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.

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.

A method and an apparatus for extrusion of fiber-reinforced plastic material for the additive manufacture of a component is disclosed. The fiber-reinforced plastic material is supplied to the extrusion apparatus and heated in a heating zone of the extrusion apparatus in order to then supply the fiber-reinforced plastic material to an extrusion nozzle of the extrusion apparatus, at which a material thread comprising fiber-reinforced plastic material is extruded for the component to be manufactured. In order to convey the fiber-reinforced plastic material through the heating zone, a screw conveyor of the extrusion apparatus is utilized, which has a length-diameter ratio of less than a set value. In the heating zone a maximum volume is provided for the fiber-reinforced plastic material and a rotational speed of the screw conveyor is limited to a maximum of speed.

An easily tearable film includes polyamide resin components including more than 20 parts by mass and 70 parts by mass or less of a semi-aromatic polyamide resin A and less than 80 parts by mass and 30 parts by mass or more of an aliphatic polyamide resin B; wherein the semi-aromatic polyamide resin A is constituted of a diamine-derived constituent unit and a dicarboxylic acid-derived constituent unit; 60 mol % or more of the diamine-derived constituent units are derived from metaxylylenediamine; 60 mol % or more of the dicarboxylic acid-derived constituent units are derived from an α,ω-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having from 4 to 10 carbons; and the molar concentration of phosphorus atoms, the total molar concentration of alkali metal atoms and the total molar concentration of alkaline earth metal atoms, and Mn of the semi-aromatic polyamide resin satisfy predetermined relationships.

The invention relates to a multi-layer, preferably co-extruded, plastic film with improved modulus properties, which is suitable, in particular, for producing three-dimensionally shaped articles.

The invention relates to a multi-layer, preferably co-extruded, plastic film with improved modulus properties, which is suitable, in particular, for producing three-dimensionally shaped articles.

A pellet production method comprising: an operation in which a strand comprising a composition containing thermoplastic resin and reinforcing material is extruded from an orifice at a die; an operation in which the strand is drawn into water within a tank and is cooled; and an operation in which the cooled strand is cut to obtain a pellet; wherein at least one first guide roller for guiding the strand within the tank is provided within the tank, and an angle made by portions of the strand that are ahead of and behind that first guide roller which is in an upstreammost location is not less than 90° but is less than 180°; and wherein a ratio of a diameter of the pellet to a diameter of the orifice (diameter of the pellet/diameter of the orifice) is 0.45 to 0.80.

A method for directly preparing a foamed polylactic acid (PLA) product from a PLA melt includes PLA melt preparation, feeding, and two-stage extrusion. In the two-stage extrusion, a pressure at an outlet of a first-stage twin-screw extruder is 15 MPa to 17 MPa, a PLA melt is fed at a rate of 250 kg/h, a foaming additive is fed at a rate of 7.5 kg/h to 10 kg/h, and a foaming gas is fed at a rate of 2.8 L/h to 7.5 L/h. The method can ensure both foamability and quality of a material and reduce more than ⅓ of energy consumption; and an obtained product has an adjustable foaming rate of 3 to 25, a crystallinity of 40.3% to 48.5%, a tensile strength of 8.7 MPa to 19.6 MPa, and an apparent density of 0.05 g/cm.sup.3 to 0.4 g/cm.sup.3.

A method for directly preparing a foamed polylactic acid (PLA) product from a PLA melt includes PLA melt preparation, feeding, and two-stage extrusion. In the two-stage extrusion, a pressure at an outlet of a first-stage twin-screw extruder is 15 MPa to 17 MPa, a PLA melt is fed at a rate of 250 kg/h, a foaming additive is fed at a rate of 7.5 kg/h to 10 kg/h, and a foaming gas is fed at a rate of 2.8 L/h to 7.5 L/h. The method can ensure both foamability and quality of a material and reduce more than ⅓ of energy consumption; and an obtained product has an adjustable foaming rate of 3 to 25, a crystallinity of 40.3% to 48.5%, a tensile strength of 8.7 MPa to 19.6 MPa, and an apparent density of 0.05 g/cm.sup.3 to 0.4 g/cm.sup.3.

A polyphenylene sulfide resin composition includes (A) 100 parts by weight of an acid-treated polyphenylene sulfide resin, (B) 10 to 100 parts by weight of a glass fiber, and (C) 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of an amino group-containing alkoxysilane compound, wherein the polyphenylene sulfide resin composition has an exothermic peak temperature (Tmc) of 195° C. to 225° C., the exothermic peak temperature being observed during a crystallization caused when the polyphenylene sulfide resin composition is melted by heating to 340° C. and then cooled at a rate of 20° C./minute, using a differential scanning calorimeter.