Continuous process for the production of organopolysiloxane compositions
AssigneeWacker Chemie AG
InventorsThomas Hierstetter, Johann Schuster, Richard Birneder
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Abstract
Base compositions for silicone compositions with viscosity <500,000 mPas are continuously produced by, in a first stage, homogeneously mixing and kneading organopolysiloxanes (A) and prehydrophobized oxidic reinforcing fillers (B) in a continuous kneading cascade with kneading chambers arranged alongside one another, and in a second downstream stage, the compositions produced in the first stage of the process are subjected to aftertreatment in a mixing apparatus where the compositions have been subjected to a mixing procedure with introduction of shear force.
Claims11
A process for the production of base compositions with a viscosity <500,000 mPas measured at 25° C. using a shear rate of 1 s−1, by a) in a first stage, homogeneously mixing and kneading with one another:
- at least one organopolysiloxane (A) containing, on average, per molecule, on average, at least 1.5 radicals having aliphatically unsaturated carbon-carbon multiple bonds, or hydroxy groups or hydrogen atoms, or a combination thereof
- and
- at least one prehydrophobized oxidic reinforcing filler (B) having at least 0.5% by weight carbon content gained via a hydrophobizing process, in a kneading cascade with at least two kneading chambers arranged alongside one another in series, each comprising, parallel to the axis, two kneading units driven so as to corotate or counterrotate, and connected to other kneading chamber(s) via passage apertures running perpendicularly with respect to the axes of the kneading units, where at least the first kneading chamber has a supply aperture and the last kneading chamber has a discharge aperture, to form a kneaded product
- b) in a second downstream stage of the process, subjecting the kneaded product
- to aftertreatment in a mixing apparatus, which has a supply aperture, by way of which kneaded product is introduced at a volume flow rate X, subjected to shear force and devolatilized with constant renewal of the surface, with use of rotating mixing units, or dispersing units, scrapers, or a combination thereof, and discharging a base composition from the second stage by way of a discharge aperture at a volume flow rate Y.
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