Dow Global Technolgoies LLC

Dow Silicones Corporation

Nicholas J Horstman

Jeffrey Morris Cogen

Mohamed Esseghir

Yabin Sun

Wenyi Huang

Yunfeng Yang

Hong Yang

Weiming Ma

Yonghua Gong

Jeffrey D Wenzel

Qian Gou

Calvin Lee Pavlicek

Weijun Wang

Mark A Spalding

The present disclosure provides a pellet. In an embodiment, the pellet includes a body having a first end and an opposing second end. The body is composed of a polymeric material. The body has a length and a diameter (body diameter). A channel having a diameter (channel diameter), extends through the body from the first end to the second end. The pellet has a channel diameter-to-body diameter ratio from 0.05 to 0.45. The present disclosure also provides a process for soaking the pellet in a liquid additive and forming a loaded pellet with the additive in the pellet body.

Hollow pellets and methods of soaking

Growing community of inventors

Midland, MI, United States of America

Nicholas J Horstman