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Extrusion of thermally cross-linkable materials
Assignee: PIPEX Ltd
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Filing: 1994-03-23
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Granted: 1996-11-12
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Expires: 2014-03-23
Abstract
Abstract A technique for extrusion of plastic including a first step of extruding which includes extruding at least one layer of a thermally cross-linkable material in an extrusion apparatus (20) having at least one die wall (22); a second step of extruding, performed simultaneously with the first step of extruding, and which includes extruding at least one layer of thermoplastic material in the extrusion apparatus between the thermally cross-linkable material and the at least one die wall (22) and heating the thermally-cross-linkable material, thereby to provide at least a predetermined minimum rate of cross-linking thereof during the steps of extrusion of the plastic.
Inventors
- 👤 Moshe Kotzer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 18:24
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29C; B29C48/00; B29C48/03; B29C48/06; B29C48/09; B29C48/16; B29C48/18; B29C48/21; B29C48/25; B29C48/30; B29C48/32; B29C48/335; B29C48/336; B29K; B29K2101/00; B29K2101/10; B29K2101/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
150 words
A process for the extrusion of plastic comprising: a first step of extruding which comprises extruding at least one layer (28a) of a thermally cross-linkable material in an extrusion apparatus (20) having at least one die wall (22); a second step of extruding, performed simultaneously with said first step of extruding, and which comprises extruding at least one layer (28b) of thermoplastic material in the extrusion apparatus between the thermally cross-linkable material and the at least one die wall (22); and heating the thermally cross-linkable material, thereby to provide at least a rate of cross-linking thereof during said steps of extrusion of the plastic, such that said at least one layer (28a) of thermally cross-linkable material becomes more than minimally cross-linked to the extent that high frictional resistance to its movement through the extruder die would be encountered in absence of said at least one layer (28b) of thermoplastic material.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
150 words
A process for the extrusion of plastic comprising: a first step of extruding which comprises extruding at least one layer (28a) of a thermally cross-linkable material in an extrusion apparatus (20) having at least one die wall (22); a second step of extruding, performed simultaneously with said first step of extruding, and which comprises extruding at least one layer (28b) of thermoplastic material in the extrusion apparatus between the thermally cross-linkable material and the at least one die wall (22); and heating the thermally cross-linkable material, thereby to provide at least a rate of cross-linking thereof during said steps of extrusion of the plastic, such that said at least one layer (28a) of thermally cross-linkable material becomes more than minimally cross-linked to the extent that high frictional resistance to its movement through the extruder die would be encountered in absence of said at least one layer (28b) of thermoplastic material.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
61 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein said first step of extruding comprises the step of extruding the thermally cross-linkable material in the form of a tube (28a), and said second step of extruding comprises extruding concentric layers (28b, 28c) of thermoplastic material between the thermally cross-linkable material and both inner (24) and outer (22) walls of the extrusion apparatus (20).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process according to claim 1 and comprising a process for forming an extruded plastic coating on a non-plastic core, thereby to form a composite product.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
A technique according to claim 1, and also including the step of cross-linking the thermoplastic material subsequent to said first and second steps of extruding.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
37 words
A technique according to claim 1, and also including the step of removing the layer of thermoplastic material extruded between the thermally cross-linkable material and the outer die wall subsequent to first and second steps of extruding.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
A technique according to claim 1, and wherein the thermally cross-linkable material is polyethylene or polyethylene copolymer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
A technique according to claim 1, and wherein one or more layers of a plastic material are extruded between the thermally cross-linkable material and said at least one layer of thermoplastic material.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
A process according to claim 2, wherein the thermally cross-linkable material is polyethylene or polyethylene copolymer, and wherein at least one of the concentric layers (28b, 28c) of thermoplastic material is polyethylene or polyethylene copolymer.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
71 words
A process according to claim 2, wherein the thermally cross-linkable material is polyethylene or polyethylene copolymer, wherein at least one additional layer of plastic material is extruded between the thermally cross-linkable material (28a) and at least one of the layers (28b, 28c) of thermoplastic material, and wherein at least one layer of polyethylene or polyethylene copolymer is extruded between the thermally cross-linkable material (28a) and the concentric layers of thermoplastic material.
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