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Melt-extrusion of polymer which is capable of forming an anisotropic melt phase to form large shaped articles exhibiting improved polymeric orientation
Melt-extrusion of polymer which is capable of forming an anisotropic melt phase to form large shaped articles exhibiting improved polymeric orientation
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机译:能够形成各向异性熔体相以形成具有改善的聚合物取向性的大形状制品的聚合物的熔体挤出
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An improved technique is provided to melt-extrude a liquid crystalline polymer to form large elongated solid shaped articles which exhibit significantly improved polymeric orientation. The molten polymer which is capable of forming an anisotropic melt phase is extruded through a converging die that is provided with at least one enclosed cooling zone at an interior location within the flowing molten polymer wherein a cooling fluid is circulated. This cools the molten polymer adjacent the cooling zone with the concomitant increase in its melt viscosity. Such increased melt viscosity at the interior of the stream of the molten polymer contributes to the uniformity of the polymeric orientation imparted within the converging die as well as during subsequent drawdown outside the extrusion orifice. Such improved polymeric orientation leads to the formation of an improved product (e.g., a three-dimensional rod) which exhibits an unusually high tensile modulus in the direction of its length. The present invention accordingly overcomes difficulties encountered in the prior art wherein melt-extruded shaped articles significantly larger than fibers heretofore often have exhibited substantial internal heterogeneity and a highly oriented skin and a core of a substantially lesser polymeric orientation.
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