Background technology
The EPP expanded bead is in twin screw extruder, to react mixing by HSMPP, resin, auxiliary agent etc., again by the bead that cuts out minute diameter in the dicing machine, finally becomes EPP pre-frothing bead product through foaming again.What the material operational path of " polypropylene expanded " suite of equipment adopted at present in the world is general " chemical process ", does not also utilize physical method to carry out polypropylene expanded technology contents.
The system flow that said chemical process is produced polypropylene foaming beads is: mixing and stirring system → screw extrusion press → water ring pelletizing system → dewatering system → dehumidification system → finished product.
Gas foaming agent all is injected into and carries out the mixing pelletizing of extruding in the twin screw extruder in the production process; In the mixing process owing to receive humidity, the uniformity coefficient of disperse shearing and the influence of blended consistency; So it is high to the forcing machine processing requirement; Wayward, and make the content of the whipping agent in the finished product bead inhomogeneous, cause product unstable.
In addition, application number is that 200720169451.3 utility model application discloses a kind of butadiene styrene resin hot melts granulation underwater system, is applied to hot meltss such as butadiene styrene resin and is shaped to particle under water.Comprise: twin screw extruder, reversing valve, underwater pelletizer, granulation water circle device, centrifugal drier, gear; It is characterized in that: hot melts pressure-raising device is arranged between twin screw extruder and underwater pelletizer, hot melts pressure-raising device promptly is installed between twin screw extruder discharge port and the granulation underwater machine inlet capable.Effect is: owing in the twin screw extruder downstream hot melts pressure-raising device is installed, realize the hot melts underwater cutpellet, improve output and can not cause the overload of twin screw extruder top hole pressure that granulation output is high.But this application does not disclose the content of a whole set of EPP polypropylene foaming beads production line.
Summary of the invention
Technical problem to be solved by this invention provide a kind of content that makes the whipping agent in the finished product bead evenly, the production line of the EPP polypropylene foaming beads of constant product quality.
For solving the problems of the technologies described above; The present invention provides a kind of EPP polypropylene foaming beads production line; Comprise twin screw extruder, underwater cutpellet system, dewatering system, dehumidification system and the electrical control cabinet that links to each other with each equipment; It is characterized in that: also comprise low temperature mixing system, sealed against leakage feeding machine, plasma jet fluidized bed reactor, water-soluble reactive system and surface treatment mixing system; Each equipment or system link to each other by following order successively: low temperature mixing system → sealed against leakage feeding machine → twin screw extruder → underwater cutpellet system → first depth drying system → plasma jet fluidized bed reactor → water-soluble reactive system → second depth drying system → surface treatment mixing system → finished product bin and packaging system, and said twin screw extruder is provided with the gas foaming agent inlet; Configuration plasma reaction device and rare gas element injection device on the plasma fluidisation bed of said plasma jet fluidized bed reactor; Said water-soluble reactive system comprises water-soluble reaction kettle, and water-soluble reaction kettle has assisted cryogenic liquid medium inlet and liquid blowing agent inlet.
The beneficial effect that the present invention reached: gas foaming agent must be expelled to the chemical process of blend in the forcing machine before EPP polypropylene foaming beads production line of the present invention changed; But adopt the high energy physics method; Promptly can gas foaming agent be injected a part on forcing machine, also can on forcing machine, not inject, but bead is carried out plasma reaction in fluidized-bed reactor; And then the bead behind the physical reaction put in the water-soluble reaction kettle add gas foaming agent and assisted cryogenic liquid medium such as alcohol etc.; Carry out reactive infiltration, in the surface treatment mixing system, carry out the surface treatment bead at last, finally accomplish EPP pre-frothing bead finished product; Make the content of the whipping agent in the finished product bead even, constant product quality.
Embodiment
A kind of EPP polypropylene foaming beads production line of the present invention; Comprise twin screw extruder, underwater cutpellet system, dewatering system, dehumidification system and the electrical control cabinet that links to each other with each equipment; It is characterized in that: also comprise low temperature mixing system, sealed against leakage feeding machine, plasma jet fluidized bed reactor, water-soluble reactive system and surface treatment mixing system; Each equipment or system link to each other by following order successively: low temperature mixing system → sealed against leakage feeding machine → twin screw extruder → underwater cutpellet system → first depth drying system → plasma jet fluidized bed reactor → water-soluble reactive system → second depth drying system → surface treatment mixing system → finished product bin and packaging system, and said twin screw extruder is provided with the gas foaming agent inlet; Configuration plasma reaction device and rare gas element injection device on the plasma fluidisation bed of said plasma jet fluidized bed reactor; Said water-soluble reactive system comprises water-soluble reaction kettle, and water-soluble reaction kettle has assisted cryogenic liquid medium inlet and liquid blowing agent inlet.
Among the present invention, said twin screw extruder 4 configuration N
2The gas inlet, N2 gas forcing machine add the inlet position can select arbitrarily according to technology.
