Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha

Kyosuke Komiya

Hiroshi Hachiya

Shinsuke Fukuoka

Muneaki Aminaka

Kazumi Hasegawa

Atsushi Shimizu

Isaburo Fukawa

Masahiro Tojo

Kazunori Yamataka

Hiroshige Okamoto

Masahisa Yokota

Yoro Sasaki

Yoshifumi Kawakami

Miyuki Kazunori

Mamoru Kawamura

Kazuhiro Oonishi

Tetsuo Hamada

Tadanori Nonura

Tadanori Nomura

A computer () of a material supply company calculates a sales price of a material according to a state of production of a product, which is produced using a material supplied from the material supply company, and informs a computer () of a result of the calculation. The state of production of the product is measured by a measurement apparatus (), and a result of the measurement is sent to the computer ().

Material sales system

Disclosed is a method for producing an aromatic polycarbonate, comprising: feeding, into a polymerizer apparatus, at least one polymerizable material selected from the group consisting of a molten monomer mixture of an aromatic dihydroxy compound and a diaryl carbonate, and a molten prepolymer obtained by a process comprising reacting an aromatic dihydroxy compound with a diaryl carbonate, the polymerizer apparatus including a guide-wetting fall polymerization reaction zone which has at least one guide securely held therein and extending downwardly therethrough, and allowing the polymerizable material to fall along and in contact with the at least one guide through the guide-wetting fall polymerization reaction zone, to effect a guide-wetting fall polymerization of the polymerizable material, thereby obtaining a polymer, wherein the guide is a perforated wall-surface guide. Also disclosed is a polymerizer apparatus for practicing the above-mentioned method.

Process and polymerizer for producing aromatic polycarbonate

Disclosed is a method for producing an aromatic polycarbonate, which comprises treating a molten aromatic polycarbonate prepolymer (obtained by reacting an aromatic dihydroxy compound with a diaryl carbonate) with an inert gas under a predetermined pressure to thereby cause the molten prepolymer to absorb the inert gas, and subjecting the resultant molten prepolymer having the inert gas absorbed therein to polymerization, under a pressure lower than the above-mentioned predetermined pressure employed for the inert gas absorption, to thereby polymerize the prepolymer to a predetermined degree of polymerization. By the method of the present invention, a high quality aromatic polycarbonate which is colorless and has excellent mechanical properties can be produced at high polymerization rate even without using a large amount of an inert gas. Further, even if the production of an aromatic polycarbonate is conducted in a continuous manner, the molecular weight of the produced aromatic polycarbonate can be maintained at a desired level, so that the high quality polycarbonate can be stably produced for a prolonged period of time. Therefore, the method of the present invention is commercially very advantageous.

Process for producing aromatic polycarbonate

Disclosed is a method for producing an aromatic polycarbonate, which comprises reacting acetone with a phenol material, thereby producing bisphenol A, and polymerizing the resultant bisphenol A with diphenyl carbonate to produce an aromatic polycarbonate while producing phenol as a by-product, wherein the by-product phenol is recovered as a crude phenol product containing the by-product phenol as a main component and containing impurities, and the crude phenol product is used as at least a part of the phenol material for producing bisphenol A. According to the method of the present invention, a crude phenol product as such, containing, as a main component, a by-product phenol which is by-produced during the polymerization reaction for producing an aromatic polycarbonate, and containing impurities, can be utilized for producing an aromatic polycarbonate, without any purification or the like. In the method of the present invention, not only can a necessity for complicated operations, such as a purification treatment, be reduced, but also the amount of wastes can be reduced and the yield of the aromatic polycarbonate, based on any of phenol and bisphenol A, can be improved.

Method for producing an aromatic polycarbonate

Disclosed is a system for producing a polycondensation polymer comprising (A) an inert gas absorption device for causing a molten polycondensation prepolymer to absorb an inert gas to thereby obtain (&agr;) a molten prepolymer having the inert gas absorbed therein, (B) a polymerizer device for polymerizing inert gas-absorbed molten prepolymer (&agr;) under reduced pressure, and (C) a pipe for transferring inert gas-absorbed molten prepolymer (&agr;) from absorption device (A) to polymerizer device (B), wherein absorption device (A) and polymerizer device (B) are arranged in this order and connected to each other through pipe (C). Also disclosed is a method for producing a polycondensation polymer by using the above-mentioned system. By the use of the system or method of the present invention, it has become possible to produce a colorless, high quality polycondensation polymer at high polymerization rate even without using a large amount of an inert gas.

System and process for producing polycondensation polymer

A process for producing aromatic carbonates, which comprises transesterifying, in the presence of a metal-containing catalyst, a starting material selected from a dialkyl carbonate, an alkyl aryl carbonate and a mixture thereof with a reactant selected from an aromatic monohydroxy compound, an alkyl aryl carbonate and a mixture thereof, characterized in that: at least one type of catalyst-containing liquid is taken out, wherein the catalyst-containing liquid is selected from a portion of a high boiling point reaction mixture obtained by the above transesterification and containing the desired aromatic carbonate and the metal-containing catalyst, and a portion of a liquid catalyst fraction obtained by separating the desired aromatic carbonate from the high boiling point reaction mixture, wherein each portion contains (A) high boiling point substance having a boiling point higher than the boiling point of the produced aromatic carbonate and (B) the metal-containing catalyst; (C) a functional substance capable of reacting with at least one component selected from high boiling point substance (A) and metal-containing catalyst (B) is added to the taken-out catalyst-containing liquid; and the (B)/(C) reaction product is recycled to the reaction system, while withdrawing the (A)/(C) reaction product. By the process of the present invention, the desired aromatic carbonates having high purity can be produced stably for a prolonged period of time.

