PROCESS FOR CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCING POLYESTER ARTICLES WITH SCRAP RECYCLE IN A CONTINUOUS MELT-TO-PREFORM PROCESS

摘要

A process for producing polyester articles, which generates little or no polyester waste. The process provides esterification or transesterification of one or more dicarboxylic acids or their dialkyl esters, polycondensation to produce a high molecular weight polyester, and molding or shaping of the polyester for produce the desired product. Scrap produced during the molding process is recycled back to the esterification or transesterification or polycondensation portion of the process. Optionally, the scrap may also be recycled to intermediate steps prior to the molding operation.