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Process for the processing of a thermoplastic polycondensation polymer

US5102594A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 10, 1990
Grant dateApr 7, 1992
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Expiry dateJan 10, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S264/918
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a process for the processing of a thermoplastic polycondensation polymer by supplying the polymer in finely distributed form to a first vented extruder in which the polymer is devolatilized at a temperature below its melting temperature. The polymer is then placed in a second extruder where the polymer is transported below the melting temperature of the polymer over a first length of the screw from the inlet of the extruder, with constant evacuation of volatile components by means of a vacuum exhausting device at a vacuum of less than 10 mbar and the polymer is compressed and melted over a second length of the screw and then leaves the extruder as an end product of a semimanufacture.

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