A method for producing resin particles includes drying resin particles in a wet state by passing, without circulating, the resin particles through a drying tube together with a first gas, the resin particles being ones that undergo pressure-induced phase transition. The drying tube has an inlet through which the resin particles are fed into the drying tube, at least one gas blowhole through which a second gas is blown over the resin particles passing through the drying tube, and an outlet through which the resin particles are ejected from the drying tube, and the second gas is blown out of the gas blowhole at a velocity of 50 m/s or more.

A method for producing resin particles includes drying resin particles in a wet state by passing, without circulating, the resin particles through a drying tube together with a first gas, the resin particles being ones that undergo pressure-induced phase transition. The drying tube has an inlet through which the resin particles are fed into the drying tube, at least one gas blowhole through which a second gas is blown over the resin particles passing through the drying tube, and an outlet through which the resin particles are ejected from the drying tube, and the second gas is blown out of the gas blowhole at a velocity of 50 m/s or more.

Shape memory polymers allow the fabrication of objects that have a permanent (first) shape, and which can be programmed to adopt a temporary (second) shape, and are able to largely recover their original (first) shape by applying an appropriate stimulus. Materials that permit the fabrication of objects and devices that can (i) be provided in their permanent shape, (ii) be heated to a switching temperature above physiological temperature, at which the material becomes shapeable, (iii) be inserted into the body or placed in contact with the body and be deformed or shaped”to assume a desired temporary shape, (iv) be fixed in the desired temporary shape by keeping the material/device/object at body temperature (about 37° C.) for a convenient period of time, (v) largely retain this temporary shape if removed from the body, and (vi) return largely to their original shape when heated again above the switching temperature. A process for making such materials and disclosed products based on such materials are disclosed.

The invention is directed to a method of preparing a blend comprising a polysaccharide and a water soluble or dispersible ingredient. More in particular, the invention relates to the preparation of such blend using a filter centrifuge. The method of the invention comprises a. feeding a polysaccharide slurry to a filter centrifuge via a first inlet; b. rotating the filter centrifuge at a first centrifuge speed to provide a polysaccharide cake; c. feeding a sprayable ingredient to the filter centrifuge via a second inlet; and d. spraying the sprayable ingredient onto the polysaccharide cake while rotating the filter centrifuge at a second centrifuge speed to produce a blend of the polysaccharide and the ingredient.

Procedure for the purification of biodegradable thermoplastic polymer particles for medical and/or pharmaceutical use without the use of organic solvents, as well as the particles obtained themselves, and the use of polymeric particles obtained by this procedure to manufacture parenteral administered medicinal products and/or implantable medical devices.

The present invention relates to a composition comprising a combination of a polymeric processing aid and an impact modifier or polymeric processing aid, its exact composition and its process of preparation and use. In particular, the present invention relates to a composition comprising a combination of a polymeric processing aid and an impact modifier or a polymeric processing aid; and its use for filled impact modified halogen containing thermoplastic polymers. More particularly, the present invention relates to a filled halogenated containing polymer composition with a polymeric processing aid and an impact modifier, its composition and its process of preparation.

Mixed-plastic-polyethylene composition having a melt flow rate (ISO 1133, 2.16 kg, 190° C.) of from 0.2 to 0.7 g/10 min; and a density of from 956 to 965 kg/m.sup.3, preferably from 958 to 964 kg/m.sup.3.

Embodiments are directed to polymer compositions and foams including polymer compositions. Embodiments of the polymer composition may include at least 55 wt. %, based on the total weight of the polymer composition, of a polyolefin elastomer having an ethylene content of from greater than 50 wt. % to less than 80 wt. % and a cross-linkable blend comprising: (i) from 1 wt. % to 99 wt. %, based on the total weight of the cross-linkable blend, of an E/X/Y polymer and (ii) from 1 wt. % to 99 wt. %, based on the total weight of the cross-linkable blend, of an epoxycontaining polymer.

The present invention provides methods for preparing the nut waste composites from a nut waste component, one or more binders, and an oil using a compounder/extruder.

The rubber composition comprises at least one phenol/aldehyde resin based on:

at least one aromatic polyphenol comprising at least one aromatic ring bearing at least two hydroxyl functions in the meta position relative to one another, the two positions ortho to at least one of the hydroxyl functions being unsubstituted, and

at least one aldehyde of formula (A):

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in which:

X comprises N, S or O,

R represents —H or —CHO.