GB2385553B - Method for making a corrugation-free foam and foams made by the method - Google Patents

Method for making a corrugation-free foam and foams made by the method

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Publication number
GB2385553B
GB2385553B GB0310585A GB0310585A GB2385553B GB 2385553 B GB2385553 B GB 2385553B GB 0310585 A GB0310585 A GB 0310585A GB 0310585 A GB0310585 A GB 0310585A GB 2385553 B GB2385553 B GB 2385553B
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Prior art keywords
corrugation
making
foams made
free foam
foam
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GB0310585A
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GB2385553A (en
GB0310585D0 (en
Inventor
Wayne J Myer
Blaine M Kelley
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Dart Container Corp
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Dart Container Corp
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Priority claimed from GB9925473A external-priority patent/GB2343138B/en
Publication of GB0310585D0 publication Critical patent/GB0310585D0/en
Publication of GB2385553A publication Critical patent/GB2385553A/en
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C44/00—Shaping by internal pressure generated in the material, e.g. swelling or foaming ; Producing porous or cellular expanded plastics articles
    • B29C44/34—Auxiliary operations
    • B29C44/36—Feeding the material to be shaped
    • B29C44/46—Feeding the material to be shaped into an open space or onto moving surfaces, i.e. to make articles of indefinite length
    • B29C44/50—Feeding the material to be shaped into an open space or onto moving surfaces, i.e. to make articles of indefinite length using pressure difference, e.g. by extrusion or by spraying
    • B29C44/507—Feeding the material to be shaped into an open space or onto moving surfaces, i.e. to make articles of indefinite length using pressure difference, e.g. by extrusion or by spraying extruding the compound through an annular die
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C48/00—Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C48/022—Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor characterised by the choice of material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C48/00—Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C48/03—Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor characterised by the shape of the extruded material at extrusion
    • B29C48/09—Articles with cross-sections having partially or fully enclosed cavities, e.g. pipes or channels
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C48/00—Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C48/03—Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor characterised by the shape of the extruded material at extrusion
    • B29C48/09—Articles with cross-sections having partially or fully enclosed cavities, e.g. pipes or channels
    • B29C48/10—Articles with cross-sections having partially or fully enclosed cavities, e.g. pipes or channels flexible, e.g. blown foils
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C48/00—Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C48/25—Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
    • B29C48/30—Extrusion nozzles or dies
    • B29C48/32—Extrusion nozzles or dies with annular openings, e.g. for forming tubular articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C48/00—Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C48/25—Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
    • B29C48/88—Thermal treatment of the stream of extruded material, e.g. cooling
    • B29C48/90—Thermal treatment of the stream of extruded material, e.g. cooling with calibration or sizing, i.e. combined with fixing or setting of the final dimensions of the extruded article
    • B29C48/901—Thermal treatment of the stream of extruded material, e.g. cooling with calibration or sizing, i.e. combined with fixing or setting of the final dimensions of the extruded article of hollow bodies
    • B29C48/902—Thermal treatment of the stream of extruded material, e.g. cooling with calibration or sizing, i.e. combined with fixing or setting of the final dimensions of the extruded article of hollow bodies internally
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29K—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR MOULDS, REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS
    • B29K2025/00—Use of polymers of vinyl-aromatic compounds or derivatives thereof as moulding material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29K—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR MOULDS, REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS
    • B29K2105/00—Condition, form or state of moulded material or of the material to be shaped
    • B29K2105/04—Condition, form or state of moulded material or of the material to be shaped cellular or porous

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Thermal Sciences (AREA)
  • Extrusion Moulding Of Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
  • Manufacture Of Porous Articles, And Recovery And Treatment Of Waste Products (AREA)
GB0310585A 1998-10-28 1999-10-28 Method for making a corrugation-free foam and foams made by the method Expired - Fee Related GB2385553B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US10593298P 1998-10-28 1998-10-28
GB9925473A GB2343138B (en) 1998-10-28 1999-10-28 Apparatus for making a corrugation-free foam

Publications (3)

