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US 5,411,805 AGranted
Triaxially oriented polymer membrane
AssigneeUniversity of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
InventorJoseph H. Magill
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AssigneeUniversity of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
InventorJoseph H. Magill
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A process is disclosed for the solid phase preparation of triaxially oriented synthetic polymeric material from an orientable amorphous but crystallizable or a semicrystalline thermoplastic polymeric workpiece comprising (a) presenting the conditioned workpiece, at the entry mode of an opposing pair of solid rollers that are spaced apart a distance substantially less than the thickness of the workpiece; and (b) deforming the workpiece by compressive passage through the paired rollers at a nominal deformation ratios of at least 2 to 1. The deformation drawing is carried out between the glass transition temperature and the melting point of the polymeric material, by applying a draw tension insufficient to cause tensile failure of the workpiece. Also disclosed is a rolltruded copolymer membrane or film-like material with a triaxial orientation morphology with a periodicity consisting essentially of crystallite and amorphous materials or a periodic distribution or crystalline and intercrystalline tie regions.
A synthetic polymer membrane comprising a triaxial morphology produced by a rolltrusion process which is a one-step solid state processing technique involving simultaneous rolling and stretching operations performed on a workpiece to produce said membrane, and a perodicity of crystallites having a main axis oriented generally along the stretching direction and amorphous materials connecting said crystallites and lying in three generally perpendicular directions with a substantially small amount or no spherulite texture remaining after said rolltrusion process thereby enhancing the transparency characteristics and the mechanical properties of said membrane in said three directions.
A synthetic polymer membrane comprising a triaxial morphology produced by a rolltrusion process which is a one-step solid state processing technique involving simultaneous rolling and stretching operations performed on a workpiece to produce said membrane, and a periodic distribution of crystallites having a main axis oriented generally along the stretching direction and said crystallites being interconnected by tie molecules in three generally perpendicular directions thereby enhancing the transparency characteristics and mechanical properties of said membrane in said three directions.
A synthetic polymer membrane comprising a triaxial morphology produced by a rolltrusion process which is a one-step solid state processing technique involving simultaneous rolling and stretching operations performed on a workpiece to produce said membrane, and a periodic distribution of crystallites having a main axis oriented generally along the stretching direction and said crystallites being interconnected by tie molecules in three generally perpendicular directions to enhance the transparency characteristics and mechanical properties of said membrane in said three directions, whereby said membrane is characterized by the property of being sturdy and rugged and suitable for use in chemical technology.
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