A production line for manufacturing extruded plates, comprises a conveyor for conveying a semifinished product, an edge cutting device for cutting off an edge area of the semifinished product to present a plate-shaped endless base profile, and a separating device for separating individual plates from the endless base profile. A distance (D) between the separating device and the edge cutting device in the conveying direction is dimensioned such that, between an average temperature T.sub.1 of the semifinished product during cutting of the edge area in the edge cutting device and an average temperature T.sub.2 of the endless base profile during separation, there is a temperature difference T.sub.1−T.sub.2 of 2 K≤T.sub.1−T.sub.2≤15 K. Due to distance (D) within an optimum temperature range, further processing of the cut off edge areas is essentially neutral in terms of installation space.

A method for starting up a production line for manufacturing extruded plates, wherein an extruded semi-finished product comprising a free end is pressed towards a conveying device, wherein the conveying device is configured to pull the semi-finished product to a separating device, wherein a conveyor belt extending in the conveying direction is placed on the conveying device, the free end of the semi-finished product is pressed onto the conveyor belt, the conveyor belt is pulled together with the semi-finished product towards the separating device, and the free end of the semi-finished product arriving at the separating device is introduced into the separating device, while the conveyor belt is pulled away from the semi-finished product upstream of the separating device. This enables a cost-effective production of panels made from the plates.

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.

Acrylic rubber bale excellent in storage stability and processability, a method for producing the same, a rubber mixture obtained by mixing the acrylic rubber bale, and a cross-linked product of the rubber mixture are provided. The acrylic rubber bale includes an acrylic rubber having a reactive group and a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 100,000 to 5,000,000, wherein an amount of gel insoluble in methyl ethyl ketone is 60% by weight or less, and a specific gravity is 0.8 or more.

Woven irrigation tubing comprising a woven, extrusion coated & laminated tube formed of a high density polyethylene (HDPE) outer layer, a low density polyethylene (LDPE) middle layer and a linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) inner layer. The finished tubing is treated for ultraviolet resistance. The tubing is tied off at a distal end with a proximal end connected to a pressurized irrigation source. Watering holes are created in the tubing at spaced intervals and the resulting water streams are directed into parallel plowed furrows. The tubing is completely recyclable. The tubing is formed by manufacturing tape for the woven outer tubing cover, stretching the tape along its length to strengthen it, weaving the outer layer from the tape, flattening the woven outer layer, extrusion coating each surface of the outer layer with LDPE, laminating the LLDPE inner layer to the LDPE, reversing and winding the tubing for storage and distribution.

The invention relates to a process for the production of a tape comprising a plurality of impregnated continuous multifilament strands and a polymer sheath which intimately surrounds the plurality of impregnated continuous multifilament strands, wherein each of the plurality of impregnated multifilament strands extends in the longitudinal direction, wherein each of the plurality of impregnated continuous multifilament strands comprises at least one continuous glass multifilament strand, wherein the at least one continuous glass multifilament strand is impregnated with an impregnating agent, wherein the process comprising the steps of a) unwinding from a package the continuous glass multifilament strands, b) applying the impregnating agent to the continuous glass multifilament strands to form the plurality of impregnated continuous multifilament strands, c) placing the plurality of impregnated continuous multifilament strands in parallel alignment in the longitudinal direction and d) applying a sheath of a thermoplastic polymer composition around the plurality of impregnated continuous multifilament strands of step c) to form the tape, wherein steps c) and d) are performed in a die having a guiding means arranged for placing the plurality of impregnated continuous multifilament strands in parallel alignment in the longitudinal direction, wherein the plurality of impregnated continuous multifilament strands pass through a melt of the thermoplastic polymer composition inside of the die downstream of the guiding means.

An acrylic rubber bale excellent in storage stability and water resistance and a method for producing the same are provided. An acrylic rubber bale, including an acrylic rubber having a reactive group, with a specific ash content, a large proportion of magnesium and phosphorus in the ash, and a specific ratio of magnesium and phosphorus, is highly excellent in storage stability and water resistance. This acrylic rubber bale can be produced by using a specific stabilizer and a specific coagulant in an emulsion polymerization process of an acrylic rubber and performing a process from coagulation process to baling process under specific conditions.

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.

Acrylic rubber bale having remarkably improved storage stability and water resistance without deteriorating cross-linking properties, a method of production, a rubber mixture obtained by mixing the acrylic rubber bale, a method of production, and a rubber cross-linked product obtained by cross-linking the same is provided. The acrylic rubber bale includes an acrylic rubber, and the acrylic rubber is mainly composed of (meth) acrylic acid ester, and has a weight average molecular weight of 100,000 to 5,000,000, and has a ratio of a Z-average molecular weight and a weight average molecular weight of 1.3 or more, where an ash content is 0.6% by weight or less, and the ash contains a periodic table group 2 metal and phosphorus, and a phosphorus content is 10% by weight or more, and the ratio of the periodic table group 2 metal to phosphorus is in the range of 0.6 to 2 molar ratio.

The present invention provides methods for preparing the nut waste sheet composites from a nut waste component and one or more binders.