Method for transporting expanded thermoplastic polymer particles

• Main Authors: BARTL JUERGEN, WEIS GERHARD, BUSCHER MARKUS, OBERMANN CHRISTIAN, WOLF ALEXANDER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.04.2015
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CONVEYING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; STORING; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

The invention relates to a method for transporting expanded thermoplastic polymer particles (3) from a tank (5, 9) through at least one pipeline (7, 11), wherein a stream of gas is applied through the pipeline (7, 11) to transport the expanded thermoplastic polymer particles (3). The expanded thermoplastic polymer particles (3) are wetted with a water-containing lubricant.