Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
525053000 | Utilizing an apparatus with two or more physically distinct zones | 61 |
20080269412 | Catalytic Olefin Block Copolymers with Controlled Block Sequence Distribution - A process for the polymerization of one or more addition polymerizable monomers and the resulting polymer products, said process comprising: 1) contacting an addition polymerizable monomer or mixture of monomers under addition polymerization conditions in a reactor or reactor zone with a composition comprising at least one olefin polymerization catalyst and a cocatalyst and characterized by the formation of polymer chains from said monomer or monomers; 2) transferring the reaction mixture to a second reactor or reactor zone and optionally adding one or more additional reactants, catalysts, monomers or other compounds prior to, commensurate with, or after said transfer; and 3) causing polymerization to occur in said second reactor or reactor zone to form polymer chains that are differentiated from the polymer chains formed in step 1); said process being characterized by addition of a chain shuttling agent to the reaction mixture prior to, during, or subsequent to step 1) such that at least some of the resulting polymer molecules from step 3) comprise two or more chemically or physically distinguishable blocks or segments. | 10-30-2008 |
20090043045 | Polymerization Process for Preparing Polyolefin Blends - A process for preparing polyolefin blends comprising: a) polymerizing in a solution phase propylene or 1-butene to prepare a polymeric solution containing a semicrystalline polymer component; b) polymerizing in a solution phase 1-hexene or 1-octene to prepare a polymeric solution containing an amorphous polymer component; c) mixing the polymeric solutions obtained from steps a) and b); d) subjecting the mixture of step c) to a devolatilization step to separate a polyolefin blend comprising a semicrystalline component and an amorphous component; the polymerization steps a) and b) being carried out in two polymerization reactors connected in parallel. | 02-12-2009 |
20090054589 | Alpha-olefin homo-or copolymer compositions - The invention is directed an alpha-olefin homo- or copolymer composition comprising at least one (i) alpha-olefin homo- or copolymer component, wherein the alpha-olefin homo- or copolymer composition comprises a decreased amount of C6-C15-oligomers. | 02-26-2009 |
20090062465 | Process for high temperature solution polymerization - The current invention provides a method of improving the efficiency of one or more heat exchangers used in cooperation with a high temperature solution polymerization process. Addition of surface active agents, such as C | 03-05-2009 |
20090082523 | POLYETHYLENE RESIN, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND PIPE AND JOINT COMPRISING THE RESIN - The invention relates to a polyethylene resin having excellent slow crack growth property, in particular a resin having excellent durability in a pipe application, which has a specific (a) high-load melt flowrate (HLMFR; HLa), a specific (b) density (Da), and a specific (c) α-olefin content (Ca) and in which (d) a breaking time (T) measured by notched Lander ESCR, the HLa, and the Ca satisfy log T≧−2.9×log HLa+5.1×log Ca+6.8. It further relates to a process for producing the resin and to a pipe and a joint each comprising the resin. | 03-26-2009 |
20090171018 | Elastoplastic Poyolefin Compositions Having Low Gloss - Elastoplastic polyolefin composition comprising, in percent by weight:
| 07-02-2009 |
20090171019 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PROPYLENE-ETHYLENE BLOCK COPOLYMER - The method for producing a propylene-ethylene block copolymer in accordance with the present invention has: a first polymerization process which is performed using two or more polymerization tanks connected in series and in which a solid catalyst or a prepolymerized catalyst containing a solid catalyst, and propylene are continuously supplied to a first polymerization tank; and a second polymerization process in which propylene, ethylene, and polypropylene particles continuously extracted from the last polymerization tank of the first polymerization process are supplied to a polymerization tank to produce a propylene-ethylene block copolymer, wherein the average retention time of the polypropylene particles in each polymerization tank of the first polymerization process is 0.1 to 1.5 h and the sum total of average retention times of polypropylene particles in the polymerization tanks of the first polymerization process is 1.5 to 3.0 h. | 07-02-2009 |
