An apparatus having an extrusion machine and a feeding unit. for producing foamed polymeric material, in particular polyethylene and polypropylene, is disclosed. The extrusion machine includes a cylindrical barrel which is connected with a first end thereof to the feeding unit to receive a blend of plastic material to be extruded, a parallel pair of screws in the cylindrical barrel, a driving unit for driving the screws into rotation in opposite directions, a gas tank containing CO.sub.2 as a foaming gas, injection means for injecting the foaming gas into the cylindrical barrel; a head mounted at a second end of the cylindrical barrel opposite to the first end and heating means arranged around the cylindrical barrel for transferring heat thereto.

The present invention provides a system for continuous production of sulfur polymer cement. The system may include a series of high shear mixers, such as twin screw mixers or compounding extruders, to which a sulfur-containing starting material is added at one end, followed by at least one stage at which a sulfur modifier is added. Micro-aggregate may be added at one or more stages. At the discharge end of the continuous system, an extrudate is produced, and a pelletizer may be used to form pellets of the polymerized sulfur and micro-aggregate material. The pelletizer may comprise a flowing cooled water system, e.g., underwater pelletizer. The formed pellets may then go through a dryer system and then to a dry storage collection system.

The present invention provides a system for continuous production of sulfur polymer cement. The system may include a series of high shear mixers, such as twin screw mixers or compounding extruders, to which a sulfur-containing starting material is added at one end, followed by at least one stage at which a sulfur modifier is added. Micro-aggregate may be added at one or more stages. At the discharge end of the continuous system, an extrudate is produced, and a pelletizer may be used to form pellets of the polymerized sulfur and micro-aggregate material. The pelletizer may comprise a flowing cooled water system, e.g., underwater pelletizer. The formed pellets may then go through a dryer system and then to a dry storage collection system.

Processes for decrosslinking crosslinked plastic and devulcanizing vulcanized rubber include advancing such materials through single screw or twin screw extruders including special ultrasonic treatment zones wherein threadless shaft (single screw) or shafts (twin screw) rotate under an ultrasonic horn having a distal end aligned with the shaft or shafts and being shaped complimentary thereto. Special arcuate (single screw) or double-arcuate ultrasonic treatment flow paths confine the materials to flow under the horn where the material is subjected to ultrasonic waves to decrosslink the material, in the case of crosslinked plastic, or devulcanize the material, in the case of vulcanized rubber, with the extrudate leaving the die as a continuous stream or rope as is typical of virgin plastic or rubber.

A continuous kneading device including a pair of kneading rotors, capable of increasing mesh between the kneading rotors while also suppressing a kneading load applied to the kneading rotors. The continuous kneading device including a barrel and a pair of kneading rotors housed in the barrel. The kneading rotors rotate in mesh in directions different from each other. Each kneading rotor includes a plurality of kneading flights for kneading a material supplied into the barrel. The material is fed axially from the upstream kneading section to the downstream kneading section to be sequentially kneaded. The kneading flight constituting the downstream kneading section has a rotational outer diameter larger than a rotational outer diameter of the kneading flight constituting the upstream kneading section.

Embodiments of the invention relate to a poly(meth)acrylimide film and a method for manufacturing such a film. At least one embodiment provides a poly(meth)acrylimide film that has (i) a total light transmittance of over 90% and (ii) haze of 2.0% or less. This film preferably has retardation of less than 50 nm. The method for manufacturing this film includes the following steps: (A) using a device provided with an extruder and a T die, a poly(meth)acrylimide molten film is continuously extruded from the T die; and (B) the poly(meth)acrylimide molten film is loaded by being fed between a rotating or circulating first mirrored-surface body and a rotating or circulating second mirrored-surface body, and then the film is pressed. During these steps, (C) the surface temperature of the first mirrored-surface body is in the range 100-200 C., and (D) the surface temperature of the second mirrored-surface body is in the range 20-200 C.

An inventive process for the production of a polymer composition is provided, said process comprising the incorporation of a filler into a polymer material, wherein said polymer material during incorporation of the filler is in at least partially molten state and wherein said filler is incorporated as a slurry.

The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a composite product comprising organic natural fiber material and matrix material, wherein the method comprises mixing the organic natural fiber material with the matrix material in a primary mixing stage to form a mixture. The primary mixing stage comprises a contacting step in which the organic natural fiber material comes in contact with the matrix material that is at least partly in a form of melt, and compression ratio of the organic natural fiber material is less than 8. The method further comprises forming a composite product comprising the mixture. Further, the invention relates to a composite product, a use of the composite product, and a system for manufacturing a composite product.

A barrel main body, a sleeve, and a fixing mechanism (a fastening hole and a fastening device) are provided. The barrel main body includes a barrel hole having a cylindrical shape and a slit dividing an inner circumferential surface of the barrel hole. The sleeve having a hollow cylindrical shape is removably incorporated into the barrel hole. The slit includes two cutout surfaces facing each other with a space between. The fixing mechanism brings the inner circumferential surface of the barrel hole into close contact with the sleeve without any gap by narrowing the space between the cutout surfaces and deforming the barrel main body.

Continuous compounding systems include a feeding section and a compounding section. Method for compounding or mixing solid matter and liquid matter include providing a continuous compounding system, adding matter to the continuous compounding system, and mixing or compounding the matter.