Continuous process and apparatus for manufacturing conductive po

Details Continuous process and apparatus for manufacturing conductive po Continuous process and apparatus for manufacturing conductive po

1997-10-16

1998-12-15

Stemmer, Daniel

Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture

Methods

Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor

29611, 29612, 150324, B29C 4706

Patent

active

058491295

ABSTRACT:
A direct extrusion process for manufacturing conductive polymer articles of manufacture employs a twin screw compounding extruder that compounds a polymeric mixture from materials received, in predetermined proportions, from gravimetric feeders, then extrudes a compounded conductive polymeric material in the melt phase. The extrudate is then fed into a gear pump that allows the extruder to discharge the compounded material, while it is still in the melt stage, at a relatively low pressure. The gear pump produces a substantially constant volumetric output of the compounded "melt phase" material at sufficiently high pressure for delivery into a sheet die. The sheet die forms the compounded material, while still in the melt phase, into a continuous web. The formed polymeric web, while at a temperature just below the melt temperature of the polymeric material, is fed into a mechanism that laminates a continuous web of conductive metal foil onto each side of the polymeric web, the foil webs being pre-heated to a temperature slightly above the melt temperature of the polymeric material. The continuous web of laminate may then be cut into measured lengths, prior to stamping or punching out the individual components. Uniformity in the conductive polymeric extrudate may be enhanced by controlling the extruder and the feeders through a feedback system using the pump inlet pressure as the control parameter. The thickness of the laminated web may be maintained within desired tolerances by closed loop feedback control of the sheet die and/or the laminating mechanism.

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