US4518552A
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Method of producing accurately sized material of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene
Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd
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Filing: 1983-11-09
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Granted: 1985-05-21
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Expires: 2003-11-09
Abstract
Abstract A method of producing accurately sized sintered material of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene including the steps of mixing an organic peroxide and a lubricant with an ultra high molecular weight polyethylene powder having more than 1,000,000 of mean molecular weight by a viscosity method and more than 3,000,000 by a light scattering method, and forming a ram extrusion of the mixture. The transverse dimensional accuracy, or displacement, i.e. the difference between the maximum surface diameter and the minimum surface diameter at longitudinally spaced positions of the extruded product, is extremely small, thereby providing highly accurate size, roundness, etc. Further, a product is formed by the method having uniform electroconductivity.
Inventors
- 👤 Tadao Matsuo
- 👤 Fumio Matsuoka
- 👤 Nobuo Yokota
- 👤 Masaaki Yamamoto
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 18:02
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29C; B29C70/00; B29C70/88; B29C70/882; B29C48/00; B29C48/022; B29C48/25; B29C48/36; B29C48/475; B29C37/00; B29C2037/92; B29C48/03; B29C48/04; B29C48/06; B29C48/09; B29C48/10; B29K; B29K2023/00; B29K2023/04; B29K2023/06; B29K2105/00; B29K2105/06; B29K2105/16; B29K2105/24; B29K2105/25; B29K2105/251; B29K2995/00; B29K2995/0003; B29K2995/0005; B29K2995/0037; B29K2995/0088
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
77 words
A method of producing an extruded sintered product of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene having low transverse dimensional deviation, comprising the steps of: mixing an organic peroxide and a lubricant with ultra high molecular weight polyethylene powder; and ram extruding the mixture while heating the mixture directly to a high temperature to concurrently effect cross-linking and sintering of the powder to form a cross-linked sintered product having a transverse dimension deviation of less than approximately 2 mm.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
77 words
A method of producing an extruded sintered product of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene having low transverse dimensional deviation, comprising the steps of: mixing an organic peroxide and a lubricant with ultra high molecular weight polyethylene powder; and ram extruding the mixture while heating the mixture directly to a high temperature to concurrently effect cross-linking and sintering of the powder to form a cross-linked sintered product having a transverse dimension deviation of less than approximately 2 mm.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
The method of producing an extruded sintered product of claim 1 wherein the organic peroxide is present in the amount of 0.004 to 0.50 wt. parts and the ultra high molecular weight polyethylene powder is present in the amount of 100 wt. parts.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
43 words
The method of producing an extruded sintered product of claim 1 wherein the organic peroxide is present in the amount of 0.01 to 0.50 wt. parts and the ultra high molecular weight polyethylene powder is present in the amount of 100 wt. parts.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method of producing an extruded sintered product of claim 1 wherein the lubricant is present in the amount of 0.2 to 10 wt. parts and the ultra high molecular weight polyethylene powder is present in the amount of 100 wt. parts.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
81 words
A method of producing an extruded sintered product of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene having low transverse dimensional deviation, comprising the steps of: mixing an electrically conductive agent, an organic peroxide and a lubricant with ultra high molecular weight polyethylene powder; and ram extruding the mixture while heating the mixture directly to a high temperature to concurrently effect cross-linking and sintering of the powder to form a cross-linked sintered product having a transverse dimension deviation of less than approximately 2 mm.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
81 words
A method of producing an extruded sintered product of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene having low transverse dimensional deviation, comprising the steps of: mixing an electrically conductive agent, an organic peroxide and a lubricant with ultra high molecular weight polyethylene powder; and ram extruding the mixture while heating the mixture directly to a high temperature to concurrently effect cross-linking and sintering of the powder to form a cross-linked sintered product having a transverse dimension deviation of less than approximately 2 mm.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
43 words
The method of producing an extruded sintered product of claim 5 wherein the organic peroxide is present in the amount of 0.004 to 0.50 wt. parts and the ultra high molecular weight polyethylene powder is present in the amount of 100 wt. parts.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
43 words
The method of producing an extruded sintered product of claim 5 wherein the organic peroxide is present in the amount of 0.01 to 0.50 wt. parts and the ultra high molecular weight polyethylene powder is present in the amount of 100 wt. parts.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method of producing an extruded sintered product of claim 5 wherein the lubricant is present in the amount of 0.2 to 10 wt. parts and the ultra high molecular weight polyethylene powder is present in the amount of 100 wt. parts.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of producing an extruded sintered product of claim 5 wherein the electrically conductive agent is a member selected from the group consisting of conductive carbon black and metallic powder.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
43 words
The method of producing an extruded sintered product of claim 5 wherein the electrically conductive agent is present in the amount of 0.5 to 10 wt. parts and the ultra high molecular polyethylene powder is present in the amount of 100 wt. parts.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of producing an extruded sintered product of claim 5 wherein the electrically conductive agent comprises metallic oxide modified zinc oxide.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
43 words
The method of producing an extruded sintered product of claim 5 wherein the electrically conductive agent is present in the amount of 15 to 50 wt. parts and the ultra high molecular polyethylene powder is present in the amount of 100 wt. parts.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
50 words
The method of producing an extruded sintered product of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene having low transverse dimensional deviation of claim 1 wherein the polyethylene powder has more than 1,000,000 means molecular weight as measured by a viscosity method and more than 3,000,000 as measured by a light scattering method.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
50 words
The method of producing an extruded sintered product of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene having low transverse dimensional deviation of claim 5 wherein the polyethylene powder has more than 1,000,000 means molecular weight as measured by a viscosity method and more than 3,000,000 as measured by a light scattering method.
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