Method of producing thermoformed articles from gas impregnated polymer

    公开(公告)号:ZA200510141B

    公开(公告)日:2008-05-28

    申请号:ZA200510141

    申请日:2004-05-14

    Abstract: A solution is proposed for forming a thermoplastic material (116) into a desired shape. A corresponding method comprises increasing the thermoplastic material's degree of crystallinity by infusing the thermoplastic material (116) with a gas for a period, wherein the thermoplastic material (116) includes a core (304) and a surface layer (306a, 306b) adjacent the core (304), and has a threshold degree of crystallinity above which bubbles will not nucleate when the gas-infused thermoplastic material is heated to its glass-transition-temperature, and wherein the increase in the material's degree of crystallinity includes the surface layer's degree of crystallinity being greater than the core's degree of crystallinity, and less than the thermoplastic material's threshold degree of crystallinity; allowing, for a period, gas infused into the thermoplastic material (116) to migrate out of the material (116); nucleating bubbles in the gas-infused thermoplastic material (116) by causing the gas-infused thermoplastic material (116) to reach a temperature that is at least the glass-transition-temperature of the gas-infused thermoplastic material (116); holding, for a period, the temperature that is at least the glass-transition-temperature of the gas-infused thermoplastic material (116) to allow the bubbles to grow in size; reducing the temperature of the gas-infused thermoplastic material (116) to stop the bubbles from growing in size; and thermoforming the thermoplastic material (116) into a shape.

    THERMOPLASTIC CONTAINER FOR COOKING FOOD, AND RELATED METHODS
    52.
    发明申请
    THERMOPLASTIC CONTAINER FOR COOKING FOOD, AND RELATED METHODS 审中-公开
    用于烹饪食物的热塑性容器及相关方法

    公开(公告)号:WO2015149067A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-10-01

    申请号:PCT/US2015/023322

    申请日:2015-03-30

    CPC classification number: B65D81/34 B65D1/34 B65D11/20 B65D81/22

    Abstract: A container for holding and heating food includes a plurality of cavities each disposed in a body of a wall, each having an opening through an interior surface of the wall, and each operable to hold moisture and to release the moisture through the opening when the body of the wall is warm. The body of the wall is disposed between the interior surface of the wall, which contacts the food when the container holds the food and the food is being heated, and the exterior surface of the wall, which is exposed to the environment surrounding the container.

    Abstract translation: 用于保持和加热食物的容器包括多个腔室,每个腔体设置在壁体中,每个腔体具有穿过壁的内表面的开口,并且每个腔室可操作以保持水分并且当身体 的墙是温暖的。 壁的主体设置在壁的内表面之间,当容器保持食物和食物被加热时,壁的内表面与食物接触,以及暴露于容器周围环境的壁的外表面。

    METHOD FOR INFUSING A GAS INTO A THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL, AND RELATED SYSTEMS
    55.
    发明申请
    METHOD FOR INFUSING A GAS INTO A THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL, AND RELATED SYSTEMS 审中-公开
    将气体输入热塑性材料的方法及相关系统

    公开(公告)号:WO2013130780A2

    公开(公告)日:2013-09-06

    申请号:PCT/US2013/028282

    申请日:2013-02-28

    Inventor: NADELLA, Krishna

    Abstract: A method for infusing gas into a thermoplastic material includes positioning a sheet of a thermoplastic material into a vertical or substantially vertical position; positioning a sheet of a gas-permeable material into a vertical or substantially vertical position; and winding together the positioned sheet of thermoplastic material sheet and the positioned sheet of gas-permeable material to form a roll of the thermoplastic material interleaved with the gas-permeable material, the interleaved roll having a longitudinal axis oriented in a vertical or substantially vertical position. The method also includes exposing the interleaved roll to an atmosphere of a gas pressurized to infuse the thermoplastic material with the gas, while the longitudinal axis of the interleaved roll is oriented in a vertical or substantially vertical position; and then unwinding the gas-infused interleaved roll, while the longitudinal axis of the interleaved roll remains in a vertical or substantially vertical position.

