Patents Assigned to Georgia Gulf Corporation
  • Method of reducing chatter
    Patent number: 8513340
    Abstract: A method for reducing chatter in an extrusion process, which includes the steps of preparing an extrusion composition by combining a polymer composition with a chatter-reducing formulation, and extruding the extrusion composition to provide a substantially continuous extrudate. The chatter-reducing formulation comprises an alkyltin mercaptide and dibutyltin dilaurate. The resultant extrudate exhibits reduced chatter, which is categorized according to the Reed Scale as less than or equal to 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia Gulf Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Chambers, Perry Reed, Tara Patterson