In a resin film manufacturing device according to an embodiment, a current state and a reward for a previously selected action are determined for each heat bolt based on a control error calculated from a thickness distribution of a resin film acquired from a thickness sensor. Then, control conditions, which are a combination of states and actions, are updated based on the reward, and a most appropriate action corresponding to the current state is selected from the updated control conditions. Then, the heater is controlled based on the most appropriate action.

Disclosed herein are methods of preparing composites from solid elastomer(s) and wet filler(s), as well as products, including composites, vulcanizates, and articles therefrom. The wet filler can have a liquid content of at least 15%. A resulting composite comprises the filler dispersed in the elastomer at a loading of at least 20 phr with a filler yield loss of no more than 10%, wherein the composite has a liquid content of no more than 10% by weight based on total weight of said composite.

Various measures increase the cooling effect on a planetary roller extruder section/module. Those measures include a choke being arranged at an outlet of the planetary roller extruder section or module, a distance between centerlines of adjacent planetary spindles being at least equal to an outer diameter of the planetary spindles, providing a pressurized melt supply, having a cooling section composed of several sections/modules, providing at least one section/module in which a flow, during melt supply is converse to the conveying direction of the extruder, and providing cooling tubes arranged within the central spindle.

A kneading device for dispersing a dispersoid in a dispersion medium includes a casing in which a kneading material containing the dispersion medium and the dispersoid is accommodated, a rotor disposed in the casing and kneading the kneading material while dispersing the dispersoid in the dispersion medium by rotating about a rotation axis, and a detection unit detecting a dispersion degree of the dispersoid in the dispersion medium by observing a state of the kneading material in the casing.

A method of making a homogeneous mixture of polyolefin solids and carbon solids without melting the polyolefin solids during the making The method comprises applying acoustic energy at a frequency of from 20 to 100 hertz to a heterogeneous mixture comprising the polyolefin solids and the carbon solids for a period of time sufficient to substantially intermix the polyolefin solids and the carbon solids together while maintaining temperature of the heterogeneous mixture below the melting temperature of the polyolefin solids, thereby making the homogeneous mixture without melting the polyolefin solids.

The present invention relates to a liquid crystal polyester resin molded article containing a thermoplastic resin comprising a liquid crystal polyester and a fibrous filler, in which the liquid crystal polyester resin molded article contain the fibrous filler in an amount of equal to or greater than 1 part by mass and equal to or smaller than 120 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the thermoplastic resin, the proportion of the liquid crystal polyester with respect to 100 mass % of the thermoplastic resin is equal to or greater than 75 mass % and equal to or smaller than 100 mass %, and a length-weighted average fiber length of the fibrous filler is equal to or greater than 0.7 mm.

A method of making a homogeneous mixture of polyolefin solids and an organic peroxide without melting the polyolefin solids during the making. The method comprises applying acoustic energy at a frequency of from 20 to 100 hertz to a heterogeneous mixture comprising the polyolefin solids and the organic peroxide for a period of time sufficient to substantially intermix the polyolefin solids and the organic peroxide together while maintaining temperature of the heterogeneous mixture below the melting temperature of the polyolefin solids, thereby making the homogeneous mixture without melting the polyolefin solids.

A process for recycling thermoplastic polymer material to produce polymer pre-form, the process comprising the steps of pre-treating a polymer material for example by separating, sorting, cleaning and/or shaping; shredding the pre-treated polymer to produce polymer flakes; and processing the polymer material to produce a pre-form, characterised in that prior to the step (iii) of producing the pre-form, the polymer flakes are compacted to form pellets.

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.

A method of melt blending a polypropylene and the melt blended polypropylene therefrom, comprising providing a base-polypropylene having a MFR of less than 15 g/10 min and a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) within the range from 5 to 16, and comprising hindered phenol and phosphorous-type antioxidants, and within the range from 5 ppm to 4000 ppm of an alkyl radical scavenger relative to the total weight of the components to form a melt blended polypropylene; melt blending the melt blended polypropylene at a temperature of at least 210° C.; and isolating a melt blended, melt blended polypropylene.