Abstract:
A solid state drawing die having a body with opposing entrance and exit ends, a shaping channel (30,130) providing fluid communication entirely through the body from the entrance to exit end and having a converging profile, and at least one portion of the body that serves as a static protrusion (110) extending into the but not all the way across the shaping channel is useful in a solid state drawing process for preparing oriented polymer compositions having indented or grooved profiles.
Abstract:
A dispenser comprises a housing defining at least three feed channels, a spool valve with a spool defining at least three flow passages, a deformable sealing plug in at least two of the feed channels and in sealing orientation with both the housing and the spool, and a nipple in at least the two feed channels of the housing comprising sealing plugs; wherein the spool can reversibly rotate between an open orientation and a closed orientation can dispense two-component form formulations that are free of gaseous blowing agents.
Abstract:
A solid state drawing die having a body with, opposing entrance and exit ends, a shaping channel (30,130) providing fluid communication entirely through the body from the entrance to exit end and having a converging profile, and at least one portion of the body that serves as a static protrusion (110) extending into the but not all the way across the shaping channel is useful in a solid state drawing process for preparing oriented polymer compositions having indented or grooved profiles.
Abstract:
Prepare an oriented polymer composition (100) having a decorative appearance by a process including extruding an orientable polymer composition (10) from an extruder (20), directing the orientable polymer composition (10) through a calibrator (30) and then drawing the orientable polymer composition (10), optionally through a drawing die (50), at a drawing temperature to form an oriented polymer composition (100) wherein the process further includes disposing a colorant onto a surface of the oriented polymer composition prior to the calibrator (30), prior to the drawing die(50) or both prior to a calibrator and prior to the drawing die in a pattern having a width of at least five millimeters and that preferably so that the colorant is at least partially located on a recessed portion of the resulting oriented polymer composition' s surface and/or extends to a depth of at least one millimeter below the oriented polymer composition's surface.