IN-LINE POLYMERIZATION PROCESS IN SOLID STATE OF POLYETHYLENETEREPHTHALATE SLICES FOR PRODUCING PLASTIC BELT

• Main Authors: ADAMS KARL G, VADNAIS GARY L, ENRIGUEZ MANUEL C, VAN ERDEN DONALD, NELSON JAMES P
• Format: Patent
• Language: Czech; English
• Published: 12.08.1998
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F,C08G; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONSONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; WORKING-UP

The present invention is a process of making strap using both post consumer and non-post consumer PET of wide distribution intrinsic viscosity (IV) through direct solid state polymerization in a non-peletized state to produce PET with an increased, heterogenous IV suitable for high performance strap...