    Abstract translation: 将气体输入到热塑性材料中的方法包括将热塑性材料的片材定位成垂直或基本垂直的位置; 将透气材料片放置在垂直或基本垂直的位置; 并且将定位的热塑性材料片和所定位的透气材料片组合在一起,以形成与气体可渗透材料交错的热塑性材料卷,所述交错辊具有纵向或垂直位置的纵向轴线 。 该方法还包括将插入的辊暴露于加压的气体的气氛中,以使气体进入热塑性材料,同时交替的辊的纵向轴线被定向在垂直或基本垂直的位置; 然后展开气体输入的交错辊,同时交错辊的纵向轴线保持垂直或基本垂直的位置。

    THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL HAVING A SURFACE TEXTURE THAT PROMOTES ADHERENCE OF INKS AND OTHER MATERIALS, AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    56.
    发明申请
    THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL HAVING A SURFACE TEXTURE THAT PROMOTES ADHERENCE OF INKS AND OTHER MATERIALS, AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS 审中-公开
    具有促进墨水和其他材料的附着的表面纹理的热塑性材料及相关系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:WO2013106854A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-07-18

    申请号:PCT/US2013/021483

    申请日:2013-01-14

    Abstract: A thermoplastic material having a thickness includes a polymer having a microstructure that includes a plurality of closed cells disposed in an inner region of the material's thickness. Each of the plurality of closed cells contains a void and each of the cells has a maximum dimension extending across the void within the cell that ranges between 1 micrometer and 500 micrometers long. The thermoplastic material also includes a substantially solid skin disposed in an outer region of the material's thickness. The skin includes a surface having a surface energy and a texture that increases the surface energy to more than 38 dynes per square centimeter.

    Abstract translation: 具有厚度的热塑性材料包括具有微结构的聚合物,该微结构包括设置在材料厚度的内部区域中的多个闭孔。 多个闭孔中的每一个包含一个空隙,并且每个单元具有跨越单元内空隙的最大尺寸,其范围在1微米与500微米之间。 热塑性材料还包括设置在材料厚度的外部区域中的基本上固体的皮肤。 皮肤包括具有表面能和纹理的表面,其将表面能增加到超过38达因/平方厘米。

    MULTI-LAYER FOAMED POLYMERIC OBJECTS AND RELATED METHODS
    57.
    发明申请
    MULTI-LAYER FOAMED POLYMERIC OBJECTS AND RELATED METHODS 审中-公开
    多层泡沫聚合物和相关方法

    公开(公告)号:WO2008089358A2

    公开(公告)日:2008-07-24

    申请号:PCT/US2008051360

    申请日:2008-01-17

    Abstract: The invention disclosed herein relates to relates to foamed thermoplastic material objects and articles of manufacture having an internal layered cellular structure, as well as to methods of making the same. In one embodiment, the invention is directed to a multi-layer foamed polymeric article of manufacture, comprising: a non-laminated multi-layer thermoplastic material sheet, wherein the multi-layer thermoplastic material sheet has first and second discrete outer layers sandwiching a plurality of discrete inner foamed layers, and wherein the two outer layers and plurality discrete inner foamed layers are integral with one another. The thermoplastic material may be a semi-crystalline polymer such as, for example, PET (polyethylene terephthalate), PEEK (polyetheretherketone), PEN (polyethylene napthalate), PBT (polybutylene terephthalate), PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate), PLA (polyactide), polyhydroxy acid (PHA), thermoplastic urethane (TPU), or blends thereof. The two outer layers may be unfoamed skin layers having smooth outer surfaces, and the discrete inner foamed layers may be microcellular.

    Abstract translation: 本文公开的本发明涉及具有内部分层细胞结构的泡沫热塑性材料物体和制品,以及其制造方法。 在一个实施方案中,本发明涉及一种多层发泡聚合物制品,其包括:非层压多层热塑性材料片,其中所述多层热塑性材料片具有夹着多个第一和第二离散外层 的离散的内部发泡层,并且其中两个外层和多个离散的内部发泡层彼此成一体。 热塑性材料可以是半结晶聚合物,例如PET(聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯),PEEK(聚醚醚酮),PEN(聚萘二甲酸乙二醇酯),PBT(聚对苯二甲酸丁二醇酯),PMMA(聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯),PLA(聚丙交酯) 多羟基酸(PHA),热塑性聚氨酯(TPU)或其混合物。 两个外层可以是具有光滑外表面的未发泡表皮层,并且离散的内部发泡层可以是微孔的。

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