Abstract: A twin screw extruder (10) according to the present invention is a twin screw extruder (10), in which a reinforcing fiber is fed through an input port (18) into a molten thermoplastic resin having been formed in a resin feed part (13) and the reinforcing fiber and the molten thermoplastic resin pass through a kneading part (15) so that a fiber-reinforced resin composition is manufactured, wherein the kneading part (15) is provided at the discharge-side end part of the extruder (10); a conveying part (14) is provided between the input port (18) and the kneading part (15), and tip clearance (Sc) of a screw element (12b) configuring the conveying part (14) is larger than screw clearance (Ss).

Abstract: A twin screw extruder (10) according to the present invention is a twin screw extruder (10), in which a reinforcing fiber is fed through an input port (18) into a molten thermoplastic resin having been formed in a resin feed part (13) and the reinforcing fiber and the molten thermoplastic resin pass through a kneading part (15) so that a fiber-reinforced resin composition is manufactured, wherein the kneading part (14) is provided at the discharge-side end part of the extruder (10); a conveying part (14) is provided between the input port (18) and the kneading part (15), and tip clearance (Sc) of a screw element (12b) configuring the conveying part (14) is larger than screw clearance (Ss).

Abstract: The invention provides a portable vacuum pump apparatus that facilitates vacuuming to purge the air from a fluorocarbon refrigerant piping system of an air conditioner. A portable vacuum pump apparatus is used to purge the air from a fluorocarbon refrigerant piping system of an air conditioner by means of vacuuming. The portable vacuum pump apparatus includes a main body having a suction port portion and an exhaust port portion. The main body is provided with a rotating body that is rotatably disposed. An electric screwdriver receiving portion adapted to permit an electric screwdriver to be inserted therein is formed in an axial end of a rotor shaft of the rotating body, i.e. an end projecting outward from the main body.