Abstract: A laminate, a method for making the laminate and articles formed from the laminate are disclosed. The laminate comprises an outer layer, an optional adhesive layer, an inner layer, an intermediate regrind layer formed of a blend of the materials from which the other layers are formed, and, interposed between the outer layer and the intermediate regrind layer, there is a buffer layer which is formed from a blend of the materials from which the outer layer and the intermediate regrind layer are formed and which comprises at least about 5% of the material of the intermediate regrind layer. The outer layer is preferably polypropylene and the inner layer is preferably a polyketone.

Abstract: A laminate, a method for making the laminate and articles formed from the laminate are disclosed. The laminate comprises an outer layer, an optional adhesive layer, an inner layer, an intermediate regrind layer formed of a blend of the materials from which the other layers are formed, and, interposed between the outer layer and the intermediate regrind layer, there is a buffer layer which is formed from a blend of the materials from which the outer layer and the intermediate regrind layer are formed and which comprises at least about 5% of the material of the intermediate regrind layer. The outer layer is preferably polypropylene and the inner layer is preferably an ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer.

Abstract: An oxygen barrier blend for use in containers requiring good oxygen barrier properties which comprises more than 70% of an ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer and the balance an amorphous nylon having no melting point. Such a blend is used in a laminate structure which can be thermoformed into such oxygen barrier containers.

Abstract: A laminate, a method for making the laminate and articles formed from the laminate are disclosed. The laminate comprises an outer layer, an optional adhesive layer, an inner layer, an intermediate regrind layer formed of a blend of the materials from which the other layers are formed, and, interposed between the outer layer and the intermediate regrind layer, there is a buffer layer which is formed from a blend of the materials from which the outer layer and the intermediate regrind layer are formed and which comprises at least about 5% of the material of the intermediate regrind layer. The outer layer is preferably polypropylene and the inner layer is preferably an ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer.

Abstract: A laminate, a method for making the laminate and articles formed from the laminate are disclosed. The laminate comprises an outer layer, an optional adhesive layer, an inner layer, an intermediate regrind layer formed of a blend of the materials from which the other layers are formed, and, interposed between the outer layer and the intermediate regrind layer, there is a buffer which is formed from a blend of the materials from which the outer layer and the intermediate regrind layer are formed and which comprises at least about 5% of the material of the intermediate regrind layer. The outer layer is preferably polypropylene and the inner layer is preferably an ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer.

Abstract: Multi-bladed disc cutter for cutting into pellets thermoplastic material extruded from a die plate of an underwater pelletizer, wherein the blades of the cutter are integrally formed on the periphery of a backplate and radially project therefrom, the sidewalls of the blades being integrally connected by shroud members to provide added strength against bending and twisting of the blades under load. Perforations are provided in the shroud members and backplate to permit passage of water to cool and flush away the cut pellets. Additionally, integrally formed blades may be arranged in concentric circles inwardly of the periphery of the backplate. The integral of the disc cutters avoids weakening and misalignment of the blades, saves space and permits a greater number of cutting edges than is possible in disc cutters wherein the blades are fastened to a hole by bolts. Casting the cutter integrally with its blades permits off-line grinding for final alignment purposes.

Abstract: A continuous process for producing star-block copolymer of a monovinyl aromatic monomer and a conjugated diene by continuously forming a vinyl aromatic polymer having a low weight average molecular weight to number average molecular weight ratio in a first reactor by anionic initiation in a solution of inert solvent; discharging a solution of polymer from the first reactor and passing the solution to a second sealed, cylindrical, pressurized, vertical reactor having a bottom zone, top zone and a plurality of intermediate zones separated by separation plates, each having a central aperture and mixing shaft passing therethrough, with the mixture passing to successive zones through an annular space formed between the shaft and each separation plate.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for the continuous polymerization of monovinyl aromatic monomers, such as styrene, to produce a substantially monodisperse polymer, wherein a solution of monomer in an inert solvent and a hydrocarbyllithium initiator are fed to the bottom zone of a sealed, cylindrical, pressurized, vertical reactor having a plurality of zones, with separation plates separating the reactor into a bottom, a plurality of intermediate, and top zones, the separation plates each having a central aperture, and a mixing means for each zone has a shaft extending through the apertures to provide an annular space for flow of fluid through the zones, the annular space between each separation plate and the shaft of the mixing means being of a size to provide a pressure differential between adjacent zones of less than about one pound per square inch, a substantially monodisperse polymer in solution discharged from the top zone of the reactor.