METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL

• Main Authors: RIGEL, David, LERAY, Dimitri, ROUGNON-GLASSON, Olivier, THELIER, Séverine
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 16.10.2019
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS; MAKING GRANULES OR PREFORMS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PREPARATION OR PRETREATMENT OF THE MATERIAL TO BESHAPED; RECOVERY OF PLASTICS OR OTHER CONSTITUENTS OF WASTE MATERIALCONTAINING PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

The present invention relates to an apparatus (1) and a method for producing a thermoplastic product or a thermoplastic composite, in the form of a sheet and/or a multilayer structure, of indefinite length. The apparatus (1) comprises, and the method employs, means (2) for supplying a first material, means (3) for conveying the first material, means (4) for pre-consolidation and means (5) for consolidation of the first material, said pre-consolidation (4) and consolidation (5) means operating sequentially step-by-step.