PROCESS FOR MAKING PRE-FORMED OBJECTS

摘要

Disclosed is a continuous line process for making a pre-formed object having a plurality of surfaces comprising the steps of: (1) providing a sol phase of the composition (10) comprising a solvent and a gelling agent having a sol-gel transition point between about the melting point of the solvent and about the boiling point of the solvent; (2) forming surfaces of the sol phase composition (20) by passing through a surface forming system, the surface forming system pressing the sol phase composition between a plurality of liners (22, 23); (3) cooling the sol phase composition into a gel phase; and (4) cutting the gel phase composition (30); wherein the pre-formed object is free of a supporting substrate.