Abstract: An aromatic polycarbonate extruder which is a twin screw extruder for kneading components into a molten aromatic polycarbonate, the extruder having at least one module consisting of a kneading unit, a material seal unit, a back kneading unit and full-flight unit which are arranged from an upstream side to a downstream side and a method of kneading components into an aromatic polycarbonate by using the above extruder. The present invention also provides a kneading apparatus and method for producing an aromatic polycarbonate which has an extremely small content of foreign matter and is free from residence deterioration such as coloration, crosslinking or gelation when the aromatic polycarbonate is to be kneaded with various components.

Abstract: An aromatic polycarbonate extruder which is a twin screw extruder for kneading components into a molten aromatic polycarbonate, the extruder comprising at least one module consisting of a kneading unit, a material seal unit, a back kneading unit and a full-flight unit which are arranged from an upstream side to a downstream side and a method of kneading components into an aromatic polycarbonate by using the above extruder. The present invention can provide a kneading apparatus and method for producing an aromatic polycarbonate which has an extremely small content of foreign matter and is free from residence deterioration such as coloration, cross-linking or gelation when the aromatic polycarbonate is to be kneaded with various components.

Abstract: A method of producing a polycarbonate or the like which is excellent in hydrolysis and heat stability such as a reduction in molecular weight at the time of molding and color retention and moldability such as releasability and transferability, rarely experiences residence deterioration such as coloring, crosslinking and gel formation and has an extremely small content of foreign matter by employing a special structure for an opening in the side surface of a horizontal cylindrical vacuum resin treating apparatus, supplying a molten polycarbonate into a unidirectional rotary intermeshing double-screw extruder under specific conditions, adding a specific agent under specific conditions and cleaning the inner surface of a production apparatus by a specific method.

Abstract: The purpose of this invention is to produce a stabilized terminal-blocked polycarbonate resin with a limited number of the terminal hydroxy groups having excellent thermal stability, color stability and hydrolysis resistance by an industrially advantageous method using a terminal blocking agent. In the production of a polycarbonate by the melt-polycondensation of an aromatic dihydroxy compound with an aromatic carbonic acid diester in the presence of a polycondensation catalyst, a terminal blocking agent expressed by the following formula (1) [in the formula, R1 is chlorine atom, methoxycarbonyl group or ethoxycarbonyl group; R2 is an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 30, an alkoxy group having a carbon number of 1 to 30, an aryl group having a carbon number of 6 to 30 or an aryloxy group having a carbon number of 6-30] is added after the melt-polycondensation to the system in an amount of 0.