Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft

Reinhard Reinmuller

Christian H Schlossnikl

Adalbert G Wimmer

Franz Sasshofer

To produce a monoaxially stretched shaped article of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), a pasty mass containing PTFE powder is continuously shaped to a shaped body, which is fed over a plurality of rollers or rolls, heated and stretched. The shaped body is heated to a temperature of between 327.degree. and 450.degree. C. prior to stretching strain, it is sintered simultaneously and is then stretched. This process allows for the production of a monoaxially stretched shaped article of PTFE which has strength values in the stretching direction of at least 500 N/mm.sup.2 and a delivery of between 1.80 and 2.30 g/cm.sup.3.

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Timelkam, Austria

Reinhard Reinmuller