A screw type processing device provides a film-formable thermoplastic
composition formed mainly of polysaccharide and protein by continuously
compressing substances together with carbon dioxide gas to form fluid in
a critical state, processes the fluid and is capable of efficiently
manufacturing a practicable polyester foam body. A pressure reduction
part with increased space volume between screw vanes is formed
continuously with an extruding screw of a material supply part by
reducing the diameter of the shaft of the screw, and carbon dioxide gas
is led into the pressure reduction part. Also, a compression part formed
of a screw having a shaft with increased diameter and narrowed vanes is
positioned after the pressure reduction part. The diameter of the shaft
is made substantially equal to the inner periphery of a barrel, and an
orifice part having an orifice formed on the surface or periphery of the
shaft is formed. The maximum flow velocity of orifice passing substances
is desirably designed to be 10 to 1500 cm/sec.