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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2013
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Tim Andreas Osswald, Madison, WI (US);
William Mauricio Aquite, Madison, WI (US);
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
Polymer pellets are formed using air to influence the separation of polymer from a polymer melt. In accordance with one or more embodiments, a polymer material is extruded through a nozzle to form a polymer melt extending from the nozzle. A non-uniform thickness is generated in the polymer melt using a gas or gasses to apply a drag force to the polymer melt. This drag force reduces a thickness of a portion of the polymer melt adjacent the nozzle, and the polymer melt is fractured into discrete droplets at the reduced thickness. The discrete droplets are then solidified to form pellets.