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GB0310585D0 GB0310585D0 (en) 2003-06-11
GB2385553A GB2385553A (en) 2003-08-27
GB2385553B true GB2385553B (en) 2003-10-15

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GB0310586A Expired - Fee Related GB2385554B (en) 1998-10-28 1999-10-28 Process for making a corrugation-free foam
GB0310585A Expired - Fee Related GB2385553B (en) 1998-10-28 1999-10-28 Method for making a corrugation-free foam and foams made by the method
GB0310584A Expired - Fee Related GB2384746B (en) 1998-10-28 1999-10-28 Methods of and apparatus for making a corrugation-free foam

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Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GB0310584A Expired - Fee Related GB2384746B (en) 1998-10-28 1999-10-28 Methods of and apparatus for making a corrugation-free foam

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US5250577A (en) * 1989-08-02 1993-10-05 The Dow Chemical Company Polystyrene foam made with only carbon dioxide as a blowing agent and a process for making the same
US5266605A (en) * 1989-08-02 1993-11-30 The Dow Chemical Company Polystyrene foam made with only carbon dioxide as a blowing agent and a process for making the same
US5274005A (en) * 1992-06-09 1993-12-28 The Dow Chemical Company Low density styrene polymer foams and process for preparing same
US5288740A (en) * 1992-10-23 1994-02-22 The Dow Chemical Company Process for making alkenyl aromatic foam packing bodies with carbon dioxide and/or ethane blowing agent systems
US5340844A (en) * 1992-04-24 1994-08-23 The Dow Chemical Company Polystyrene foam and a process for making the same
US5426125A (en) * 1993-06-04 1995-06-20 The Dow Chemical Company Foamable styrenic polymer gel having a carbon dioxide blowing agent and a process for making a foam structure therefrom
US5753717A (en) * 1994-03-30 1998-05-19 Aci Operations Pty Ltd. Plastics foam and method of manufacturing same

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US5120481A (en) * 1989-02-28 1992-06-09 U.C. Industries, Inc. Process for preparing extruded foam bodies
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US5622732A (en) * 1993-04-13 1997-04-22 Sencorp Systems Inc. Foam sheet extrusion die apparatus, and system with adjustable choke area
JP2896832B2 (en) * 1993-07-27 1999-05-31 積水化成品工業株式会社 Mold for extruded thermoplastic resin foam

Patent Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4711623A (en) * 1986-05-13 1987-12-08 Mobil Oil Corporation Annular extrusion die with internal choke ring and spider mandrel
US5250577A (en) * 1989-08-02 1993-10-05 The Dow Chemical Company Polystyrene foam made with only carbon dioxide as a blowing agent and a process for making the same
US5266605A (en) * 1989-08-02 1993-11-30 The Dow Chemical Company Polystyrene foam made with only carbon dioxide as a blowing agent and a process for making the same
US5340844A (en) * 1992-04-24 1994-08-23 The Dow Chemical Company Polystyrene foam and a process for making the same
US5274005A (en) * 1992-06-09 1993-12-28 The Dow Chemical Company Low density styrene polymer foams and process for preparing same
US5288740A (en) * 1992-10-23 1994-02-22 The Dow Chemical Company Process for making alkenyl aromatic foam packing bodies with carbon dioxide and/or ethane blowing agent systems
US5426125A (en) * 1993-06-04 1995-06-20 The Dow Chemical Company Foamable styrenic polymer gel having a carbon dioxide blowing agent and a process for making a foam structure therefrom
US5753717A (en) * 1994-03-30 1998-05-19 Aci Operations Pty Ltd. Plastics foam and method of manufacturing same

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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Title
PRIOR ART AS PROVIDED BY FIGURES 1 AND 2 OD THE INSTANT APPLICATION *

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
GB2384746A (en) 2003-08-06
GB2385553A (en) 2003-08-27
GB2385554A (en) 2003-08-27
GB0310586D0 (en) 2003-06-11
GB2385554B (en) 2003-10-15
GB0310584D0 (en) 2003-06-11
GB2384746B (en) 2003-10-15
GB0310585D0 (en) 2003-06-11

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