Apparatus and methods for extruding plastic materials are disclosed. An exemplary apparatus comprises: a feeding portion; a melting portion in communication with the feeding portion and configured to transmit heat into material received from the feeding portion; and an output die in communication with the melting portion to permit extrusion of the material. The melting portion comprises: a melting barrel having an inner surface defining a melting chamber in communication with the feeding portion; and a melting insert inside the melting chamber. The melting insert comprises an outer surface in contact with the inner surface of the melting barrel where the outer surface comprises one or more open-ended channels formed therein. In some embodiments, the feeding portion and the melting portion may be thermally insulated from each other and a propeller of the feeding portion may be disposed entirely outside of the melting portion.

The invention relates to a cutting filament for a vegetation cutting machine, such as a brush cutter or an edge trimmer, comprising a polymer matrix and a fiber load distributed within the matrix, characterized in that: the polymer matrix comprises polyamide 6, copolyamide 6/66 and caprolactam, and the fiber load comprises fibers having a length ranging from 4 to 6 mm.

The invention relates to a cutting filament for a vegetation cutting machine, such as a brush cutter or an edge trimmer, comprising a polymer matrix and a fiber load distributed within the matrix, characterized in that: the polymer matrix comprises polyamide 6, copolyamide 6/66 and caprolactam, and the fiber load comprises fibers having a length ranging from 4 to 6 mm.

Rheology-modified, additive-containing ethylenic polymer compositions are prepared in a continuously operated extruder comprising first, second and third zones by a process comprising the steps of: mixing in the second zone of the extruder an ethylenic polymer and a high-temperature decomposing peroxide at a temperature such that the half-life of the peroxide is equal to or greater than one minute and for a sufficient period of time to modify the rheology of the ethylenic polymer to produce a rheology-modified, melted ethylenic polymer for transfer to the third zone of the extruder; and adding to the third zone one or more additives to the rheology-modified, melted ethylenic polymer to produce the rheology-modified, additive-containing ethylenic polymer.

The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a separating membrane in gel form, for an alkali metal ion battery, the method consisting of extruding a mix comprising: an alkali metal salt, a dinitrile compound with formula NCRCN, in which R is a hydrocarbon group C.sub.nH.sub.2n, and n is equal to 1 or 2 and preferably equal to 2, a hot melt support polymer, soluble in the dinitrile compound.

A thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer material with micro air holes and preparation thereof are provided. The formula of the thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer material with micro air holes comprises the following ingredients in percentage by weight: 0.1-97% of support polymer material, 0.1-97% of pressure-resistant slow-rebound polymer material, 0.01-0.5% of nucleator and 0.1-10% of foaming agent. The support polymer material is a polymer material with a high molecular weight, high hardness, high crystallization or high polarity. The pressure-resistant slow-rebound polymer material is a polymer material with a low molecular weight, low hardness, crystallization as low as to amorphous state or low polarity/no polarity, corresponding to the support polymer material.

The present invention relates to an overturning device (10) for overturning a molten material (200) in a melt channel (110) comprising a melt inlet (20) and a melt outlet (30), wherein between the melt inlet (20) and the melt outlet (30) at least a melt guidance means (40) is assembled for a rearrangement of molten material (200) from the centre (22) of the melt inlet (20) to the edge (34) of the melt outlet (30) and for a rearrangement of molten material (200) from the edge (24) of the melt inlet (20) into the centre (32) of the melt outlet (30).

An apparatus for forming a silicone article is disclosed. The apparatus includes an pumping system to deliver the silicone formulation to a die, the silicone formulation having a viscosity of less than about 2,000,000 centipoise; the die having a distal end, a proximal end, and a channel there between, wherein the silicone formulation flows through the channel of the die; and a source of radiation energy, wherein the radiation energy substantially cures the silicone formulation as the silicone formulation flows out the channel of the die to form the silicone article. The present disclosure further includes a method of forming the silicone article, a silicone tube, and a silicone extrudate.

The present invention relates to an overturning device (10) for overturning a molten material (200) in a melt channel (110) comprising a melt inlet (20) and a melt outlet (30) wherein between the melt inlet (20) and the melt outlet (30) at least one melt guidance means (40) is assembled for a rearrangement of the molten material (200) from the center (22) of the melt inlet (20) to the edge (34) of the melt outlet (30) and for rearrangement of the molten material (200) from the edge (24) of the melt inlet (20) into the center (32) of the melt outlet (30).

The present invention relates to an overturning device (10) for overturning a molten material (200) in a melt channel (110) comprising a melt inlet (20) and a melt outlet (30), wherein between the melt inlet (20) and the melt outlet (30) at least one melt guiding means (40) is assembled for a rearrangement of molten material (200) from the centre (22) of the melt inlet (20) to the edge (34) of the melt outlet (30) and for a rearrangement of molten material (200) from the edge (24) of the melt inlet (20) into the centre (32) of the melt outlet (30).