Abstract: The addition of a chelating agent or a chelating agent and an antioxidant in combination to a rare-earth bonded magnet composition and a rare-earth bonded magnet comprising a rare-earth magnetic powder and a resin component can provide improved moldability and magnets having high performance and high corrosion resistance. Further, the regulation of property values of the magnet composition enables the occurrence of troubles to be avoided during molding, resulting in improved productivity. Furthermore, the use of at least two resins as a resin component in an extruding composition contributes to improvement in moldability and consequently increase in throughput. Furthermore, the use of extrusion, involving setting by cooling, and not compression molding in the production of magnets can provide high-density, high-performance magnets.

Abstract: Granular compositions which comprise a block copolymer containing blocks of polybenzazole polymer and blocks of thermoplastic polymer can be compression molded to provide a molded article having physical properties superior to molded articles made from the thermoplastic polymer alone.

Abstract: Granular compositions which comprise a block copolymer containing blocks of rigid rod polybenzazole polymer and blocks of thermoplastic polybenzazole polymer can be compression molded to provide a molded article having physical properties superior to molded articles made from the thermoplastic polymer alone.

Abstract: A process for producing large-size formed articles consisting of a modified polyamide, by polymerization of a mixture containing, besides the omega-lactam corresponding to the polyamide, the following reagents:a) a polymerization catalyst selected from the sodium salt and the potassium salt of said omega-lactam;b) a polyoxyalkylene polyamine having a molecular weight ranging from 400 to 5,000 and an amine functionality ranging from 1.9 to 2.5;c) an activator consisting of a polyisocyanate having all the isocyanic groups blocked with a lactam;said reagents being fed, at a temperature of from 105.degree. to 125.degree. C., to a mold heated to 130.degree.-170.degree. C.

Abstract: In a method and apparatus for the production of thermoplastic, caprolactam containing molding compositions by hydrolytic polymerization of caprolactam in stirrer autoclaves in which a molten mass is polymerized at pressures of 5 to 20 bar and temperatures of 220.degree. to 280.degree. C., the molten mass is transferred into an intermediate vessel to which vacuum is applied for continued polymerization and removal of volatile portions. Subsequently, the mass is continuously fed into a multi-screw extruder, in order to attain at increased temperatures and vacuum the desired polymerization degree and the desired monomer and oligomer contents. In a subsequent zone of the extruder, when desired, additional agents are worked in, whereafter a further degasification occurs in the end zone of the extruder, whereafter the mass is extruded, quenched, subdivided and dried. The method and apparatus use relatively little energy as compared with the prior art.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the production of shrinkable sheet products from copolyamides with good processing properties. The copolyamides consist of .epsilon.-caprolactam and equimolar quantities of dimeric fatty acids and diamines.

Abstract: Melt-processable polyaramide and polyarylate polymers and copolymers are made employing a component containing the 5-t-butylisophthaloyl moiety and aromatic diamines or aromatic diols. The melt processability of these polymers can eliminate expensive processing in making shaped articles. The claimed materials are useful for making fiber, film, laminates, coatings, adhesives and molded objects.

Abstract: A new type of aromatic polyamide powder including a large number of fine coalescible particles which have an average size of from 0.1 to 10 .mu.m, which include at least one aromatic amide polymer including 40 to 100 molar % of recurring m-phenylene isophthalamide units and 0 to 60 molar % of at least one other type of additional recurring aromatic amide units, for example, m-phenylene terephthalamide units, and which coalesce with each other to form porous agglomerates having an average size of from 10 to 400 .mu.m and a surface area of from 1 to 20 m.sup.2 /g, and can be compression molded, optionally in mixture with a reinforcing additive, for example, aromatic polyamide fibers having a length of 3 mm or less, at a temperature of 200.degree. to 400.degree. C. under a pressure of 300 to 1000 kg/cm.sup.2 for 20 minutes to 5 hours, to produce shaped articles having excellent mechanical properties and appearance.

Abstract: The invention comprises processing together an electropolymerized polymer and the anode on which it is formed by shaping them or by size reducing them and dispersing the resulting size reduced material into a liquid vehicle for production of a coatable composition.

Abstract: A method of rotationally molding a polymeric article having an abrasion resistant layer. A polymeric outer layer is first formed. Heated abrasive resistant filler, and additional polymer is fed into the mold. The mold continues to rotate until a uniform layer of abrasive resistant filler and polymeric material forms.

Abstract: A process for preparing self-extinguishing formed thermoplastic bodies based on polycaprolactam, which consists in polymerizing, by anionic way, in suitable molds .epsilon.-caprolactam, by previously incorporating into said .epsilon.-caprolactam a flame-retardant and optionally at least a known coadjuvant substance, said flame-retardant being composed of red phosphorus powder micro-encapsulated in a synthetic resin, preferably in a melamine resin.

Abstract: A process for producing binderless, single phase bulk carbon or graphite articles having a fibrillar microstructure comprising the steps of assembling a plurality of polymer fibers into a preselected pattern, subjecting them to a temperature and pressure sufficient to cause heat distortion flow and concomitant self-bonding of contiguous fibers and pyrolyzing the fibers in a nonoxidizing atmosphere.

Abstract: Polyamide plastic fuel lines which are dimensionally stable and resistant to fuels, alcoholic fuels and alcohols as fuels are prepared from aliphatic high molecular weight polyamides. The fuel lines are prepared by extruding a hot melt of the polyamide, sizing through a die having a diameter in excess of the given diameter of the fuel line, cooling the fuel line in a cooling bath, removing the fuel line from the bath and sizing the fuel line adiabatically through a disk having a diameter less than the given diameter.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for molding polymeric materials using the reaction injection mixing (RIM) technique of combining two or more chemically reactive components immediately prior to their introduction into a mold. The invention is more particularly adapted to RIM molding of polyamide (nylon) type polymers, but is also useful for urethane polymers. In either case the polymers may be of the unfilled or of the reinforced type. Modification of conventional RIM technique is made to meet higher component temperature conditions required for nylon molding as compared to urethane polymers, for example. A characterizing feature of the invention is the employment of an attempering "oil tracer" system comprising casings and jackets enclosing the flow paths of each of the several reactive components, and the flow therethrough of a temperature-controlled oil or other fluid medium in heat-exchange but non-fluid communication with the reactive components.

Abstract: A composition and process are provided for making precipitated biconstituent nylon-cellulose shaped articles by dissolving a nylon having an amide group index of less than about 145, in a mixture of a tertiary amine oxide solvent and water, containing from about 0.5% to about 11% water based on the weight of the solution; separately forming a solution of cellulose in a tertiary amine oxide solvent containing from about 0.8 to about 29% water based on the weight of the solution and then interdispersing the two solutions to form a biconstituent dispersion. Shaped articles can be formed from the biconstituent dispersions of the invention.

Abstract: A moulding material is described, comprising a polyimide resin and a carbon filler, e.g. carbon fibres and/or graphite. The material is for manufacturing shaped articles for handling hot ware, e.g. hot glassware.

Abstract: The present invention relates to masterbatches in the form of granules or pellets, as well as the process for obtaining these.These granules or pellets consist of:At least 37.5% of polycondensates serving as a carrier, of which at least a part consists of the same polycondensate as that which is to be shaped, in the form of a powder of particle size at least 50 microns,From 12.5 to 40% of a binder of melting point 70.degree. - 100.degree. C which is compatible with the polycondensate to be shaped, andUp to 50% of at least one compound intended to modify the polycondensate to be shaped.They are used with advantage for modifying polycondensates, particularly polyamides and polyesters, intended for spinning or moulding.