20090171020 | Non-Glossy Rubber Modified Aromatic Vinyl-Vinyl Cyanide Copolymer and Method for Continuously Preparing the Same - Disclosed herein is a non-glossy rubber modified aromatic vinyl-vinyl cyanide copolymer and a method for continuously preparing the same. The copolymer comprises about 80 to about 93% by weight of an aromatic vinyl-vinyl cyanide copolymer grafted onto about 7 to about 20% by weight of a diene-based rubber, and a dispersed phase of the copolymer has an average rubber particle diameter of about 6 to about 20 μm and a span of about 1.2 to about 2.8. | 07-02-2009 |
20090198015 | Screw cap composition - A screw cap is disclosed comprising a composition based on a multimodal ethylene polymer having a standard density (SD) greater than 950 kg/m | 08-06-2009 |
20090203841 | GOLF BALL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - In a golf ball composed of a core and a cover having a plurality of layers that encloses the core, at least a first layer of the cover is formed primarily of a heated mixture of (A) a metal ion neutralization product of an olefin-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer and/or a metal ion neutralization product of an olefin-unsaturated carboxylic acid-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester copolymer, (B) at least one type of olefin-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer and/or olefin-unsaturated carboxylic acid-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester copolymer having the same content of unsaturated carboxylic acid as component A, and (C) a thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer; and at least one other cover layer adjoining the at least first cover layer is formed primarily of a non-ionomeric thermoplastic elastomer. Because the golf ball is made using a cover stock having a good heat resistance, good moldability, good paint film adhesion and good adhesion to adjoining layers, it has an excellent rebound, an excellent feel when hit, and is more resistant to a decline in durability to impact. | 08-13-2009 |
20090275698 | Method of Making Polybutylene Terephthalate and Compositions and Articles Comprising the Same - A process for making modified polybutylene terephthalate random copolymers from a polyethylene terephthalate component includes reacting an oligomeric diol component selected from the group consisting of bis(hydroxybutyl)terephthalate, bis(hydroxybutyl)isophthalate, hydroxybutyl-hydroxyethyl terephthalate, and combinations thereof to a reactor; (i) a polyethylene terephthalate component selected from the group consisting of polyethylene terephthalate and polyethylene terephthalate copolymers with (ii) a diol component selected from the group consisting of 1,4-butanediol, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, and combinations thereof, in the reactor under conditions sufficient to depolymerize the polyethylene terephthalate component into a first molten mixture; combining the first molten mixture is combined with 1,4-butanediol under conditions to form a second molten mixture; and placing the second molten mixture under conditions sufficient to produce the modified polybutylene terephthalate random copolymers. Also described are compositions and articles made from the process. | 11-05-2009 |
20100041825 | Method and System for Degassing Polymer Powder - The present invention relates to a method for degassing polymer powder comprising flushing the polymer powder in a first chamber with a first flow of flushing gas, transferring the polymer powder into a second chamber and flushing the polymer powder with a second flow of flushing gas in said second chamber. The present invention also relates to a system suitable for carrying out this method. | 02-18-2010 |
20100056719 | POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITIONS - Polyolefin compositions, comprising (percent by weight):
| 03-04-2010 |
20100063207 | POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITIONS HAVING LOW HARDNESS AND LOW GLOSS - A polyolefin composition comprising, in percent by weight: A) 10-25% of a propylene homopolymer or copolymer with up to 8% of comonomer(s); B) 75-90% of a copolymer of ethylene and (i) propylene or (ii) CH | 03-11-2010 |
