摘要:
A process for the production of thermoplastically processible moulding materials based on vinyl polymers of high chemical and molecular uniformity and having residual monomer contents of less than 0.1 mol % which comprises the steps of:(i) mass homogeneous phase polymerization of at least one vinyl monomer in a stirred continuously charged tank reactor to a conversion of from 25 to 60 mol %;(ii) directly concentrating the syrup consisting of residual monomers and vinyl polymer dissolved therein obtained from step (i) in a spiral tube evaporator at a temperature of from 60.degree. to 250.degree. C. and at a pressure of 100 m bar to 35 bar to obtain a solid content of vinyl polymer of from 40 to 90 mol %;(iii) directly charging the concentrate obtained from step (ii) to the inlet zone of a screw evaporator which consists of at least two sequential zones in order to effect further concentration, in which a first zone at a pressure of from 10 to 300 m bar and at a temperature of from 100.degree. to 250.degree. C. concentrates the vinyl polymer to a solid content of from 80 to 99 mol-%, and each subsequent zone at a pressure of 1 to 200 m bar and at a temperature of 150.degree. to 250.degree. C. concentrates the vinyl polymer to a solid content of at least 99.9 %; and(iv) recycling the residual monomers from step (ii) and the residual monomers from said first zone of the screw evaporator to the stirred and charged tank reactor without intermediate cleaning.