Solid anti-friction devices – materials therefor – lubricant or se – Lubricants or separants for moving solid surfaces and... – Organic phosphorus compound – wherein the phosphorus is...
Reexamination Certificate
2001-04-30
2003-08-05
McAvoy, Ellen M. (Department: 1764)
Solid anti-friction devices, materials therefor, lubricant or se
Lubricants or separants for moving solid surfaces and...
Organic phosphorus compound, wherein the phosphorus is...
C508S431000, C508S506000, C508S539000, C508S562000, C072S042000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06602833
ABSTRACT:
This application is the national phase under 35 U.S.C. §371 of PCT International Application No. PCT/SE99/01521 which has an International filing date of Sep. 3, 1999, which designated the United States of America.
The present invention relates to a method for mechanical working of a metal containing copper, aluminum or an alloy thereof The method is carried out in the presence of an aqueous cooling lubricant containing an alkanol amine. Preferably the alkanol amine is used in combination with a phosphate ester or a carboxylic acid. The lubricant is capable of reducing or preventing the corrosion of both metals as well as iron. In addition it also contributes in an essential way to the lubrication.
Aluminum and copper and alloys of these metals are among the most common construction metals. The mechanical working is usually performed in the presence of an aqueous cooling lubricant. A disadvantage of many aqueous cooling lubricants is that they frequently contain an iron corrosion inhibitor, such as monoethanolamine, diethanolamine or triethanolamine, which has a detrimental effect on copper, aluminum or alloys thereof and causes discoloration and dissolution. Beside the corrosion, any dissolved metal also constitutes an environmental hazard and is difficult to remove from water in the process of disposal of the cooling lubricant.
In order to mitigate the negative effects of alkanol amine, anionic surface active components with long aliphatic groups, such as groups with 14-44 carbon atoms have been used. Exemplary components are phosphate esters and fatty acids and dimer acids. Their protective action depends on the formation of insoluble, organic layers on the metal surfaces. If, however, dissolved di- or trivalent metals exist in the cooling lubricant, the anionic components will form insoluble salts with these metals ions. This may sometimes further increase the corrosion inhibiting effect, but it will also lead to the formation of an undesirable sticky precipitation, which e.g. tend to interfere with the cleaning of the cooling lubricant. Another drawback is the difficulty to remove the hydrophobic layers formed on the metal surfaces. If they are not removed, they will cause problems in the subsequent surface treatment, for example pickling, phosphatizing, galvanizing or other metal depositing processes. The presence of the long chain anionic components may also cause undesirable foaming and scum.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,315,889 discloses a method of reducing the release of cobalt by performing the metal working in the presence of a cooling lubricant containing, as an active component, a specific triazole or thiadiazole compound. However, since these active compounds are consumed in the presence of ethanolamines, the aqueous cooling lubricant has to be regularly upgraded.
EP-A-0180561 describes the use of a tertiary alkanol amine compound for reducing the release of cobalt. According to the application the tertiary alkanol amine compound can advantageously be combined with carboxylic acids for further protection against the release of cobalt and the corrosion of iron.
According to the present invention it has now been found possible to reduce or eliminate the above mentioned problems by using certain alkanol amines, which do not dissolve or discolor copper or aluminum metals. In more detail, the present invention relates to a process for the mechanical working of metals containing copper, aluminum or alloys thereof, which process is performed in the presence of an aqueous cooling lubricant having a pH of 6-10 and containing an alkanol amine of the formula
N(R
3
)(R
4
)(R
5
) (I),
where R
3
, R
4
and R
5
independently of each other designate a group (AO)
n
H, where AO is an ethyleneoxy group or a propyleneoxy group and n is a number from 2-6, and the number of ethyleneoxy groups in relation to the number of propyleneoxy groups is between 2:1 and 1:3.