20100113693 | Continuous method for producing highly methylolated melamine and etherified melamine formaldehyde resins - The invention relates to a process for preparing polymethylolated melamine and polymethylolated melamine compounds polyetherified with alkanol, wherein the methylolation reaction is carried out in a kneading reactor. | 05-06-2010 |
20100113694 | Process for Forming Thermoplastic Vulcanizates and Extruded Articles Therefrom - A process for preparing modified thermoplastic vulcanizate compositions, the process comprising the steps of introducing molten thermoplastic vulcanizate and a free-radical source, where the thermoplastic vulcanizate includes cured rubber dispersed within a thermoplastic matrix. | 05-06-2010 |
20100120981 | ETHYLENE COPOLYMER AND A METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME - Provided are ethylene copolymers and a process for preparing the same. More specifically, provided are ethylene copolymers exhibiting excellent processibility and physical properties due to its multimodal molecular weight distribution index, through a multi-stage process by using reactors connected in series or in parallel in the presence of catalyst composition containing transition metal catalyst, and a process for preparing the same. | 05-13-2010 |
20100152382 | Thermoplastic Olefin Compositions - An in-or polymer blend including (a) a propylene-containing first polymer; and (b) propylene-containing second polymer having a different crystallinity from the first polymer. The polymer blend has a melting temperature, Tm, of at least 135° C., a melt flow rate of at least 70 dg/min, a tensile strength of at least 8 MPa, an elongation at break of at least 300%. | 06-17-2010 |
20100152383 | Thermoplastic Elastomer Polyolefin In-Reactor Blends And Molded Articles Therefrom - This invention relates to an in-reactor polymer blend comprising: (a) a first ethylene-containing polymer having a density of greater than 0.90 g/cm | 06-17-2010 |
20100168330 | LONG CHAIN BRANCHED (LCB), BLOCK OR INTERCONNECTED COPOLYMERS OF ETHYLENE IN COMBINATION WITH ONE OTHER POLYMER - An ethylenic polymer comprising amyl groups from about 0.1 to about 2.0 units per 1000 carbon atoms as determined by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and both a peak melting temperature, T | 07-01-2010 |
20100190926 | HDPE RESINS FOR USE IN PRESSURE PIPE AND RELATED APPLICATIONS - The present invention provides bimodal polyethylene resins in which the high molecular weight ethylene copolymer component typically has a relatively narrow molecular weight distribution, with short chain branching content being substantially constant across its molecular weight distribution. The resins of this invention are typically characterized by improved toughness and resistance to slow crack propagation properties making them useful for pressure pipe applications. | 07-29-2010 |
20100210789 | Compounding method for producing polymer compositions with a reduced content of volatile organic compounds - The present invention relates to a compounding method for producing impact-modified thermoplastic compositions with a low content of volatile organic compounds (hereinafter VOCs), wherein relatively inexpensive polymer raw materials with a comparatively elevated initial VOC content may be used, resulting in lowered production costs for producing such VOC-reduced polymer compositions. | 08-19-2010 |
20100305270 | Vinyl alcohol copolymers for use in aqueous dispersions and melt extruded articles - A product comprising a cold water soluble film wherein: a) the film comprises a copolymer of vinyl alcohol (VOH) with a minor amount of 2-acrylamido-2-methyl propane sulfonic acid in free acid form or as a salt of the free acid (AMPS); and b) the film has a harsh chemical dissolution time of less than about 80 seconds measured by the harsh chemical dissolution test method after 8 weeks. | 12-02-2010 |
20110021700 | EXTRUSION PROCESS FOR GRAFTING RUBBERS - The invention relates to a process for producing a grafted rubber comprising: a) providing an ethylene propylene rubber having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of at least 80 kg/mol in a continuous extrusion reactor by feeding the rubber in a slab/melt dosing unit and transporting the rubber to the continuous extrusion reactor by a melt pump; b) drying the rubber in the continuous extrusion reactor to a moisture content of between about 0.2 and about 0.5 wt %; c) providing the dried rubber to a first injection zone of the continuous extrusion reactor at a temperature of between 190 and 250° C., d) in the first injection zone, providing successively a first amount of maleic