Abstract: A water soluble polymer composition includes a water soluble polymer and a sugar and may be used as a support in additive manufacturing processes.

Abstract: A water soluble polymer composition includes a water soluble polymer and a sugar and may be used as a support in additive manufacturing processes.

Abstract: Methods for preparation of polymer materials incorporating various organic components, including but not limited to solid and/or liquid organic wastes, post-consumer refuse and agricultural, commercial and/or manufacturing by-products, using solid-state shear pulverization.

Abstract: A composition comprises a highly filled polymeric concentrate produced by melt processing a filler with a liquid polymeric dispersion.

Abstract: A water soluble polymer composition includes a water soluble polymer and a sugar and may be used as a support in additive manufacturing processes.

Abstract: A water soluble polymer composition includes a water soluble polymer and a sugar and may be used as a support in additive manufacturing processes.

Abstract: A composition comprises a highly filled polymeric concentrate produced by melt processing a filler with a liquid polymeric dispersion.

Abstract: A water soluble polymer composition includes a water soluble polymer and a sugar and may be used as a support in additive manufacturing processes.

Abstract: A composition comprises a highly filled polymeric concentrate produced by melt processing a filler with a liquid polymeric dispersion.

Abstract: A water soluble polymer composition includes a water soluble polymer and a sugar and may be used as a support in additive manufacturing processes.

Abstract: Methods of transforming an ultra-high molecular weight polymer into a processable material and compositions resulting from those methods. The methods may include a combination of applying a shear force to a polymer and heating the polymer. Also described are methods for using the compositions.

Abstract: Methods of transforming an ultra-high molecular weight polymer into a processable material and compositions resulting from those methods. The methods may include a combination of applying a shear force to a polymer and heating the polymer. Also described are methods for using the compositions.

Abstract: Methods for improved colorant dispersion in polymer materials using solid-state shear pulverization, as compared to mixing techniques of the prior art, to address concerns relating to colorant agglomeration, plating-out and the like.

Abstract: This disclosure describes a composition including an ultra-high molecular weight polymer and a low molecular weight polymer and having a bimodal molecular weight distribution and articles including the composition. This disclosure further describes methods including providing a mixture of an ultra-high molecular weight polymer and a low molecular weight polymer, and applying solid-state shear pulverization to the mixture to form a bimodal molecular weight alloy. This disclosure also describes methods that include providing a mixture including a first polymer and a second polymer, and applying solid-state shear pulverization to the mixture to disperse the first polymer in the second polymer.

Abstract: A method for improving the throughput of solid-state shear pulverization and solid-state melt-extrusion devices may include the addition of a heat absorbing material with a mixture of polymeric materials in an extruder. The extruder may include one or more extrusion screws. One or more portions of the one or more extrusion screws, one or more barrel sections, and/or one or more extruder work zones may be temperature controlled to maintain a temperature of the polymeric mixture in contact therewith at or below the liquefication temperature of the polymeric materials. The liquefication temperature may be a melting point of a semi-crystalline polymer or a glass transition temperature of an amorphous polymer.

Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling the temperature of a solid-state screw extruder may include providing an extrusion screw that incorporates one or more screw shaft channels. The shaft channels may be configured to conduct a flow of a heat conducting medium along a length of the shaft. The shaft channels may be incorporated into an exterior surface or within the body of the screw shaft. The extruder may include extrusion screw elements in mechanical communication with the shaft. Each of the elements may further include one or more element channels also configured to conduct a flow of the medium. The shaft channels and the element channels may be disposed to permit a flow of the medium therebetween. The temperature of the extrusion screws and/or screw elements may be controlled by circulating the medium from a source, through the shaft and element channels, and back to the source.

Abstract: Systems, methods, compositions, and devices related to the delivery of one or more biologically active agents to a body include the admixture of one or more biologically active agents with one or more biocompatible polymeric mixtures in a solid-state shear extrusion system. The extrusion systems may include one or more extrusion screws. One or more portions of the one or more extrusion screws, one or more extrusion system active elements, one or more barrel sections, and/or one or more extruder work zones may be temperature controlled to maintain a temperature of the biocompatible polymeric mixture in contact therewith at or below the liquefication temperature of the biocompatible polymeric materials. The resulting compositions from the extrusion systems may be fabricated into devices to deliver the one or more biologically active agents to a body.

Abstract: A method for improving the throughput of solid-state shear pulverization and solid-state melt-extrusion devices may include the addition of a heat absorbing material with a mixture of polymeric materials in an extruder. The extruder may include one or more extrusion screws. One or more portions of the one or more extrusion screws, one or more barrel sections, and/or one or more extruder work zones may be temperature controlled to maintain a temperature of the polymeric mixture in contact therewith at or below the liquefication temperature of the polymeric materials. The liquefication temperature may be a melting point of a semi-crystalline polymer or a glass transition temperature of an amorphous polymer.