FOAM ARTICLE WITH ENHANCED PROPERTIES
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4124435A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-01

    申请号:EP22196248.3

    申请日:2021-03-09

    摘要: The present invention relates to a method (2000) of manufacturing a foamed polymer article (122), the method comprising:
    grinding (2005) recycled thermoplastic polyester elastomer into a ground recyclate material;
    mixing (2007) a metered amount of the ground recyclate material and a virgin polymer material of virgin thermoplastic polyester elastomer into a mixed batch, the metered amount being about 20% by mass or less of a total mass of the mixed batch;
    melting (2011) the ground recyclate material and the virgin polymer material into a polymer melt;
    adding (2009) a physical foaming agent to the polymer melt;
    injecting (2013) the polymer melt with the physical foaming agent into an internal cavity of a mold tool;
    activating the physical foaming agent such that the physical foaming agent causes the polymer melt to expand and fill the internal cavity of the mold tool to form the foamed polymer article (122); and
    removing (2015) the formed foamed polymer article (122) from the mold tool,
    wherein the ground recyclate material has an irregular shape with a major length that is 1 mm to 10 mm, and the virgin polymer material has a pellet size of 1 mm to 10 mm.