POLYMERIC FOAM PROCESSING
    2.
    发明公开
    POLYMERIC FOAM PROCESSING 审中-公开
    一种用于处理聚合物泡沫

    公开(公告)号:EP1183140A2

    公开(公告)日:2002-03-06

    申请号:EP00935842.5

    申请日:2000-04-28

    申请人: Trexel Inc.

    IPC分类号: B29C44/00

    摘要: The present invention provides microcellular articles, as well as methods and apparatuses for producing polymeric foams, and, in particular microcellular material. The methods involve forming a gas blanket within a polymer processing die (72) that prevents contact between the polymer melt and surfaces (106) of the die (72) during extrusion. In one set of embodiments, the gas blanket is provided by gas diffusing out of surfaces of the nucleated polymer material. In other embodiments, the gas blanket is formed by introducing a gas from an external source into the polymer flow channel within the die. The dies, according to the invention, are specially configured to generate and to support the gas blanket. The extruded forms are free of surface defects that, typically, arise from contact between the polymer melt and the die surfaces.