Process for producing aromatic carbonates

Aromatic polycarbonate composition

A method for producing an aromatic polycarbonate which comprises subjecting to a transesterification polymerization reaction at least one polymerizable material selected from a molten monomer mixture of an aromatic dihydroxy compound and a diaryl carbonate, and a molten prepolymer obtained from the monomer mixture, wherein the transesterification reaction is performed in one or more polymerizers which is or are connected through a pipeline system toward an outlet for a final aromatic polycarbonate product, wherein the pipeline system comprises one or more pipes through which a molten aromatic polycarbonate having a number average molecular weight increased by the transesterification polymerization reaction is passed while contacting an inner wall of the pipe or pipes, and wherein a molten aromatic polycarbonate having a number average molecular weight of less than 2,500 is passed through the pipe or pipes at a velocity of 0.05 m/sec. or more and a molten aromatic polycarbonate having a number average molecular weight of 2,500 or more is passed through the pipe or pipes at a velocity of 0.005 m/sec. or more. By the method of the present invention, a high quality aromatic polycarbonate which is not only highly colorless but also has a low foreign matter content can be produced by using an ordinary pipeline system comprising the pipe or pipes made of an ordinary material.

A method for producing an aromatic polycarbonate, which comprises subjecting to a transesterification polymerization reaction at least one polymerizable material for an aromatic polycarbonate. The transesterification polymerization reaction is performed in one or more polymerizers which is or are connected through a pipeline system. The pipeline system comprises one or more pipes through which a molten aromatic polycarbonate having a number average molecular weight increased by the transesterification polymerization reaction is passed while contacting an inner wall of the pipe or pipes. The pipeline system has at least one viscous polycarbonate passage region in which a molten aromatic polycarbonate having a number average molecular weight of 4,000 or more is passed through the pipe. The pipes in the viscous polycarbonate passage region of the pipeline system have no bent portion or not more than 50 bent portions in total. A high quality aromatic polycarbonate is produced, which is colorless and has a low foreign matter content.

Polycarbonate comprising different kinds of bonding units and process

Disclosed is a thermally stable aromatic polycarbonate composition comprising an aromatic polycarbonate, which is substantially free of a chlorine-containing compound, and a thermal stabilizer, the aromatic polycarbonate comprising a plurality of aromatic polycarbonate chains, each comprising recurring aromatic carbonate units and having a terminal aryl carbonate group and a terminal hydroxyl group, wherein each recurring unit has a divalent aromatic or pyridylene group comprising one or more divalent constituent aromatic or pyridylene groups, and wherein the plurality of aromatic polycarbonate chains collectively contain at least one constituent aromatic or pyridylene group substituted with at least one methyl group in an amount of 0.0001 or less in terms of the molar ratio of the methyl group substituted constituent group or groups relative to all constituent groups in the aromatic polycarbonate chains.

Aromatic polycarbonate composition having improved thermal stability,

A method for producing an aromatic polycarbonate which comprises subjecting to a transesterification polymerization reaction at least one polymerizable material for an aromatic polycarbonate, the transesterification reaction being performed in one or more polymerizers which is or are connected through a pipeline system toward an outlet for a final aromatic polycarbonate product, wherein the pipeline system comprises one or more pipes, through which a molten aromatic polycarbonate having a number average molecular weight increased by the transesterification polymerization reaction is passed while contacting an inner wall of the pipe or pipes, the pipeline system having at least one viscous polycarbonate passage region in which a molten aromatic polycarbonate having a number average molecular weight of 6,000 or more is passed through the pipe, wherein the pipe in the at least one viscous polycarbonate passage region is heated to provide a temperature difference in the range of from -3.degree. C. to 50.degree. C. between the temperature (.degree.C.) of the outer wall of the pipe and the temperature (.degree.C.) of the aromatic polycarbonate in the polymerizer from which the aromatic polycarbonate is passed through the pipe. By the method of the present invention, a high quality aromatic polycarbonate which is not only highly colorless but also has a low foreign matter content can be easily produced.

Process for the producing of aromatic carbonate

A polycarbonate composition comprises (a) a substantially chlorine-atom free, aromatic dihydroxy compound/carbonic diester transesterification polycarbonate, and the following components (b), (c) and (d) in specifically, extremely limited amounts, wherein component (b) is at least one metal selected from an alkali metal and an alkaline earth metal, component (c) is an aromatic monohydroxy compound, and component (d) is at least one member selected from an oligomer having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 or less and a residual monomer. This polycarbonate composition is substantially free from occurrence of crazing, even when it experiences moist heat, and especially even when it has been recycled. Further, when this polycarbonate composition is continuously injection-molded, not only can the molding be carried out with less necessity of interruption for mold cleaning, but also even when the continuous molding is interrupted for mold cleaning or for other reasons and then restarted, occurrence of unfavorable phenomena (such as deposition of black spots, i.e., carbonized material waste, and development of brown streaks, uneven color and the like) can be effectively suppressed.

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Kyosuke Komiya