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    • 4. 发明申请
    • DEVICE FOR PREPARATION OF EXPANDED MICROSPHERES
    • WO2019192936A1
    • 2019-10-10
    • PCT/EP2019/058042
    • 2019-03-29
    • NOURYON CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.CONSTRUCTION RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    • NORDIN, JanAJDÉN, Per
    • B29C44/34
    • The current invention relates to a device for expanding unexpanded, thermally expandable, thermoplastic microspheres, comprising; a heating zone having an inlet, and an outlet, a pump upstream of and in fluid communication with the heating zone, and capable of generating above-atmospheric pressure in the heating zone; means for heating the heating zone; an expansion zone with an inlet and an outlet, said inlet of the expansion zone being connected to the outlet of the heating zone in such a way that a pressure drop is created, such that the expansion zone is at a lower pressure than the heating zone; and a back pressure generator downstream of the expansion zone configured to create a variable counter pressure in the expansion zone. The invention also relates to a process for expanding unexpanded, thermally expandable, thermoplastic microspheres, where the microspheres comprise a thermoplastic polymer encapsulating a blowing agent, the blowing agent being a liquid having a boiling temperature not higher than the softening temperature of the thermoplastic polymer shell. The process comprises; feeding a slurry of unexpanded, thermally expandable, thermoplastic microspheres into a heating zone by means of a pump capable of generating higher than atmospheric pressure in the heating zone; heating the microspheres to a temperature above their softening temperature, while under a pressure sufficiently high to ensure they do not fully expand; passing the so-heated microspheres from the heating zone to an expansion zone, such that a pressure drop is created, resulting in a pressure in the expansion zone sufficiently low for the microspheres to expand, and removing the expanded microspheres from the expansion zone; wherein the expansion zone is configured to create a variable counter pressure by means of a back- pressure generator downstream of the expansion zone.