Method for cold forming plastic article
AssigneeThe Dow Chemical Company
InventorEckel R. Lane
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Abstract
Plastic substrate in the form of sheet, disk, or plate is advantageously converted to a shaped article by first surface sulfonating the plastic substrate and thereafter cold forming the plastic substrate to the desired shape. Surface sulfonation of the plastic substrate prior to cold forming eliminates the need for lubricating the plastic substrate or surfaces of the cold forming apparatus.
Claims5
In a process for cold forming a substrate of a sulfonateable polymer which can be cold formed wherein the substrate is positioned in a cold forming apparatus and formed into the desired shaped article at temperature below the heat-plastification point of the polymer;
- the improvement which comprises surface sulfonating the substrate of thermoplastic organic polymer to a degree sufficient to render the substrate surface water-wettable and subsequently cold forming the substrate to desired shape in the absence of lubricant.
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