anhydride and a first free-radical initiator to the dried rubber; e) reacting maleic anhydride with the rubber in a first reaction zone of the continuous extrusion reactor to produce a grafted rubber; f) in a second injection zone, providing successively a second amount of maleic anhydride and a second free-radical initiator, the first and the second free radical initiator is an organic peroxide with a half-life (ty2) of more than 1 second if measured in mono-chlorobenzene at 220° C. g) applying shear to the grafted rubber in a second reaction zone of the continuous extrusion reactor, the shear sufficient to reduce the weight average molecular weight (Mw) of the grafted rubber by a factor of at least 2. | 01-27-2011 |
20110060103 | BUTENE/A-OLEFIN BLOCK INTERPOLYMERS - Embodiments of the invention provide a class of mesophase separated butene/α-olefin block interpolymers with controlled block sequences. The butene/α-olefin interpolymers are characterized by an average block index, ABI, which is greater than zero and up to about 1.0 and a molecular weight distribution, M | 03-10-2011 |
20110086978 | Apparatus for hydrogenation and method for hydrogenating conjugated diene polymer by employing the apparatus - The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for continuous hydrogenation of conjugated diene polymer. By feeding the conjugated diene polymer, a catalyst composition and a hydrogen to the apparatus for hydrogenation. This apparatus for hydrogenation includes at least one hydrogenation reaction unit each comprising at least one a hydrogenation reactor with an outlet and at least one heat exchanger. In the hydrogenation reaction unit, the conjugated diene polymer, the catalyst composition and the hydrogen are mixed in a non-mechanical mixing mode and proceed hydrogenation with heat exchanger being connected to the outlet of the hydrogenation reactor. | 04-14-2011 |
20110152454 | PRODUCTION OF GRAFTED POLYETHYLENE FROM RENEW ABLE MATERIALS, THE OBTAINED POLYETHYLENE AND USES THEREOF - The invention relates to a method for production of grafted polyethylene comprising the following steps: a) fermentation of primary renewable material with optional purification to give at least one alcohol chosen from ethanol or a mixture of alcohols comprising ethanol; b) dehydration of the alcohol obtained to give in a first reactor at least one alkene selected from ethylene and mixtures of alkenes containing ethylene and optional purification of the alkene to give ethylene; c) polymerization, in a second reactor, of the ethylene to give polyethylene; d) isolation of the polyethylene obtained in step c); e) grafting the polyethylene with at least one grafting monomer selected from the unsaturated carboxylic acids or theifunctional derivatives thereof, the unsaturated dicarboxylic acids having 4-10 carbon atoms and the functional derivatives thereof being C | 06-23-2011 |
20110160396 | Weatherable Thermoplastic Resin Composition Having Excellent Low Gloss Characteristic and Method of Preparing the Same - The present invention provides a thermoplastic resin composition which comprises (A) a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester-based polymer forming a network-shaped disperse phase; and (B) an aromatic vinyl-cyanide vinyl based copolymer forming a continuous phase. The thermoplastic resin composition of the present invention can have an excellent low gloss characteristics while maintaining basic physical properties of a weather resistance, impact strength, thermal resistance, and delamination characteristics. | 06-30-2011 |
20110160397 | Weatherable Thermoplastic Resin Composition Having Excellent Low Gloss Characteristic and Method of Preparing the Same - The present invention provides a weather resistant thermoplastic resin with low gloss and a method of preparing the same. The thermoplastic resin of the present invention comprises a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester-based polymer (A) and a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester-based oligomeric prepolymer (B), and an aromatic vinyl-cyanide vinyl based copolymer (C), wherein the (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester-based polymer (A) and the (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester-based oligomeric prepolymer (B) form a network-shaped disperse phase and the aromatic vinyl-cyanide vinyl based copolymer (C) forms a continuous phase. | 06-30-2011 |