Particular effective in avoiding the side effects of conventional iron corrosion inhibiting components in earlier used formulations are according to the invention aqueous cooling lubricants in which the alkanol amine I are supplemented by a short chain anionic compound selected from the group consisting of
a phosphate ester of the formula
R
1
(oxyalkylene)
n
OP(O)(X)(OH) (II), or
(HO)
2
(O)P-(oxyalkylene)
m
-OP(O)(OH)
2
(III),
where R
1
is an alkyl group with 1-12 carbon atoms. X is hydroxyl or the group R
1
O, where R
1
has the above mention meaning, oxyalkylene is a group containing 2-4 carbon atoms, n is a number from 1-15 and m is a number from 4-20, or a salt thereof, or
a carboxylic acid of the formula
R
2
(COOH)
p
(IV),
where R
2
is an alkyl group with 4-10 carbon atoms and p is 1 or 2, or a salt thereof, or a mixture of any of the anionic compounds III II and IV. The total amount of the anionic compounds II, III and IV is normally 10-1000%, preferably 15-300% by weight of the alkanol amine I. The alkanol amine I, preferably in combination with at least one of the anionic compounds II, III and IV, results in an essential reduction in the amount of dissolved copper and discolored copper and aluminum in comparison with a corrosion inhibitor consisting of a carboxylic acid and an alkanol amine, such as triethanolamine. The compounds I, II, III and IV also contribute to the lubrication.
The alkanol amine I contains always at least 2 propyleneoxy groups. Preferably the alkanol amines are produced by ethoxylation of ammonia with 2-4 moles ethylene oxide followed by propoxylation with 4-7 moles per mole ammonia. The hydroxyl groups of these alkanol amines will consist of only secondary hydroxyl groups. The ratio of ethyleneoxy groups to propyleneoxy groups is preferably between 1:1 and 1:3.
The carboxylic acid of formula IV contains an aliphatic group which can be saturated or unsaturated, straight or branched. Preferably the aliphatic group of monocarboxylic acids contains 5-9 carbon atoms, while the dicarboxylic acids preferably have an aliphatic group with 6-10 carbon atoms. Suitable examples of carboxylic acids are azelaic acid, pelargonic acid, sebacic acid, isononanoic acid, neodecanoic acid, n-octanoic acid, n-decanoic acid and dodecandioic acid. The carboxylic acids having a branched aliphatic group of the preferred size are often utilized, since they are low foaming.
In the phosphate esters of formulae II and III, the (oxyalkylene)
n
group and (oxyalkylene)
m
group respectively, are suitable selected in such a way that the esters will be water-soluble or easily dispersible in water. The aliphatic group R
1
can be saturated or unsaturated, straight or branched and contains preferably 2-8 carbon atoms. Preferably the phosphate ester with formula II consists of at least 50% by weight of monoesters. In formula III the polyoxyalkylene chain preferably consists, at least partially, of oxyalkylene groups with 3-4 carbons atoms and m preferably is at least 6, since these diphosphate esters beside the corrosion inhibiting effect give a considerable contribution to the lubrication Especially suitable are those diphosphate esters, which contains a polyoxypropypene chain with 5-10 oxypropylene units.
The content of the alkanol amine I and the anionic compounds II, III and IV may vary within wide limits, but is normally between 0.1 and 10% by weight, preferably between 1 and 7% by weight of the cooling lubricant ready for use. The cooling lubricant can also contain a number of other additives, such as additional corrosion-inhibiting additives and lubricants, pH-regulating or controlling additives, bactericidal agents, viscosity-increasing additives, solubilizers, perfumes, colourants etc.
Examples of suitable additional corrosion inhibitors are amines compounds, such as triazole and thiadiazole compounds, and inorganic compounds, such as alkali metal hydroxides and boric acid, and reaction products between boric acid and/or carboxylic acids with organic compounds, such as alkanol amines. The content of these additional corrosion inhibitors may be up to 3% by weight of the co
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McAvoy Ellen M.
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