Apparatus for molding expandable thermoplastic polymer particles

Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: apparatus – With mechanical means forming or expanding pores

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264 51, 264DIG9, 4254031, 425442, 425444, 425812, B29D 2700

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042760089

ABSTRACT:
Expandable thermoplastic polymer beads are introduced into a tank and are agitated therein in a heated moisture-free condition. The beads are pressurized within the tank with a hot gaseous medium to soften them and are then subjected within the tank to a selected degree of vacuum to expand the beads or particles. The vacuum is removed and atmospheric pressure is re-established in the tank. The expanded hot moisture-free particles are introduced into a mold where they are fused into an integral mass, followed by cooling of the fused mass within the mold to form an outer skin on the mass. The fused mass is ejected from the mold.

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