Among the present invention, said twin screw extruder 4 configuration dehydration venting ports, said dehydration venting port can be selected arbitrarily according to technology in the position of forcing machine.
Said twin screw extruder 4 can be twin screw single-order forcing machine or the two rank of twin screw forcing machine.
The length-to-diameter ratio of said twin screw single-order extruder screw is L/D56~64: 1.
The stack length-to-diameter ratio L/D of the two rank of said twin screw forcing machine 4 is up to 80~104: 1, so just can accomplish quick thawing, material blend, mixing shearing, reaction, devolatilization and the melt extrusion of high melt HDMPP, resin, auxiliary agent.
The screw rod specification of said twin screw extruder 4 is φ 26mm~φ 95mm.
Be provided with PLC or PPC automatic control system and Mechatronic control system in the said electrical control cabinet 1.
Said plasma jet fluidized bed reactor 8 comprises plasma fluidisation bed and fluidized-bed reactor, can effectively accomplish a pearl physical reaction.Said plasma fluidisation bed disposes the plasma reaction device on fluidized-bed, react when bead receives plasma electrode in fluid mapper process, and the bead body will form the honeycomb bead that has a lot of micropores.Fluidized-bed reactor is a configuration rare gas element injection device on fluidized-bed, when bead in fluid mapper process with the rare gas element reaction, bead also can form the honeycomb bead that has a lot of micropores.
Said water-soluble reactive system comprises reaction kettle or the reactor drum that has pressurization, water-soluble function, uses reaction kettle or reactor drum that whipping agent is infiltrated in the bead effectively.
In said water-soluble reaction kettle 9, add alcohol medium and liquid blowing agent in proportion, pour sealing pressurization behind the bead more in proportion into, whipping agent is penetrated in the bead in the alcohol medium.Get into dehydration procedure then, the alcohol volatilization is deposited in the bead whipping agent.
Said surface treatment mixing system 11 comprise have spray auxiliary agent and mix the high-speed mixer that mixes auxiliary agent, the vertical machine of mixing or horizontal mixed is mixed mixed machine.
Said low temperature mixing system comprises low-temperature mixed machine 2; Said low-temperature mixed machine 2 disposes the low-temperature protection device; Guaranteed raw material and auxiliary agent mixing under 0~20 ℃ of technological temperature, said low-temperature protection device comprises the lagging material that the pot volume surrounding of low temperature mixing system pastes, and the gas injection port that disposes at the pot cover place; Said gas injection port communicates with the nitrogen sealing coat that is arranged in the molten chamber of spices device, thereby plays the effect of oxygen barrier protection.
Comprise underwater pelletizer 5 in the said underwater cutpellet system; Said underwater pelletizer 5 has template; Said template header cross section is circular; Be inlaid with 10~20 φ 15~50mm cylinder shape wimet cylinders on the template header, each wimet cylindrical cross-section has the discharge hole of φ 0.2-φ 0.5mm, and discharge hole quantity is 100-200; Said underwater cutpellet system also comprises water extracter 6, and said water extracter 6 comprises dehydration and vibration sieve and multi-layer water filtering net.
Said sealed against leakage feeding machine 3 can effectively guarantee the metering delivery precision of material under the low-temperature condition.
Said finished product bin and packaging system comprise pipeline, middle jewelling blower fan, storage bin 12 and shrink-wrap system 13.
The said first depth drying system 7 comprises fluidized bed body, vibrating device and hot air drying system.
The said second depth drying system 10 comprises fluidized bed body, vibrating device and hot air drying system.
More than the constitutional features of each system or equipment can be separately or arbitrary combination be present among the present invention.
The art production process of EPP polypropylene foaming beads production line of the present invention is:
HSMPP, resin, auxiliary agent etc. react mixing in twin screw extruder.The underwater cutpellet system extrudes the bead that diameter is φ 0.2-φ 0.5mm, and bead carries out the efficient physical method again, is about to bead and gets into the reaction of plasma fluidisation bed, makes a lot of micropores of the inner generation of bead form honeycomb.Again bead is poured in the water-soluble reaction kettle in proportion, and sealing is pressurizeed after adding alcohol medium and liquid blowing agent in proportion, and whipping agent is penetrated in the bead in the alcohol medium.Next procedure dehydration then, the alcohol volatilization is deposited in the bead whipping agent.The bead that will have whipping agent at last enters into superficial treatment system and coats, and whipping agent is coated in the bead, has just formed expanded bead.
The present invention has changed the chemical process that gas foaming agent must be expelled to blend in the forcing machine; But adopt the high energy physics method; Promptly can gas foaming agent be injected a part on forcing machine, also can on forcing machine, not inject, but bead is carried out plasma reaction in fluidized-bed reactor; And then the bead behind the physical reaction put in the water-soluble reactor drum add gas foaming agent and auxiliary alcohol medium etc., carry out reactive infiltration.Mix at last on the machine of mixing again and carry out the surface treatment bead, finally accomplish EPP pre-frothing bead finished product, this set and working method make the content of the whipping agent in the finished product bead even, constant product quality.