A method for producing a foam-molded product uses a producing apparatus including a plasticizing cylinder. The plasticizing cylinder has a plasticization zone, a starvation zone, and an introducing port which is formed in the plasticizing cylinder and via which a physical foaming agent is introduced into the starvation zone. The method includes: plasticizing and melting a thermoplastic resin into a molten resin in the plasticization zone; introducing a pressurized fluid containing the physical foaming agent having a fixed pressure into the starvation zone; allowing the molten resin to be in the starved state in the starvation zone; bringing the molten resin in the starved state into contact with the pressurized fluid having the fixed pressure in the starvation zone; and molding the molten resin into the foam-molded product. At least one pressure boosting part is provided in the starvation zone.

A conveyance portion, a barrier portion, and a path are provided at places of a portion of a screw main body in which a kneading portion is provided. In at least one of the places, an entrance is opened to cause raw materials, conveyance of which is limited by a barrier portion to increase pressure on the raw materials, to flow in. The raw materials flowing in from the entrance flow through the path in the opposite direction to a conveyance direction of the conveyance portion. An exit is opened in an outer circumferential surface of the screw main body at a position outside the conveyance portion in which the entrance is opened.

Disclosed is a composition comprising a polyolefin polymer and a core-shell acrylic polymer comprising a high molecular weight processing aid and a carrier resin. The high molecular weight processing aid is present in an amount ranging from 30% to less than 100% by weight relative to the total weight of the high molecular weight processing aid and the carrier resin, and the carrier resin is present in an amount ranging from greater than 0% to 70% by weight relative to the total weight of the high molecular weight processing aid and the carrier resin. The composition is in the form of particles having an average particle size of at least 2 mm.

This concerns a screw pump for the extrusion of plastic materials, which is extremely compact and so it can be inserted in-line in a plastic material filtration system, encapsulating within it a duct parallel to the axis of the screw.

The present invention pertains to solid polymer blends obtainable from starting materials comprising glycerine, an ABS polymer, a PBT polymer, a PET polymer, and optionally polymer additives. Further, the present invention pertains to particles of the polymer blend and their use for the manufacture of polyurethanes, in particular, polyurethane foams.

A screw includes a screw main body, a conveyance portion conveying a raw material, and a passage provided in the screw main body. The passage includes a first passage element, a second passage element, and a third passage element. The screw main body has a plurality of cylindrical bodies arranged in an axial direction of the rotating shaft. At least a portion of the conveyance portion is formed on outer peripheral surfaces of the cylindrical bodies adjacent to each other, and the passage is formed in the cylindrical body so as to cross over between the adjacent cylindrical bodies.

A method for producing a foam-molded product uses a producing apparatus including a plasticizing cylinder. The plasticizing cylinder has a plasticization zone, a starvation zone, and an introducing port which is formed in the plasticizing cylinder and via which a physical foaming agent is introduced into the starvation zone. The method includes: plasticizing and melting a thermoplastic resin into a molten resin in the plasticization zone; introducing a pressurized fluid containing the physical foaming agent having a fixed pressure into the starvation zone; allowing the molten resin to be in the starved state in the starvation zone; bringing the molten resin in the starved state into contact with the pressurized fluid having the fixed pressure in the starvation zone; and molding the molten resin into the foam-molded product. At least one pressure boosting part is provided in the starvation zone.

A modular disk coextrusion die is formed of a plurality of cells stacked together. Each cell includes an arrangement of thin annular disks, including at least a first cap disk, a first distribution disk, a first transition disk and a first spreader disk. The modular disk coextrusion die includes at least one channel disk having at least one inlet opening and at least two outlet openings per inlet opening. The thin annular disks are configured so that a first of the outlet openings of the channel disk is in fluid communication with the first distribution disk in the first cell and a second of the outlet openings in the channel disk is in fluid communication with the first distribution disk in the second cell. The channel disk provides for a more efficient utilization of space at the inlet of the modular disk coextrusion die and enables the feeding of up to twenty melt streams.

The present invention relates to a process for the production of a reinforced polyamide (rP) in an extruder. In this process, a first mixture (M1), a second mixture (M2) and a third mixture (M3) are added into the extruder, and subsequently at least one carbon material is added to obtain a carbon containing polymerizable mixture (cpM) in the extruder. This carbon containing polymerizable mixture (cpM) is polymerized and subsequently devolatilized to obtain the reinforced polyamide (rP). Furthermore, the present invention relates to the reinforced polyamide (rP) obtainable by the inventive process.

A single-screw extruder for changing a morphology of a superabsorbent polymer, specifically a polymer gel. The single-screw extruder has an input aperture, a channel, a screw and an output aperture. The screw has a pitch value of a pitch of the screw flights along the conveying zone of the channel, where the channel has a mixing-element arrangement with at least one mixing element which protrudes into the channel of the single-screw extruder and which is configured for the mixing of the SAP polymer gel.