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Multilayer pipe

US6187402A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 3, 1998
Grant dateFeb 13, 2001
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Expiry dateSep 3, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/31938
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A multilayer pipe having improved resistance to rapid crack propagation is described.; The pipe consists of at least two layers of different propylene plastic materials, which are so selected and combined that the pipe has a resistance to rapid crack propagation, measured as the critical temperature, which is equal to or lower than 0.degree. C. The pipe is made of polypropylene plastic, and at least one of the layers of the pipe comprises a polypropylene plastic, which is selected from a propylene contanig from 1.0 to 10.0% by weight of ethylene or C.sub.4 -C.sub.10 -.alpha.-olefin repeating units and having an MFR.sub.2 value of between 0.05 and 0.40 g/10 min or an elastromer-modified polypropylene containing from 1.0 to 30% by weight of ethylene or C.sub.4 -C.sub.10 -.alpha. olefin repeating units and having an MFR.sub.2 value of between 0.05 and 50 g/10 min.

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