US5080845A
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Method of removing impurities from polymeric synthetic plastics materials and an apparatus for carrying out the method
Assignee: Werner and Pfleiderer GmbH
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Filing: 1989-11-21
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Granted: 1992-01-14
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Expires: 2009-11-21
Abstract
Abstract The removal of impurities, for example monomeric low-molecular substances, solvents or the like, from polymeric synthetic plastics materials takes place by the admixture of extraction gas in a first extruder in a supercritical state. The mixture is transferred to a second extruder where, in a first separating zone, and by a counter-current method, it is cleansed of the major part of the extraction gas containing the impurities, this being passed through a discharge orifice. Separation of any residue takes place in a vacuum zone on the downstream side. The high pressure in the first extruder is maintained by a counter-pressure valve in the connecting pipe between the first and second extruders. By the separation of contaminated extraction gas from molten synthetic plastics material in a closed space, namely the second extruder, it is possible to achieve an ordered dissipation of extraction gas on the one hand and molten synthetic plastics material on the other hand.
Inventors
- 👤 Heinz Herrmann
- 👤 Dieter Rath
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 06:26
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08F; C08F6/00; C08F6/001; C08F6/005; B; B29; B29B; B29B7/00; B29B7/30; B29B7/34; B29B7/38; B29B7/40; B29B7/42; B29B7/421; B29B7/46; B29B7/48; B29B7/482; B29B7/483; B29B7/74; B29B7/7461; B29B7/80; B29B7/84; B29B7/845; B29C; B29C48/00; B29C48/25; B29C48/36; B29C48/375; B29C48/38; B29C48/50; B29C48/505; B29C48/55; B29C48/76; B29C48/762; B29B9/00; B29B9/02; B29B9/06; B29C48/03; B29C48/395; B29C48/40; B29C48/405; B29K; B29K2105/00; B29K2105/0002; Y; Y02; Y02P; Y02P20/00; Y02P20/50; Y02P20/54
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
161 words
A method of removing impurities, such as monomeric low-molecular substances, solvents or the like, from polymeric synthetic plastics materials, comprising the following steps: melting under pressure a synthetic plastics material which contains impurities to provide a molten material; mixing said molten material in a first space which is closed with an extraction gas, said extraction gas being in a supercritical state and having a supercritical pressure, said first space being closed and maintaining said supercritical pressure in said first space during said mixing; transferring said mixture of molten material and gas to a second space which is separate from said first space; pressure-relieving the mixture of molten material and extraction gas in said second space to separate molten material which is substantially free from impurities from extraction gas which contains the impurities; and withdrawing from said second space from one location the extraction gas with the impurities and from another location the synthetic plastics material which is substantially free from impurities.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
161 words
A method of removing impurities, such as monomeric low-molecular substances, solvents or the like, from polymeric synthetic plastics materials, comprising the following steps: melting under pressure a synthetic plastics material which contains impurities to provide a molten material; mixing said molten material in a first space which is closed with an extraction gas, said extraction gas being in a supercritical state and having a supercritical pressure, said first space being closed and maintaining said supercritical pressure in said first space during said mixing; transferring said mixture of molten material and gas to a second space which is separate from said first space; pressure-relieving the mixture of molten material and extraction gas in said second space to separate molten material which is substantially free from impurities from extraction gas which contains the impurities; and withdrawing from said second space from one location the extraction gas with the impurities and from another location the synthetic plastics material which is substantially free from impurities.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 1, comprising vacuum treating the molten material which is substantially free from impurities and extraction gas.
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