An extruder screw includes a screw main body, conveyance portions, barrier portions, and paths. The raw materials, the conveyance of which is limited by the barrier portions, flow in from the entrance. The raw materials flowing in from the entrance flow through the paths in an opposite direction to a conveyance direction of the conveyance portions. The exit is opened in the outer circumferential surface of the screw main body at a position on an upstream side in the conveyance direction in the conveyance portions in which the entrance is opened.

The invention relates to a process for the production of articles, exemplarily a plastic article, by means of an extruder (1) to which a first plastic composition of a first main component and at least one associated minor component is supplied from a first group of dosing stations (21, 24). According to the invention, during the production time of a first production order there is prepared a second group of dosing stations (31, 33) at the extruder for a second production order for which a second plastic composition of a second main component and at least one associated minor component that is different from the first plastic composition has to be supplied to the extruder. After completion of the first production order it is reset to the second production order by terminating the supply of the first plastic composition by closing a first shut-off device (8) and starting the supply of the second plastic composition by opening a second shut-off device (8′).

A system comprising: (1) a grinding unit configured to receive and grind recycled PET bottles into a group of polymer flakes comprising up to about ten percent colored polymer flakes and balance substantially clear polymer flakes; (2) a washing unit configured to wash the group of polymer flakes; and (3) an extruder configured to extrude material in a plurality of different extrusion streams. The extruder may be further configured to: (1) receive a concentrate-polymer mixture comprising a mixture of the polymer flakes and a color concentrate; (2) melt the concentrate-polymer mixture to produce a polymer melt; (3) reduce a pressure within the extruder; and (4) pass the polymer melt through the extruder so that the polymer melt is divided into the plurality of extrusion streams. The system may then filter the polymer melt through at least one filter and form the polymer melt into bulked continuous carpet filament.

An acrylic rubber excellent in water resistance and a method for producing the same are provided. An acrylic rubber composed of: 70 to 99.9 wt % of a bonding unit derived from (meth) acrylic acid ester; 0.1 to 10 wt % of a bonding unit derived from a cross-linkable monomer; and if necessary, 0 to 20 wt % of a bonding unit derived from another monomer, wherein the ash content is 0.5 wt % or less, the total amount of magnesium and phosphorus in the ash is 30 wt % or more, a ratio of the magnesium to the phosphorus ([Mg]/[P]) by weight is 0.4 to 2.5, and Mooney viscosity (ML1+4, 100° C.) of the rubber is 10 to 150 is particularly excellent in water resistance, and a rubber cross-linked product using the same is also excellent in physical properties.

In the field of tire production, systems and methods make it possible to selectively carry out monopassage and multipassage rubber production sequences in a common rubber production facility. A tire is formed according to the methods described.

An apparatus and process or mixing granules and/or powders and/or liquids in rubber production plants, including: a mixer/extruder device for the production of a basic heterogeneous mixture; a plurality of distribution lines associated with said mixer/extruder device to supply the device itself with respective powdered and/or granulated and/or liquid products; the mixer/extruder device mixing the powdered and/or granulated and/or liquid products to obtain said heterogeneous mixture; at least one distribution line of a powdered product includes a pre-mixer arranged upstream of said mixer/extruder device to pre-mix said powdered product with at least one liquid product, preferably oil.

An acrylic rubber sheet excellent in storage stability and water resistance, a method for producing the same, a rubber mixture containing the acrylic rubber sheet and a rubber cross-linked product thereof are provided. The acrylic rubber sheet according to the present invention includes an acrylic rubber having a reactive group and having a weight average molecular weight (Mw), a ratio of a Z-average molecular weight (Mz) and a weight average molecular weight (Mw) in a specific range. The acrylic rubber sheet according to the present invention has an ash content of 0.2% by weight or less, an amount of gel insoluble in methyl ethyl ketone is 50% by weight or less, and a water content of less than 1% by weight, and is excellent in water resistance and highly well-balanced in strength properties and processability.

A method for producing a foamed extrudate comprises a device containing a main melting device and an auxiliary melting device. A first melt is generated in the main melting device, a second melt is generated in the auxiliary melting device from a meltable starting material. At least one reactive additive is added to the meltable starting material, wherein the at least one reactive additive being selected from the group consisting of a chemical blowing agent and an active nucleating agent is mixed in the auxiliary melting device with the second melt, so that an additive-containing second melt is obtained in the auxiliary melting device which is added to the first melt.

A composite can include cellulose fiber; and foam binding the cellulose fiber. A method for manufacturing a composite can comprise mixing a plurality of ingredients to form a pre-foam mixture; foaming the pre-foam mixture to produce a foam; mixing the foam with cellulose fiber to form a composite material; and curing the composite material.

A manufacturing apparatus for a molded product of a fiber-reinforced resin includes: a heating tube; a screw inserted in the heating tube; an injector provided on a front end side of the screw; a resin feeder configured to feed a matrix resin into the heating tube; a long-fiber feeder configured to feed a long fiber into the heating tube; and a short-fiber feeder configured to feed a short fiber shorter than the long fiber into the heating tube. The short-fiber feeder is closer to a rear end of the screw than the long-fiber feeder is.