A micro moulding machine and process for forming small plastic parts for the medical device industry. The machine adds heat in two steps to a precision sized plastic pellet and then displaces the entire pellet volume into the mould cavity. A substantial amount of heat is added to the pellet by forcing it through an orifice very near the gate of the mould. The pneumatic pressure to drive the pellet through the orifice is controlled to regulate the amount of heat introduced into the pellet.

Provided is a curable particulate silicone composition that is hot-meltable, has excellent handling workability, curing properties, and gap fill properties when melted, and gives a cured product having excellent flexibility and resilience from room temperature to high temperatures of about 150 C. Also provided are pellets or the like formed by molding the curable particulate silicone composition. The curable particulate silicone composition comprises: (A) hot-meltable silicone particles that have a softening point of 30 C. or higher and have a hydrosilylatable group and/or a radical reactive group; (B) an inorganic filler (particulates) that is substantially free of coarse particles having an average particle diameter of 10.0 m or larger; and (C) a curing agent. When cured, the composition gives a cured product having a storage modulus of 2000 Mpa or lower at 25 C. and of 100 Mpa or lower at 150 C.

A curable particulate silicone composition is provided which has hot-melt properties, excellent handling workability and curing characteristics, high light reflectance in the visible wavelength region, and excellent flexibility and toughness at a temperature of from room temperature to a high temperature of about 150 C. The composition comprises: (A) hot-melt silicone fine particles having a softening point of 30 C. or higher and having a hydrosilylation reactive group and/or a radical reactive group; (B) an inorganic filler substantially free of coarse particles having an average particle diameter of 5 m or more (fine particles); and (C) a curing agent. When cured, the composition provides a cured product that has: a storage modulus (G) at 25 C. of 2000 MPa or less; and a storage modulus (G) at 150 C. of 100 MPa or less; and a spectral reflectance of 90% or more at a wavelength of 450 nm at a thickness of 100 m.

A polymeric material comprising a first polymer and a second polymer where the first polymer is a natural or a synthetic polymer and the second polymer is modified lignin. The modified lignin is modified with an alkyl containing group via linker wherein the linker is an ether group and wherein the alkyl containing group is derived from fatty acid methyl ester.

The invention refers to a method for producing expanded polymer pellets, which comprises the following steps: melting a polymer comprising a polyamide; adding at least one blowing agent; expanding the melt through at least one die for producing an expanded polymer; and pelletizing the expanded polymer. The invention further concerns polymer pellets produced with the method as well as their use, e.g. for the production of cushioning elements for sports apparel, such as for producing soles or parts of soles of sports shoes. A further aspect of the invention concerns a method for the manufacture of molded components, comprising loading pellets of an expanded polymer material into a mold, and connecting the pellets by providing heat energy, wherein the expanded polymer material of the pellets or beads comprises a chain extender. The molded components may be used in broad ranges of application.

The present invention relates to a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin composition containing a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin (A), in which a molding shrinkage rate in at least one direction of an MD direction and a TD direction during injection molding is 0.4% or more.

The invention refers to a method for producing expanded polymer pellets, which comprises the following steps: melting a polymer comprising a polyamide; adding at least one blowing agent; expanding the melt through at least one die for producing an expanded polymer; and pelletizing the expanded polymer. The invention further concerns polymer pellets produced with the method as well as their use, e.g. for the production of cushioning elements for sports apparel, such as for producing soles or parts of soles of sports shoes. A further aspect of the invention concerns a method for the manufacture of molded components, comprising loading pellets of an expanded polymer material into a mold, and connecting the pellets by providing heat energy, wherein the expanded polymer material of the pellets or beads comprises a chain extender. The molded components may be used in broad ranges of application.

To provide a pellet which is formed from a composition comprising 5 to 65 parts by mass of recycled carbon fibers as a heated product of carbon fiber reinforced resin, and 0.05 to 25 parts by mass of a nonmetal salt-based flame retardant, relative to 100 parts by mass of a polycarbonate resin having a terminal hydroxyl group content of 150 to 800 ppm.

A method for manufacturing a plastic molded article includes producing a granular waste material by finely pulverizing a waste material that includes a base made of a thermoplastic and a decorative layer provided on a surface of the base, producing a molten waste material by melting the granular waste material, injecting the molten waste material into a cavity of a mold and maintaining the molten waste material in a molten state in the cavity, and molding the plastic molded article by cooling the molten waste material that is maintained in the molten state.

The invention refers to a method for producing expanded polymer pellets, which comprises the following steps: melting a polymer comprising a polyamide; adding at least one blowing agent; expanding the melt through at least one die for producing an expanded polymer; and pelletizing the expanded polymer. The invention further concerns polymer pellets produced with the method as well as their use, e.g. for the production of cushioning elements for sports apparel, such as for producing soles or parts of soles of sports shoes. A further aspect of the invention concerns a method for the manufacture of molded components, comprising loading pellets of an expanded polymer material into a mold, and connecting the pellets by providing heat energy, wherein the expanded polymer material of the pellets or beads comprises a chain extender. The molded components may be used in broad ranges of application.