A plural component dispensing system includes a first heated hose, a second heated hose, a controller, and a dispensing device. The first heated hose and the second heated hose include electrical wires that supply heat to the first and second heated hoses to heat fluid components within the first and second heated hoses. The first and second heated hoses are electrically coupled to the controller and are fluidly coupled to the dispensing device. The controller is configured to control and alternate the electrical power supplied to the first heated hose and the second heated hose to heat the first heated hose independent of the second heated hose.

An inductive heating arrangement for heating smokable material includes a susceptor arrangement, at least first and second inductor coils and a control circuit. The first inductor coil generates a first varying magnetic field heating a first section of the susceptor arrangement and the second inductor coil generates a second varying magnetic field heating a second section of the susceptor arrangement. The control circuit is configured so that when one of the first and second coils is actively being driven to generate a varying magnetic field the other of the first and second inductor coils is inactive, and so that the inactive one of the first and second inductor coils is prevented from carrying a current induced by the active one of the first and second inductor coils sufficient to cause significant heating of the susceptor arrangement.

A method of recycling a mixed plastic waste comprising plastics having different melting temperatures includes conveying the mixed plastic waste through an extruder such that at least some of the higher melting point plastic is passes through the extruder without melting and is present in the extrudate as solid material.

A multi-component fluid delivery system includes a heater system. The heater system includes an improved fluid preheating system based on a high conductivity fluid heat exchange manifold that is coupled to external heater elements (e.g., powered via electricity). These techniques can provide more surface area for heating fluid and is external to the fluid passages, making service or replacement much easier. These techniques can utilize etched foil or wire wound heater elements that operate at a lower internal temperature than cartridge heaters, and thus can be inherently more reliable.

A method includes feeding a heated polymer additive at a first temperature into a continuous mixer at a first feed rate. The method includes feeding a heated abrasive solid material at a second temperature into the continuous mixer at a second feed rate. The heated abrasive solid material and the heated polymer additive are mixed in the continuous mixer to form a first mixture.

A process for drying granular polymeric material, includes: dehumidifying the granular polymeric material by a first flow of gas at a first temperature of between 100° C. and 150° C.; heating the dehumidified granular polymeric material to a second temperature, greater than the first temperature; drying the granular polymeric material heated to the second temperature, by applying a predefined vacuum level.
The pressure-sealing elements include a filling unit, which includes a small tank blocked upstream and downstream by shut-off valves, as well as a discharge unit, which includes a small tank blocked upstream and downstream by respective shut-off valves.

An acrylic rubber, including: 50 to 99.9% by weight of a bond unit derived from at least one (meth) acrylic acid ester selected from the group consisting of (meth) acrylic acid alkyl ester and (meth) acrylic acid alkoxyalkyl ester; 0.1 to 20% by weight of a bond unit derived from a monomer containing a reactive group; and 0 to 30% by weight of a bond unit derived from other monomer, wherein the acrylic rubber contains a phenolic anti-aging agent represented by a general formula (1),

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(R1 represents an isopropyl group or a t-butyl group, and R2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms), and the weight average molecular weight (Mw) of the acrylic rubber is in the range of 100,000 to 5,000,000.

A method of producing an adhesive resin includes: a heating and kneading step of kneading a mixture containing a ring structure-containing hydrocarbon resin, an adhesive functional group-containing compound, and a peroxide while heating the mixture to obtain a heated and kneaded product; and a cooling and kneading step, performed in succession to the heating and kneading step, of kneading the heated and kneaded product while cooling the heated and kneaded product to obtain a cooled and kneaded product. The adhesive resin has a yellowness index (Yi) of 3.0 or less when 0.8 parts by mass of 2-(5-chloro-2-benzotriazolyl)-6-tert-butyl-p-cresol is added to 100 parts by mass of the adhesive resin.

The present invention relates to a method for production of terephthalic acid using high polymerization degree polyethylene terephthalate, which includes: (i) introducing high polymerization degree polyethylene terephthalate having an intrinsic viscosity of 0.75 dl/g or more into a continuous reactor, and then heating and pressurizing the same to prepare a fluidal polyethylene terephthalate; (ii) introducing a mixed slurry prepared by mixing an alkaline material containing an alkali-metal, a weak acid salt of the alkali-metal and ethylene glycol together into an internal position of the continuous reactor, through which the fluidal polyethylene terephthalate passes, and implementing neat reaction of the fluidal polyethylene terephthalate with the mixed slurry in the continuous reactor to prepare alkali-metal terephthalate; and (iii) dissolving the prepared alkali-metal terephthalate in water, removing foreign substances through filtration and centrifugation, adding acid to the alkali-metal terephthalate dissolved in water and reacting the same, thereby producing terephthalic acid.

A foam molding apparatus and a foam molding method thereby are proposed. The foam molding apparatus includes a foaming agent supply unit configured to supply a foaming agent, a molten resin supply unit configured to supply molten resin, a fixed mixing unit configured to produce a foaming resin-critical solution by mixing a foaming agent supplied from the foaming agent supply unit and molten resin supplied from the molten resin supply unit through a rod-shaped body, and a molding unit configured to mold a foam molding product using the foaming resin-critical solution supplied from the fixed mixing unit. Accordingly, it is possible to produce a foaming resin-critical solution by uniformly mixing a large amount of high-viscosity gel-state molten resin and a high-pressure compressed and low-viscosity foaming agent, using high-strength multiple channels.