket 22, is bonded to support The low adhering coating 26 of the nozzle plate 24 of bracket 22 adhering coating such as oleophobic low with oleophobic.
Support bracket 22 is formed by any suitable material such as stainless steel and the hole 22a including wherein limiting.Hole 22a can be with The connection of ink source (not shown).Nozzle plate 24 can be formed by any suitable material such as polyimides and the spray including wherein limiting Mouth 24a.Nozzle 24a can be connected to via hole 22a with ink source, so that the ink from ink source can pass through nozzle from print head 20 24a is sprayed in record substrate.
In an illustrated embodiment, nozzle plate 24 is bonded to Support bracket 22 by intervenient adhesive material 28.It can Adhesive material 28 is provided as thermoplastic adhesives, can be melted during bonding process and bond nozzle plate 24 to support Bracket 22.In general, the adhering coating 26 low with oleophobic of nozzle plate 24 also heats during bonding process.Depending on thermoplastic bonded Agent forms material certainly, and sticking temperature can be in the range of about 180 DEG C and about 325 DEG C.
The typical bonding that the conventional low adhering coating of oleophobic is often met in the manufacturing process for being exposed to inkjet print head The degradation when temperature met in technique or other high temperature, high-pressure process.However, the low adhering coating 26 of oleophobic disclosed herein exists It is heated to after sticking temperature and sufficiently low attachment (being indicated by low slide angle) and high contact angle is showed to ink.Oleophobic Low adhering coating 26 can provide automatically cleaning with high ink leak pressure, pollution-free inkjet print head 20.The low adhering coating of oleophobic 26 resist the ability that required surface nature (including low slide angle and high contact angle) is substantially degenerated after exposure to elevated temperatures allows to make The inkjet print head of high ink leak pressure is manufactured with self-cleaning ability while kept with high temperature and high pressure technique.Form ink-jet One embodiment combination Fig. 2-5 of the technique of print head is described.
Referring to Fig. 3, inkjet print head such as inkjet print head 20 can be by forming the low adhering coating of oleophobic such as in substrate 32 Oleophobic low adhering coating 26 is formed.Substrate 32 can be formed by any suitable material such as polyimides.
In one embodiment, the low adhering coating 26 of oleophobic can be formed in substrate and originally applying reaction-ure mixture On 32, the reaction-ure mixture includes at least one fluoroelastomer and at least one fluorine-containing organic silicon chemical combination as described above Object.After reaction-ure mixture is applied to substrate 32, reactant one reacts and forms the low adhering coating 26 of oleophobic.Reactant It can be for example, by making that the reaction-ure mixture solidifies and one reacts.
In one embodiment, extrusion coated any suitable method such as die head, dip-coating, spraying, spin coating, stream can be used Reaction-ure mixture is applied to substrate 32 by painting, bat printing and blade configurations.Air atomizing device such as air-brush or automation can be used Air/liquid sprays to spray reaction-ure mixture.Air atomizing device can be mounted on the automatic past of uniform pattern movement The reaction-ure mixture answered a pager's call on structure to cover the surface of substrate 32 uniformly to measure.The use of scraper blade is that can be used to apply instead Answer another technology of object mixture.In flow coat, apply reaction-ure mixture using programmable dividers.
Referring to fig. 4, hole bracket 22 is arrived via 28 bond substrates 32 of adhesive material, to obtain structure shown in Fig. 5. In one embodiment, adhesive material 28 is bonded to hole bracket 22 before being bonded to substrate 32.In another embodiment, Adhesive material 28 is bonded to substrate 32 before being bonded to hole bracket 22.In yet another embodiment, adhesive material 28 is same When be bonded to substrate 32 and hole bracket 22.
In the embodiment that adhesive material 28 is wherein provided as thermoplastic adhesives, by sticking temperature and bonding Thermoplastic adhesives are melted under pressure and the low adhering coating 26 of oleophobic is made to be subjected to sticking temperature and cohesive pressure and make adhesive material Material 28 is bonded to substrate 32 and hole bracket 22.In one embodiment, sticking temperature is at least about 290 DEG C.In one embodiment In, sticking temperature can be at least about 310 DEG C.In another embodiment, sticking temperature can be at least about 325 DEG C.In a reality It applies in example, cohesive pressure is at least about 100psi.In one embodiment, cohesive pressure can be at least about 300psi.
After bond substrates 32 to hole bracket 22, it can be made during one or more Patternized techniques using hole bracket 22 Extend to hole 22a as shown in Figure 2 in adhesive material 28 for mask.It can also be in one or more Patternized technique processes It is middle that hole bracket 22 is used to form nozzle 24a in substrate 32 as mask, nozzle plate 24 shown in Fig. 2 is consequently formed.? One or more Patternized techniques for forming nozzle 24a can be used to form nozzle opening in the low adhering coating 26 of oleophobic 26a, wherein nozzle opening 26a is connected to nozzle 24a.In one embodiment, hole 22a can pass through laser ablation pattern chemical industry skill Etc. extending in adhesive material 28.In one embodiment, nozzle 24a and nozzle opening 26a can pass through laser ablation pattern Chemical industry skill etc. is respectively formed in the adhering coating 26 low with oleophobic of substrate 32.
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The synthesis of oleophobic graft polymers (A).
