摘要:
A process for the extrusion of orientable, thermoplastic polymer material such as ultra high molecular weight polyethylene comprises:
(i) forming a gel of a polymer material by crystallisation from a solution thereof in a solvent; (ii) removing solvent from the gel to produce a polymer material containing not more than 5% by weight of solvent; and (iii) extruding the solid polymer material through a die so as to orient the polymer material. The product may have a cross-sectional area of at least 10mm² and a Young's modulus of at least 15 GPa.
摘要:
A method and an assembly for practicing that method wherein an article is molded of a heat-fusing material or plastisol, either liquid or dry, in a mold having an array of gas impingement jets disposed adjacent the backside of a mold surface for controlling the temperature over respective first and second areas of the mold surface. There is included first and second gas heating and cooling circuits each including a blower and dampers for supplying gas at the gas impingement jets associated with the mold. All of the gas impingement jets are supplied with heated gas to preheat the mold surface to a non-gelling temperature and a liquid plastisol coating is applied to the mold surface. To obtain the coating, the mold is filled and the excess plastisol is removed from the mold by dumping the plastisol from the mold into a dump tank. In a liquid plastisol process, a first group of gas jets arranged in close proximity to the mold maintain a temperature higher than the temperature of the liquid in the first area of the mold to a higher temperature than the second area. Additional liquid plastisol is disposed in the mold over the coating and is gelled over the first area of the mold which is heated with the heat supplied by the liquid in the first group of passages thereby gelling a predetermined thickness of the plastisol in selected areas while retaining the thickness over the second area.
摘要:
Gaskets are formed in container closures fabricated from polyolefin resins exhibiting substantially no response to heat activation by radio frequency electrical energy by introducing a vinyl chloride plastisol containing a vinyl chloride polymer resin and a plasticizer having a loss factor in the range of 0.1-12 into the closure. The closure is preheated to 55° to 100°C by conventional means and then the plastisol is fused in the closure by exposure to a field of radio frequency electrical energy.
摘要:
Solutions of intermediate molecular weight polymers from about 200,000 to about 4,000,000, such as polyethylene, in a relatively non-volatile solvent are extruded through an aperature at constant concentration and thereafter stretched at a ratio of at least about 3:1 prior to cooling to form a first gel. The first gels are extracted with a volatile solvent to form a second gel, and the second gel is dried to form a low porosity xerogel. Stretching occurs with any one or more of the first gel, second gel or xerogel. The polyethylene products produced by our process include products having a molecular weight between about 200,000 and about 4,000,000 a tenacity of at least about 13 grams/denier, a modulus of at least about 350 gram/denier, a porosity of less than 10% by volume, a crystalline orientation function of at least about 0.95, and a main melting temperature of at feast about 140°C.
摘要:
A method and an assembly for practicing that method wherein an article is molded of a heat-fusing material or plastisol, either liquid or dry, in a mold having an array of gas impingement jets disposed adjacent the backside of a mold surface for controlling the temperature over respective first and second areas of the mold surface. There is included first and second gas heating and cooling circuits each including a blower and dampers for supplying gas at the gas impingement jets associated with the mold. All of the gas impingement jets are supplied with heated gas to preheat the mold surface to a non-gelling temperature and a liquid plastisol coating is applied to the mold surface. To obtain the coating, the mold is filled and the excess plastisol is removed from the mold by dumping the plastisol from the mold into a dump tank. In a liquid plastisol process, a first group of gas jets arranged in close proximity to the mold maintain a temperature higher than the temperature of the liquid in the first area of the mold to a higher temperature than the second area. Additional liquid plastisol is disposed in the mold over the coating and is gelled over the first area of the mold which is heated with the heat supplied by the liquid in the first group of passages thereby gelling a predetermined thickness of the plastisol in selected areas while retaining the thickness over the second area.
摘要:
Novel gel-spun, irradiated and drawn ultra high strength high molecular weight and at least partially cross-linked and/or broadened polyethylene filaments, tapes and films, exhibiting substantially lower creep rates than corresponding but non-irradiated articles are decribed, along with a process for making the same.
a) thermoreversible gelation of a solution of a linear polyethylene having a weight-average molecular weight of at least 4 × 10 5 to form a gel material having virtually the same composition as the solution started from, and b) irradiation of said gel material with simultaneous or subsequent stretching at a stretch ratio of at least 15.
Specifically claimed are articles, such as fabrics woven from fibres, and tubes or tapes, having an extremely high shrink ratio upon heating.