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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2012
Stefan Deiss, Harxheim, DE;
Frank Gloeckner, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Horst Mueller, Hausen, DE;
Automatik Plastics Machinery GmbH, Grossostheim, DE;
Abstract
A process for production of polyethylene terephthalate pellets includes the steps of: production of a melt of polyethylene terephthalate material; production of polyethylene terephthalate pellets from the melt by means of underwater pelletization into a process fluid; removal of the polyethylene terephthalate pellets from the site of underwater pelletization in the process fluid; crystallization of the polyethylene terephthalate pellets in the process fluid, wherein a surface of the polyethylene terephthalate pellets is crystallized and an interior of the polyethylene terephthalate pellets remains amorphous.