Fuji Photo Film Company, Limited

Tohru Ogura

Fumiyuki Suzuki

Yukio Shirokura

Yoshifumi Waki

Yukio Shirakura

This invention provides a method of producing polyester and charging apparatus therefor capable of producing a high quality polyethylene naphthalate usable for photographic purpose from recovered polyethylene naphthalate which comprises subjecting an ester-forming derivative consisting essentially of naphthalene dicarboxylic acid or its lower alkyl ester and a diol compound consisting essentially of ethylene glycol to ester exchange reaction or esterification to produce polyethylene naphthalate, wherein recovered polyethylene naphthalate resin is charged before beginning of effusion of alcohol or water which is a by-product of the ester exchange reaction or esterification, and a charging apparatus comprising a slidable inner pipe capable of penetrating through a supply valve.

Method of producing polyester and charging apparatus therefor

In a polymerization apparatus in which the power of a motor is transmitted to a stirrer via oil-lubricated transmission box and speed reduction gear, the temperature of the lubricating oil in the transmission box and speed reduction gear is maintained constant by means of a heat exchanger, the torque between the motor and the transmission box or the speed reduction gear is measured with a torque meter, the viscosity of a reaction mixture is calculated from the measured torque and the number of rotation of the stirrer, and the stirrer is kept revolving until the calculated viscosity of the reaction mixture reaches a prescribed value.

Polymerization method and polymerization apparatus

Disclosed is a process for the preparation of polyester having an ethylene-terephthalate recurring-unit in the amount of not less than 60 molar % of the total recurring-unit of the polyester by polymerizing a bifunctional carboxylic acid comprising terephthalic acid and glycol comprising ethylene glycol in the presence of an antimony compound, at least one metal compound selected from the group consisting of a glycol-soluble magnesium compound, a glycol-soluble manganese compound and a glycol-soluble zinc compound, a hindered phenol compound, and a sulphur-containing ester compound, wherein the metal compound, the hindered phenol compound and a sulphur-containing ester compound are employed under the following conditions:

Process for the preparation of polyester containing little deposited

A method for controlling synthesis reaction of a synthetic high molecular resin, the method measuring continuously an infrared spectral absorption of a reaction intermediate product of polycondensation reaction. And the method controls reaction conditions on the basis of the measured infrared spectral absorption.

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Tohru Ogura