20110172362 | Process for preparing a polyethylene molding composition - The invention relates to a polyethylene molding composition having a multimodal molar mass distribution particularly suitable for blow molding films having a thickness in the range from 8 to 200 μm. The molding composition has a density at a temperature of 23° C. in the range from 0.948 to 0.953 g/cm | 07-14-2011 |
20110207883 | POLYPROPYLENE IMPACT COPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS - The present invention relates to an impact-resistant olefin polymer composition including a polypropylene matrix having a weight average molecular weight and an ethylene-containing polymer including an ethylene-propylene copolymer having a molecular weight higher than the weight average molecular weight of the polypropylene matrix, the composition containing about 20 to 35 percent xylene solubles, and the xylene solubles fraction of the composition containing less than about 39 weight percent ethylene units, based on the combined weight of olefin monomers in the copolymer. The present invention further relates to impact copolymer compositions with a melt flow rate greater than about 8 that meet or exceed all pallet testing requirements. The compositions have superior stiffness-impact balance performance and excellent gloss and are useful for a number of applications including, but not limited to pallets, water-storm chambers, automotive compounding, septic tanks, bins, pales, crates, totes and plastic containers. | 08-25-2011 |
20120022214 | HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITIONS, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, CLOSURE DEVICES MADE THEREFROM, AND METHOD OF MAKING SUCH CLOSURE DEVICES - The instant invention is a high-density polyethylene composition, method of producing the same, closure devices made therefrom, and method of making such closure devices. The high-density polyethylene composition according to the present invention comprises (a) a first component comprising a high molecular weight ethylene alpha-olefin copolymer having a density in the range of 0.927 to 0.938 g/cm3, and a melt flow rate (I21) in the range of 4 to 10 g/10 minutes, and (b) a second component comprising a low molecular weight ethylene polymer having a density in the range of 0.960 to 0.975 g/cm3, and a melt index (I2) in the range of 100 to 1200 g/10 minutes; and wherein the high-density polyethylene composition has a melt index (I2) in the range of from 2 to 10 g/10 minutes, a density in the range of from 0.950 to 0.960 g/cm3, and a flow direction shrinkage to cross flow direction shrinkage ratio in the range of from 2 to 3.2, and an environmental stress crack resistance (ESCR) (F50) according to ASTM D-1693, condition B at 50° C., and using 10 percent Branched Octylphenoxy Poly (Ethyleneoxy) Ethanol, in the range of equal to or greater than 50 hours. | 01-26-2012 |
20120059123 | COPOLYMER RUBBER COMPOSITION, RUBBER FOAMED PRODUCT, AND AUTOMOTIVE SEALANT - The copolymer rubber composition comprises 60 to 75% by weight of a copolymer rubber (1) and 40 to 25% by weight of a copolymer rubber (2), and [iodine value of the copolymer rubber (1)−iodine value of the copolymer rubber (2)] is 5 to 30. The copolymer rubber (1) is an ethylene-α-olefin-nonconjugated polyene copolymer rubber having an ethylene unit of 50 mol % to 70 mol %, an α-olefin unit of 50 mol % to 30 mol %, and an iodine value of 15 to 45, and the copolymer rubber (2) is an ethylene-α-olefinic copolymer rubber having an ethylene unit of more than 70 mol % and 95 mol % or less, an α-olefin unit of less than 30 mol % and 5 mol % or more, and an iodine value of 10 to 30. | 03-08-2012 |
20120108747 | Methods of Making High Impact Polystyrene - A process for producing high impact polystyrene including feeding at least one vinyl aromatic monomer, an elastomer, and a free radical initiator to a first linear flow reactor to form a reaction mixture. Polymerizing the reaction mixture in the first linear flow reactor to a point below the point at which phase inversion occurs to produce a first polymerization mixture and feeding the first polymerization mixture from the first linear flow reactor to a second linear flow reactor. Polymerizing the reaction mixture in the second linear flow reactor to at least a phase inversion point of the mixture to produce a second polymerization mixture and feeding the second polymerization mixture from the second linear flow reactor to at least a third linear flow reactor for post-inversion polymerization of the second polymerization mixture. The product stream can have an ESCR value of at least 10% toughness retained with less than 10 wt % rubber content. | 05-03-2012 |
