A process for producing pre-expanded particles of a thermoplastic resin, wherein said particles are of a polyolefin obtained by polymerizing an olefin in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst, and contain not more than 1% by weight of particles of diameter up to 105 µm and having a particle size distribution represented by:R(Dp) = 100exp[-(Dp/De)n] where Dp is300 or more and represents a particle diameter (µ m); R(Dp) represents a cumulative weight percentage; De represents an absolute size constant that is a particle diameter (µm) corresponding to R(Dp) 36.8% by weight; and n is 25 or more and is a distribution constant.
The process can be carried out by dispersing the particles in a liquid medium (e.g. water) containing a blowing agent (e.g. an aliphatic hydrocarbon) and a phenolic antioxidant, heating to above the softening point of the polymer, and releasing the dispersion into a zone of lower pressure.
Pre-expanded polyolefin particles free from scatters of cell diameter or particle diameter and having a high expansion ratio are obtained, which can be put into a mold for expansion molding to easily provide a uniformly expanded article.
一种生产热塑性
树脂预膨化颗粒的工艺,其中所述颗粒为在齐格勒-纳塔催化剂存在下通过聚合烯烃而获得的聚烯烃,且含有不超过 1%(按重量计)的颗粒,其直径不超过 105 µm,其粒度分布用以下公式表示:R(Dp) = 100exp[-(Dp/De)n],其中 Dp 为 300 或以上,代表颗粒直径 (µ m);R(Dp) 代表累积重量百分比;De 代表绝对粒度常数,即与 R(Dp) 36.8%(重量百分比);n 为 25 或更多,是分布常数。
该工艺可通过将颗粒分散在含有发泡剂(如脂肪烃)和
酚类抗氧化剂的液体介质(如
水)中,加热至聚合物软化点以上,然后将分散体释放到压力较低的区域来实现。
得到的预膨化聚烯烃颗粒没有细胞直径或颗粒直径的散射,具有较高的膨化率,可将其放入模具中进行膨化成型,从而很容易得到膨化均匀的制品。