Referring to Fig. 6, fluoroelastomer is dissolved into ketone solvent (part A) and referred to as fluoroelastomer at 40.Meanwhile Alkoxysilane-terminated fluorine-containing organic silicon and amino crosslinker (part B) is set to roll overnight and referred to herein as fluorine silicon at 42 Oxygen alkane.After preparing both solution, flucride siloxane, followed by catalyst are gradually added into fluoroelastomer at 44. In one embodiment, catalyst MgO/CaO.Then make the mixture roll at 46 2 hours and be applied to be used as printing Polymeric substrates before head.In one embodiment, coating is applied on polyimides by pull-rod.Coating can also pass through stream It applies and applies.After evaporating solvent, at 48 by polymer film curing oven up to 24 hours such as up to 450 °F at a high temperature of.Gu Chemical industry skill can further relate to other conditions of cure.
In a specific embodiment of this technique, by being dissolved in methyl iso-butyl ketone (MIBK) (MIBK) and about 1pph weight Prepared in FC4430 (3M) and AKF 290 (Wacker) fluoroelastomer (FKM (P 959), Solvay Specialty Polymers, Alpharetta, GA) 17.5% solution.Contain it is believed that the surfactant can assign Fluoroelastomer and the compatibility being applied between release layer/oil on fuser and its will prevent pin hole/flake defect.It connects down Come, is stayed overnight in MIBK with 1.5: 1 molar ratio mixed amino crosslinking agent and alkoxysilane-terminated fluorine-containing organic silicon and rolling. In this example, with (1) crosslinking agent:Fluorine-containing organic silicon (0.86mM:0.57mM), (2) crosslinking agent:Fluorine-containing organic silicon (1.71mM: 1.13mM), (3) crosslinking agent:Fluorine-containing organic silicon (2.56mM:1.70mM) attempt three kinds of different preparations.After 16-18h, to portion Divide in A and part B is added dropwise, as the mixing at 44.Once completing the addition of part B to part A, i.e. addition catalyst Solution such as MgO/CaO are in 9% stock solution of colloidal sol in MIBK mixture, using devil's vibrator by mixture high vibration Five minutes, and gained mixture pull-rod is coated on polyimide substrate to carry out surface nature measurement.By these in room temperature Lower solidification is stayed overnight and is transferred to baking oven, keeps baking oven 4 hours at 218 DEG C.
The characterization of oleophobic graft polymers:As shown in Figure 7, aerial TGA decomposition curve show coating until 330 DEG C are all stable.Coating is evaluated to the surface nature of ink.As a result it is shown in the following table 1.
Table 1
As can be seen, surface nature is suitable with current control coatings.These coatings stack layers condition (290 DEG C/350PSI, With Teflon clad can, the press adhesives period used in print head manufacturing process is simulated) high contact angle is kept afterwards. In addition, the coating of stack layers still keeps high contact angle after 2 days in the case where the CYMK ink one with melting arises from 140 DEG C.Slide angle ratio Compare slightly higher, but ink is neatly slided from surface and it is believed that sufficiently low easy to clean in allow.In addition, this is exemplary The estimated desired mechanical robustness of long-term behaviour with for these coatings of oleophobic graft polymers.These coatings can lead to Cross the demonstration that flow coat program scales up and the flow coat using these graft polymers is completed.
Aerial TGA decomposition curve shows coating until 300 DEG C are all stable.Evaluate the surface nature of coating And it shows the result in the above table 1.These coatings (under 290 DEG C and 350PSI, have in stack layers conditionClad can, mould The press adhesives period of quasi- print head manufacture) after be kept in contact angle.In addition, the coating of stack layers is even being immersed in 140 DEG C molten solids ink in still keep high contact angle after 2 days.Compared with current coating, slide angle is slightly higher, but still easily clear It is clean.When pulling test specimen in ink leaching research, ink will be removed neatly and not observe ink remnants in the coating.
Fluoroelastomer of the invention-fluorine-containing organic silicon grafted coating is the low attachment painting of thermostabilization, machine robust, oleophobic Layer.These preparations have the chemical property to differ widely with other coatings used in the art.These coatings have high oil Black contact angle and low slide angle, while there is thermal stability.Oil is not observed on the surface of these films after solidification.These are applied Layer also shows low-down thickness and mass loss after being exposed to 290 DEG C of temperature.
These coatings show it is oil-free and have very high thermal stability and meanwhile keep needed for surface nature the fact So that they become the tempting selection of the moisture-resistant coating for fine definition piezoelectricity print application.

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1. a kind of inkjet print head, the inkjet print head has before polymer coating, the polymer coating packet Graft polymers containing oleophobic, the oleophobic graft polymers include:
The fluoroelastomer of crosslinking;With
It is grafted to the fluorine-containing organic silicon of the fluoroelastomer of the crosslinking,
Wherein the oleophobic graft polymers has the structure of Formula II:
Wherein FE is fluoroelastomer;
FS is perfluorinated fluorine-containing organic silicon;
L is linker;
M, n and o independently 1 to 10 integer;
Each R occurred1And R2It independently is substituted or unsubstituted C1-C6Alkyl,
R3And R4It independently is the C being optionally fluorinated1-C6Alkyl or the C being optionally fluorinated1-C6Alkoxy.
2. inkjet print head according to claim 1, wherein the polymer coating connects at least about 45 degree of ink Feeler.
3. inkjet print head according to claim 1, wherein there is the polymer coating ink less than about 35 degree to connect Feeler.
4. inkjet print head according to claim 1, wherein the polymer coating is to be steady under 290 DEG C and 350psi Fixed is characterized.
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