20120157625 | POLYACRYLIC ACID (SALT)-TYPE WATER ABSORBENT RESIN AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OF SAME - Disclosed is a method for producing a water absorbent resin, by which a surface-crosslinked water absorbent resin having excellent physical properties can be efficiently obtained at low cost, while assuring high productivity. When the production scale is increased to a continuous production at 1 t/hr or more, the physical properties are improved and stabilized (for example, standard deviation of the physical properties is reduced) by a surface-crosslinking treatment, and the absorption against pressure (AAP) and liquid permeability (SFC) are further improved. Specifically disclosed is a method for producing a water absorbent resin, which is characterized in that the stirring shaft of the continuous mixing apparatus for the surface-crosslinking agent is heated during the mixing step of the surface-crosslinking agent or that the continuous mixing apparatus for the surface-crosslinking agent is operated at a pressure that is reduced relative to the ambient pressure and a gas flow is passed through the mixing apparatus during the mixing of the surface-crosslinking agent so that the gas flow in the mixing apparatus is 40° C. or more (when defined with respect to the gas temperature at the exit). | 06-21-2012 |
20120184675 | ELASTOPLASTIC POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITIONS HAVING LOW GLOSS - Elastoplastic polyolefin composition comprising, in percent by weight:
| 07-19-2012 |
20120202947 | COPOLYMER RUBBER COMPOSITION, MOLDED PRODUCT, AND AUTOMOTIVE SEALANT - The copolymer rubber composition comprises 60 to 75% by weight of a copolymer rubber (1) and 40 to 25% by weight of a copolymer rubber (2), and exhibits a difference in iodine value of 5 to 30 between the copolymer rubber (1) and the copolymer rubber (2). The copolymer rubber (1) is an ethylene-α-olefin-nonconjugated polyene copolymer rubber having an ethylene unit of 50 mol % to 70 mol %, an α-olefin unit of 50 mol % to 30 mol %, and an iodine value of 10 to 30, and the copolymer rubber (2) is an ethylene-α-olefinic copolymer rubber having an ethylene unit of more than 70 mol % and 95 mol % or less, an α-olefin unit of less than 30 mol % and 5 mol % or more, and an iodine value of 0 to 8. | 08-09-2012 |
20120225998 | POLYPROPYLENE ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE COPOLYMER BLENDS AND IN-LINE PROCESS TO PRODUCE THEM - Isotactic polypropylene ethylene-propylene copolymer blends and in-line processes for producing. The blends may have between 1 and 50 wt % of isotactic polypropylene with a melt flow rate of between 0.5 and 20,000 g/10 min and a melting peak temperature of 145° C. or higher, and wherein the difference between the DSC peak melting and the peak crystallization temperatures is less than or equal to 0.5333 times the melting peak temperature minus 41.333° C., and between 50 and 99 wt % of ethylene-propylene copolymer including between 10 wt % and 20 wt % randomly distributed ethylene with a melt flow rate of between 0.5 and 20,000 g/10 min, wherein the copolymer is polymerized by a bulk homogeneous polymerization process, and wherein the total regio defects in the continuous propylene segments of the copolymer is between 40 and 150% greater than a copolymer of equivalent melt flow rate and wt % ethylene polymerized by a solution polymerization process. | 09-06-2012 |
20120245287 | LONG CHAIN BRANCHED (LCB), BLOCK, OR INTERCONNECTED COPOLYMERS OF ETHYLENE IN COMBINATION WITH ONE OTHER POLYMER - An ethylenic polymer comprising amyl groups from about 0.1 to about 2.0 units per 1000 carbon atoms as determined by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and both a peak melting temperature, T | 09-27-2012 |
20120252975 | Swell Index of HIPS Using Additives - A process for producing a high impact polystyrene having a high swell index including feeding at least one vinyl aromatic monomer and at least one elastomer to at least one polymerization reactor to form a reaction mixture, polymerizing the reaction mixture, combining a chain transfer agent to the reaction mixture leaving the at least one polymerization reactor to form a combined mixture, sending the combined mixture to a devolatilization zone and obtaining a HIPS product having a high swell index. | 10-04-2012 |
