Provided are a polyester white film and a back sheet for a solar cell module using the same, and in particular, provided is a polyester white film having improved light reflectance.

The invention relates to polycarbonates with extremely low residual levels of volatile constituents and thermal degradation products, and also improved optical properties, especially Yellowness Index (YI) and good thermal stability, from solvent-containing polymer melts. The invention further relates to an apparatus and a process for preparing these polycarbonates with the aid of a devolatilizing extruder with at least three devolatilizing zones, and zones for introducing entraining agent into dispersion are present upstream of at least three devolatilizing zones.

A double-screw extruder for thermoplastic materials, with a first and a second extruder screw, whereby the extruder screws have an inlet and an outlet and a core, helically extending screw flights being arranged through the core from the inlet to the outlet, so that the screw peaks and valleys are circumferential, and the peaks of the first screw penetrate into the valleys of the second screw, and vice versa. The screw flights may have a geometry which is step-shaped in cross section, whereby the steps may be provided such that the stepped course of the peaks is congruent with the stepped course of the valleys.

Embodiments of an invention disclosed herein relate to devices, processes, and systems for processing polymers.

Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition having high flame resistance, high fluidity during injection molding, and improved impact resistance in a molded article. To provide a method for producing a thermoplastic resin composition, the method including a step (1) of obtaining a polyester resin mixture by melt-kneading a crystalline terephthalate-based polyester resin, and a polyester resin A including at least one kind selected from the group consisting of isophthalic acid, orthophthalic acid, naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, anthracene dicarboxylic acid and pyridine dicarboxylic acid as an aromatic dicarboxylic acid component with an extruder, and a step (2) of mixing the polyester resin mixture, a polycarbonate resin, a flame retardant and a toughening agent.

The present invention relates to a continuous process for preparing a comb polymer, without organic solvent, by esterification and/or amidification of an acidic homopolymer or copolymer, which consists in performing the esterification and/or amidification of said homopolymer/copolymer by reaction at elevated temperature in the mixing and transportation zone of a tubular reactor, optionally equipped with a water removal system, in the presence of at least one poly(alkylene glycol) in solid or molten form and of an antioxidant, said esterification and/or amidification taking place at a temperature greater than or equal to 170° C.

An extruder, such as a double-screw extruder includes a double cylinder and a double-lead screw arranged therein with a drive train for the screw. The drive train has a coupling with the screw. The extruder includes a sensor for recording a moment load having torque and/or bending moment and for generating electronic data from the recorded moment load. A controller is provided in operative connection to a drive for the drive train and the sensor is in data connection with the controller. The controller is adapted to evaluate the data on the recorded moment load and to trigger a protective action if a threshold value set in the controller is exceeded. The evaluation includes a bending moment calculation. A plastic molding plant produces a film with the extruder along with a nozzle unit and a cooling and wind-up unit or a compounding plant. A method for operating such a plant for manufacturing a film includes the extruder.

The invention relates to a process for extruding plastic compositions. The process in particular relates to the conveying, kneading and/or mixing of plastic compositions, in particular of polymer melts and mixtures of polymer melts, above all thermoplastics and elastomers, particularly preferably polycarbonate and polycarbonate blends, also with the incorporation of other substances such as for example solids, liquids, gases or other polymers or other polymer blends.

Disclosed herein are ethylene-based polymers having low densities and narrow molecular weight distributions, but high melt strengths for blown film processing. Such polymers can be produced by peroxide-treating a metallocene-catalyzed resin.

A vent assembly device for a twin-screw extruder includes a vent assembly (7) that has a vent opening (6) and that is provided in a cylinder (1) of a twin-screw extruder (11) having a left axis-side screw (2) and a right axis-side screw (3). The size of at least the vent opening (6) of the vent assembly (7) can be freely modified by forming the vent assembly (7) from a plurality of vent assembly units (7a) and by providing the plurality of vent assembly units (7a) for one vent opening (6).