General Electric Company

Eric M Lovgren

Lawrence R Schmidt

Joseph C Golba, Jr

Randall A Reed

Visvaldis Abolins

Richard C Bopp

Joel Matthew Caraher

Peter G Meissner

A feed pipe is provided for introducing highly reactive monomers into a continuous reactor to effect polymerization of such reactive monomers. The feed pipe has concentric tubes forming a central flow channel and an annular flow channel which are sized to insure laminar flow within said tubes. The feed pipe is particularly useful for feeding melts of organic dianhydride and organic diamine into an extrusion reactor for polyetherimide preparation.

Liquid monomer feed pipe for continuous extrusion polymerization

A continuous process for incorporating additives into a thermoplastic fluid blend is provided; said additives typically being sensitive to the temperature at which the blend is produced, said process comprising the steps of blending a high viscosity silicone fluid and thermoplastic composition initially and feeding the additives with more thermoplastic into the extruder for blending.

Blending temperature sensitive components into a silicone modified

A method of continuously producing blends of thermoplastic polymers and high viscosity silicone fluids is provided by injecting the silicone fluid into an extruder where the thermoplastic polymers are molten. The dispersion of the silicone fluid can be controlled by adjusting the blending temperature and blends having superior engineering properties and flame retardance produced.

High viscosity silicone blending process

Polyetherimides are formed by the dry blending of organodianhydride, organic diamine, and chain stopper and the polymerization of the dry-blended mixture in a continuous, steady state reaction, employing an extruder reactor as the reaction chamber. The extruder reactor is provided with means for heating and cooling, evacuation of water of reaction, and material conveyance means in order to achieve a steady state necessary for continuous production of a uniform polymeric product.

Method for making polyetherimide

Polyetherimides are formed by the blending of a first melt of organic dianhydride and a second melt of organic diamine and the resulting blend is polymerized in a continuous, steady state manner, employing an extruder reactor as the reaction chamber. The extruder reactor is provided with means for heating, evacuation of water of reaction, and transfer sections in order to achieve the steady state necessary for continuous production of a substantially uniform polyimide.

Compositions or composites comprising a polyphenylene ether-styrene resin blend or composition are disclosed which have electromagnetic shielding properties so that when the compositions are used for electronic equipment components or housings they provide shielding against electromagnetic interference referred to as EMI. The composites eliminate the secondary treatments which have been used heretofore to provide these shielding properties, such as the application of electrically conductive silver, nickel, copper and graphite coatings, or the use of metal screens. The novel compositions of a polyphenylene ether-styrene blend contain as a conductive material, which attenuates the EMI, aluminum flakes, or a combination of aluminum flakes with carbon fibers or with a highly conductive carbon black or a combination of carbon fibers with conductive carbon black, or carbon fibers per se.

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Westerlo, NY, United States of America

Eric M Lovgren