20120277375 | Increasing Rubber Phase Volume in Rubber-Modified Polystyrene - A process for producing rubber modified polymers having an increased rubber phase volume, including feeding a vinyl aromatic monomer and an elastomer to a polymerization reactor to form a reaction mixture, polymerizing the reaction mixture, combining a copolymer to the polymerized reaction mixture to form a combined mixture, subjecting the combined mixture to further polymerization, and obtaining a rubber modified polymer product from the further polymerization. | 11-01-2012 |
20120296039 | Polyolefinic compositions for injection-moulded drainage systems - A polypropylene composition for injection-moulded drainage systems comprising 78-84 wt % of a crystalline propylene polymer, 8 to less than 13 wt % of an elastomeric copolymer and 8 to less than 13 wt % of polyethylene. The said composition exhibits a flexural modulus value higher than 1400 MPa, a melt flow rate (MFR), determined according to ISO method 1133 (230° C. and 2.16 kg), of from 1.5 to 5.0 g/10 min, and a value of Izod impact resistance at 0° C. of more than 6 kJ/m2 according to ISO method 180/1 A. | 11-22-2012 |
20130005902 | HETEROPHASIC POLYPROPYLENE WITH IMPROVED BALANCE BETWEEN STIFFNESS AND TRANSPARENCY - The present invention relates to a heterophasic polypropylene composition with rather high melt flow rate, high stiffness, acceptable impact properties and an advantageous balance between stiffness and transparency. Still further, the present invention is also directed to a process for producing the inventive polypropylene composition, to an article made of the inventive polypropylene composition and to the use of the inventive polypropylene composition for the production of films and moulded articles, such as thin-walled plastic containers for packaging. The inventive heterophasic polypropylene composition comprises at least a propylene homopolymer fraction, a propylene random copolymer fraction, two different ethylene-propylene rubber fractions and an ethylene homo- or copolymer fraction. | 01-03-2013 |
20130035442 | ELASTIC PROPYLENE-ALPHA-OLEFIN COPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS AND PROCESSES TO PRODUCE THEM - Provided are elastic propylene-alpha olefin blocky copolymers. In one form, the elastic propylene-alpha olefin blocky copolymer includes an α-olefin content from 12 to 25 wt % and having a propylene crystallinity less than 30 J/g, a Tm <100° C. and a Tg >−45° C., wherein said copolymer has blocky propylene segments with r | 02-07-2013 |
20130072632 | POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITIONS AND CLOSURES FOR BOTTLES - A dual reactor solution process gives high density polyethylene compositions containing a first ethylene copolymer and a second ethylene copolymer and which have good processability, toughness, and environmental stress crack resistance combined with good organoleptic properties. The polyethylene compositions are suitable for compression molding or injection molding applications and are particularly useful in the manufacture of caps and closures for bottles. | 03-21-2013 |
20130144009 | Reactive Block Copolymers - A process for making a block copolymer compatibilizer, comprising reacting an acrylic monomer that has functional groups with one or more vinyl monomers in the presence of a free radical initiator and a stable free radical to form a reaction product that includes residual unreacted acrylic monomer, and reacting one or more vinyl monomers with the reaction product to form a second block that incorporates the residual unreacted acrylic monomer. A blend composition comprising a first thermoplastic polymer, which has functional groups, a reactive block copolymer that has functional groups in two or more blocks, and a second thermoplastic polymer that is compatible with one block of the block copolymer, where the functional groups in the first thermoplastic react with the functional groups in the block copolymer. | 06-06-2013 |
20130178586 | HETEROPHASIC PROPYLENE COPOLYMER WITH EXCELLENT IMPACT/STIFFNESS BALANCE - Heterophasic propylene copolymer comprising a matrix (M) being a polypropylene, said polypropylene comprises at least three polypropylene fractions, the three polypropylene fractions differ from each other by the melt flow rate MFR | 07-11-2013 |
