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- Patent Title: Method of manufacturing polytetrafluoroethylene particle aggregate and method of manufacturing polytetrafluoroethylene product
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Application No.: US13336681Application Date: 2011-12-23
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Publication No.: US08226864B2Publication Date: 2012-07-24
- Inventor: Takashi Wano , Yuri Horie , Atsushi Tanaka , Osamu Tabei , Yozo Nagai
- Applicant: Takashi Wano , Yuri Horie , Atsushi Tanaka , Osamu Tabei , Yozo Nagai
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
- Current Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.
- Priority: JP2005-140141 20050512
- Main IPC: B01F5/00
- IPC: B01F5/00 ; B01F15/00 ; B29C67/00

Abstract:
The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) product offering better productivity and a higher degree of flexibility in form of the product to be obtained than the conventional methods of manufacturing a PTFE product, and a method of manufacturing PTFE particle aggregate obtained as an intermediate while manufacturing a PTFE product. According to the manufacturing methods, aggregate of PTFE particles including water and a surfactant is obtained by applying force to a dispersion of PTFE particles containing PTFE particles, a surfactant and water as a dispersion medium, where the force makes the PTFE particles approach or contact with each other. Such a manufacturing method may be carried out, for example, with a chamber (1) shown in FIG. 1.
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