An ultra-high molecular weight, ultra-fine particle size polyethylene has a viscosity average molecular weight (Mv) greater than 1×10.sup.6. The polyethylene is spherical or are sphere-like particles having a mean particle size of 10-100 μm, having a standard deviation of 2-15 μm and a bulk density of 0.1-0.3 g/mL. Using the polyethylene as a basic polyethylene, a grafted polyethylene can be obtained by means of a solid-phase grafting method; and a glass fiber-reinforced polyethylene composition comprising the polyethylene and glass fibers, and a sheet or pipe prepared therefrom; a solubilized ultra-high molecular weight, ultra-fine particle size polyethylene; and a fiber and a film prepared from the solubilized ultra-high molecular weight, ultra-fine particle size polyethylene may also be obtained. The method has simple steps, is easy to control, has a relatively low cost and a high repeatability, and can realize industrialisation.

The present invention discloses an LCP film production apparatus and method. The apparatus includes: a rack; a screw extrusion device; a T-shaped material port; a squeezing assembly, where the squeezing assembly includes a first roller wheel, a second roller wheel, and a third roller wheel, the first roller wheel and the second roller wheel are fixedly mounted directly below the T-shaped material port side by side, and the third roller wheel is fixedly mounted next to the second roller wheel side by side; and an electromagnetic field generator, fixedly connected to the T-shaped material port and mounted around the T-shaped material port in a circle by means of bolts, where the screw extrusion device is fixedly mounted at the top of the rack, and the T-shaped material port is fixedly mounted on one end of the screw extrusion device. According to the present invention, a field generated by the electromagnetic field generator can disrupt the ordered arrangement of LCP molecules, thereby alleviating or even eliminating the anisotropic problem of transverse and longitudinal tensile strength thereof.

A thermoplastic wrap film including polyisobutylene succinic anhydride (PIBSA) is disclosed herein.

A process for forming a biofilm carrier suitable for use in a moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) is presented. A blowing agent is mixed with a plastic material to form a blended material. The blended material is then heated to a temperature where the blowing agent liberates gas by decomposition. The heated blended material is extruded through a die to provide the extrudate with a profile of the biofilm carrier. Advantageously, biofilm carriers produced in this manner have increased effectiveness when compared to conventional biofilm carriers.

This invention relates to a surface finish manufacturing system and process and more particularly, but not exclusively, to a contrast surface finish manufacturing system and process for producing boards with a wood texture finish. The surface finish manufacturing system comprises a top layer and a bottom layer where part of the top layer is removed to expose part of the bottom layer.

The invention relates to an apparatus and to a method for film production and/or film processing, characterized by a device for determining the flatness and/or evenness of the film and for further processing and/or outputting the determined results.

The invention provides a heat-shrinkable polyester film roll containing a paper tube and a heat-shrinkable polyester film wound around the paper tube to form the heat-shrinkable polyester film roll, wherein (1) the film winding length is 2000-20000 m, (2) the film width is 400-2500 mm, (3) the film thickness is 5-30 μm, (4) unevenness in thickness in the film widthwise direction in a film roll surface layer part is 12% or less, (5) the paper tube has an inner diameter of 3 inches, a difference in clearance of the paper tube in a widthwise direction after removal of the film from the film roll is 0.5 mm or less, and a flat compressive strength of the paper tube after removal of the film is 1700 N/100 mm or more, and (6) the average value of winding hardness in the widthwise direction in the film roll surface layer part is 500-850.

A method of manufacturing a blown film (F) comprising extruding it through a die (D), flattening the film with a folding angle that varies, measuring a transverse profile of a characteristic property of the blown film, which property is summed over two juxtaposed portions of a wall of the flattened film, and estimating a polar profile on the basis of said transverse profile, the method further comprising determining polar positions of the periphery of the flattened blown film that correspond to a transverse position of the film, determining discretized angle values flanking each of the polar positions, and, on the basis of said discretized angle values, computing interpolation coefficients that associate the polar profile of the film with a discretized polar profile of the film, and, based on said interpolation coefficients, updating the estimation of the discretized polar profile of the film by applying a Kalman filter.

The invention describes a blown foil system for producing a foil web with at least one extruder for providing a melt-like plastic, a blowing head with a circumferential die gap, with which the melt-like plastic can be transformed into a foil bubble emerging from the die gap, with at least one liquid cooling device for cooling the foil bubble, wherein a liquid can be supplied to the outer periphery and/or to the inner periphery of the foil bubble by means of the liquid cooling device, with a flat laying device by means of which the foil bubble can be formed into a double-layer foil web, wherein the two layers are in contact at least partially and in particular substantially over the full surface, and with at least one stretch unit for stretching the foil web in the longitudinal direction.

Disclosed are compositions and methods for multilayer films, which, in one embodiment may comprise a core layer comprising at least 50 wt. % of high-density polyethylene. Further, the multilayer film may include a first skin layer comprising, consisting essentially of, or consisting of low-density polyethylene, optionally linear, and at least about 80 wt. % of high-density polyethylene, as well as a second skin layer comprising either: (i) one or more low-density polyethylenes, any or all of them optionally being linear; or (ii) one or more polypropylene-based copolymers. The multilayer film may be oriented in at least one direction.