20130345361 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING POLYOLEFIN BLENDS IN A DEVICE FOR CONTINUOUSLY PHYSICALLY MELTING AND BLENDING THE BLENDS - A process for preparing a polyolefin product can include providing a first high molecular weight (HMW) polyolefin resin having an HLMI of between 0.01 and 5 g/10 min, and separately providing a second low molecular weight (LMW) polyolefin resin having an MI | 12-26-2013 |
20140024775 | LONG CHAIN BRANCHED (LCB), BLOCK OR INTERCONNECTED COPOLYMERS OF ETHYLENE IN COMBINATION WITH ONE OTHER POLYMER - An ethylenic polymer comprising amyl groups from about 0.1 to about 2.0 units per 1000 carbon atoms as determined by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and both a peak melting temperature, T | 01-23-2014 |
20140031492 | SEALING MATERIAL OF POLYPROPYLENE WITH IMPROVED OPTICAL PERFORMANCE - Polypropylene composition comprising a propylene homopolymer having a melt flow rate MFR | 01-30-2014 |
20140039124 | SEALING MATERIAL OF POLYPROPYLENE WITH HIGH MELTING TEMPERATURE - Polypropylene composition comprising propylene homopolymer (H-PP) and a propylene copolymer (C-PP), said copolmyer comprises (a) a propylene copolymer fraction (A) having a comonomer content of equal or above 1.0 wt.-%, the comomers are C | 02-06-2014 |
20140080974 | Propylene Copolymers for Adhesive Applications - Disclosed herein is an in-reactor produced multi-component copolymer comprises a semi-crystalline component having a crystallinity of 20% or more, and an amorphous component having a crystallinity of 5% or less. The copolymer comprises at least 80 wt % of units derived from propylene and from about 1 to about 20 wt % of units derived from at least one C | 03-20-2014 |
20140155547 | UNORIENTED FILM - Unoriented film comprising at least 70 wt.-% of an heterophasic propylene copolymer, said heterophasic propylene copolymer comprises a matrix being a random propylene copolymer and an elastomeric propylene copolymer dispersed in said matrix, wherein the heterophasic propylene copolymer has (a) a melt flow rate MFR | 06-05-2014 |
20140243475 | POLYETHYLENE PROCESSES AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method of preparing polyethylene compositions comprising polymerizing ethylene in a first gas-phase reactor and polymerizing ethylene in a second gas-phase reactor in the presence of hydrogen; wherein at least one of the first or second gas-phase reactors comprises a first and second polymerization zone; wherein a hydrogen pressure of the first and second polymerization zones are different such that at least a portion of the second ethylene cycles through the first and second polymerization zones and a gas mixture of each polymerization zone is partially or totally prevented from entering the other zone. | 08-28-2014 |
20140316066 | Method and System for Producing Polyester - Provided are a polyester production apparatus and a method, which can rapidly exhaust water produced by the dehydration condensation reaction, from the reaction system. | 10-23-2014 |
20150031831 | Polymer Compositions and Methods of Making Them - The present disclosure is directed to polymer compositions that can be useful as viscosity modifiers, comprising (a) a first ethylene-α-olefin copolymer having an ethylene content of from about 60 to about 80 wt % and (b) a second ethylene-α-olefin copolymer having an ethylene content of from about 40 to about 60 wt %. The polymer composition comprises about 35 wt % to about 50 wt of the first ethylene-α-olefin copolymer and about 50 wt % to about 65 wt % of the second ethylene-α-olefin copolymer. The polymer compositions are made by comprising producing a first ethylene-α-olefin copolymer in a first reactor, directing the first copolymer to a second reactor, producing the second ethylene-α-olefin copolymer in the second reactor and forming the polymer composition. | 01-29-2015 |
20150051346 | POLYPROPYLENE BLEND WITH IMPROVED BALANCE BETWEEN SIT AND MELTING POINT - Polymer composite comprising propylene copolymer composition having a comonomer content in the range of 2.5 to 10 wt.-%, the comonomers are C | 02-19-2015 |
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20160108222 | ETHYLENE INTERPOLYMERS HAVING IMPROVED COLOR - This disclosure relates to a continuous solution polymerization process where ethylene interpolymer products having an improved color index; for example, products having higher whiteness (Whiteness Index (WI)) and lower yellowness (Yellowness Index (YI)). Product color was improved by adjusting selected solution polymerization reaction conditions. The disclosed ethylene interpolymer products have improved color relative to comparative polyethylene compositions. | 04-21-2016 |