Inventors:
Larry Bourland - York PA
Richard A. Freundlich - New York NY
Rudolph G. Nwana - Piscataway NJ
Vincent W. Herran - Greenville SC
Assignee:
Cryovac, Inc. - Duncan SC
International Classification:
C08J 1104
US Classification:
521 405, 521 425, 521 445, 521 455, 521 46, 521 465, 521 47, 521 48, 521 49, 521 498
Abstract:
A method of enhancing the melt-processibility of crosslinked plastic or recycling crosslinked plastic and the products formed by these methods. The melt processibility of a crosslinked thermoplastic resin may be enhanced by mixing it with a low viscosity polymeric resin having a specified melt flow index relative to the melt flow index of the crosslinked thermoplastic resin, and exposing the mixture to mechanical shearing energy to produce a processed mixture having enhanced melt flow characteristics. The processed mixture may be subsequently mixed with thermoplastic polymer.