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.

The present invention relates to liquid crystal polyester resin pellets containing a thermoplastic resin comprising a liquid crystal polyester, and a fibrous filler, in which the pellets contain the fibrous filler in the amount of equal to or greater than 1 part by mass and smaller than 120 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the thermoplastic resin, and a length-weighted average fiber length of the fibrous filler is equal to or greater than 4 mm and smaller than 50 mm.

Provided is a resin molded body production method that enables production of a resin molded body in which mechanical strength is good, anisotropy of physical properties is low, and little warpage is developed. This production method is for a resin molded body containing a thermoplastic resin (A) and a cellulose nanofiber (B), the production method including: a step for preparing a main supply material (a1) containing the thermoplastic resin (A) and the cellulose nanofiber (B) and an auxiliary supply material (a2) that is a product of melting treatment of the main supply material (a1); a resin composition formation step for obtaining a resin composition (b) by melting and mixing of the main supply material (a1) and the auxiliary supply material (a2); and a step for obtaining the resin molded body by molding the resin composition (b).

A twin-screw extruder is provided in which screws have different rotational speeds depending on the process of treating the raw material and in which degradation of the raw material is less likely to occur. Twin-screw extruder 1 has two screws 3, 5 that extend in parallel to each other. Each screw 3, 5 has cylindrical upstream screw 31 and downstream screw 35, wherein upstream screw 31 has shaft hole 315 that extends in longitudinal direction X and screw flight 316 on an outer circumferential surface thereof, and downstream screw 35 includes large diameter portion 353 having screw flight 357 on an outer circumferential surface thereof and small diameter shaft portion 351 that has a smaller diameter than large diameter portion 353, wherein small diameter shaft portion 351 of downstream screw 35 is inserted into shaft hole 315 of upstream screw 31. Upstream screw 31 and downstream screw 35 can be independently rotated. Twin-screw extruder 1 further includes upstream rotating mechanism 84 that rotates upstream screws 31 of two screws 3, 5, and downstream rotating mechanism 83 that rotates downstream screws 35 of two screws 3, 5.

Continuous processing equipment is suitable for use in the preparation of elastomeric compositions from end-of-life tire crumb or other vulcanized rubber starting materials. A reactor includes an outer barrel, a first shaft and a second shaft, and one or more piezoelectric transducer-driven acoustic horns arranged along the outer barrel and penetrating the outer barrel through a series of vibration-isolated ports which traverse a jacket of the outer barrel.

The present invention provides a resin pellet that enables the molding of a molded product exhibiting a tensile breaking strength at the same level as that of a tensile breaking strength of a resin contained in the resin pellet, a manufacturing method for a resin pellet, a molded product, an automobile part, an electronic apparatus part, and a fiber. The resin pellet of the present invention contains a microcapsule encompassing a heat storage material and a thermoplastic resin, in which a content of the heat storage material is 70% by mass or less with respect to a total mass of the resin pellet, and a capsule wall of the microcapsule contains at least one resin selected from the group consisting of polyurethane urea, polyurethane, and polyurea.

The present invention provides methods for preparing the nut waste composites from a nut waste component, one or more binders, and an oil using a compounder/extruder.

The invention relates to a process for preparing polymeric particles, based on the use of a polyester polymer (PE) comprising units from a dicarboxylic acid component and a diol component, wherein at least 2 mol. % of the diol component is a poly(alkylene glycol). The process comprises the melt-blending of the aromatic polymer (P) with the PE, the cooling the blend and the recovery of the particles by dissolution of the PE into water. The present invention relates to polymeric particles obtained therefrom and to the use of these particles in SLS 3D printing, coatings and toughening of thermoset resins.

A process for producing tyres including building a green tyre having two bead structures. Each bead structure includes a bead filler. The bead filler or another rigid component of the green tyre includes a final elastomeric compound produced by the following: feeding elastomeric polymer and reinforcement filler to a first batch mixing device; mixing and dispersing the reinforcement filler in the elastomeric polymer and unloading the obtained elastomeric compound; feeding the obtained elastomeric compound, along with at least 5 phr of reinforcement resin, to a continuous mixing device of intermeshing and co-rotating twin-screw or multi-screw type or of planetary type; mixing the reinforcement resin in the elastomeric compound and unloading the obtained elastomeric compound; and feeding the obtained elastomeric compound along with the components capable of facilitating the cross-linking to a second batch mixing device and mixing to obtain the final elastomeric compound. The first and second batch mixing device have two counterrotating rotors.

The present invention is directed to a process for producing a modified olefin polymer in an extruder having a feed zone, a melting zone, optionally a mixing zone and optionally a die zone, (A) introducing a stream of an olefin polymer into the feed zone of the extruder; (B) introducing a stream of a free radical generator directly into the feed zone or the melting zone or the mixing zone, if present, of the extruder; (C) introducing a stream of a functionally unsaturated compound directly into the feed zone or the melting zone or the mixing zone, if present, of the extruder; (D) extruding the mixture in the extruder at a temperature which is greater than the decomposition temperature of the free radical generator and the melting temperature of the olefin polymer but less than the decomposition temperature of the olefin polymer thereby producing the modified olefin polymer in the extruder; and, optionally, (G) passing the melt of the modified olefin polymer through the die zone to a pelletiser.