Abstract: An extrusion equipment adapted for supercritical foaming and mixing of a raw material includes a mixing unit, an injection unit for injection of supercritical fluid into the mixing unit, and an extrusion unit for extrusion of the raw material. The mixing unit includes a tube for input of the raw material, and a propelling screw rod and an auxiliary screw rod that are disposed side by side in the tube and that cooperatively compress and propel the raw material. The auxiliary screw rod rotates at a speed at least twice that of the propelling screw rod and in a direction opposite to that of the propelling screw rod.

Abstract: Extrusion head 1 for manufacturing hose-like parisons from an extruded plastic material, which are made up from at least one first layer and a second layer, wherein the extrusion head 1 comprises the following: a first manifold 15 with a connection 2 for a first extruder, a second manifold 19 with a connection 8 for a second extruder 3, a first flow channel 17 with an annular first outlet opening 18 for producing a first layer, wherein the first flow channel 17 is fed by the first manifold 15, a second flow channel 21 with an annular second outlet opening 22 for producing a second layer, wherein the second flow channel 21 is fed by the second manifold 19, and a mixer 27 within the second flow channel 21 with a connection 54 for introducing a foaming agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the insertion and conveying of a labile additive, or a mixture thereof, in a transporting pipe, in which a main stream of molten material flows, said process characterized in that it incorporates said additive, or said mixture, in a portion of the pipe delimited by the main stream, according to one of the following alternative modes: a) in a longitudinal direction with respect to the flow direction of the main stream of molten material, or b) in a transversal direction with respect to the flow direction of the main stream of. molten material, or c) according to a composition of the longitudinal (a) and transversal (b) mode, thus forming a resulting stream which keeps the labile additives segregated from the main stream of molten material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a continuous dough kneading machine for pastry or bread mixes, such as for sandwich bread, said machine comprising: a substantially tubular chamber (C) provided with an inlet (E) for the dough to be kneaded and an outlet (S) for the kneaded dough, including a constriction, said chamber (C) comprising an upstream sub-chamber (C1) connected to the inlet (E) and a downstream sub-chamber (C2) connected to the outlet (S); means (P, V) for creating a negative pressure in the downstream sub-chamber (C2); and two shafts (1a, 1b) rotatably mounted inside the chamber (C), supporting dough-conveying members (5a, 5b) disposed in particular in the upstream chamber (C1) and dough-kneading members (7a, 7b, 9a, 9b) disposed in particular in the downstream chamber (C2). The machine also comprises means (1a, 1b, 11a, 11b) for forming a dough obstruction (B1) in the transition zone from the upstream chamber to the downstream chamber.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of an apparatus for adding at least one solid or viscous liquid additive, or an additive dispersed in solvent, to a reactor interior of a reactor for preparing crosslinked, finely divided polymers by copolymerizing (a) water-soluble, monoethylenically unsaturated monomers and (b) from 0.001 to 5 mol %, based on the monomers (a), of monomers comprising at least two polymerizable groups, (c) from 0 to 20 mol %, based on the monomers (a), of water-insoluble monoethylenically unsaturated monomers, where the apparatus comprises at least one screw for conveying the at least one additive and the at least one screw ends in an addition orifice substantially flush with the inner wall of the reactor interior.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to improve capacity of process and not require a vent portion by an upper polygonal groove and a transition portion provided to a transport cylinder. A plastic extrusion method and apparatus according to the invention is a method and a configuration, in which an upper polygonal groove and a transition portion are integrally or separately provided to a transport cylinder so as to increase a frictional coefficient of an inner wall of the cylinder, to increase transport efficiency of a plastic raw material by a screw, and to allow at least gas, etc., pass toward a hopper side without using a vent portion.

Abstract: A releasable coupling, including a first and a second coupling part for transmitting torque, where the first coupling part has a projection which extends in the direction of the geometrical axis of rotation and in the circumferential surface of which a first peripheral groove is embedded, that the second coupling part has a recess which is matched in cross section to a receptacle on the projection and in the circumferential surface of which a second peripheral groove is embedded, that an annular securing element is provided, the securing element being elastically deformable with respect to the contour of its open or closed periphery and, in the separated state of the two coupling parts, being insertable into one or optionally into one of the peripheral grooves and the contour of which, in the separated state of the two coupling parts, projecting out of the peripheral groove.

Abstract: A crushing and mixing device includes a mixing vessel in which a plurality of blades installed on a rotary shaft which is rotated by a motor as a driving source and freely rotatably supported, to mix and crush materials. A spiral vane is equipped to supply the materials which are introduced to a rotary shaft corresponding to an inlet from materials, to the mixing vessel; at least two blades are installed on the rotary shaft at an inclined angle; an outlet disposed at a side of a wall of the mixing vessel; the materials are mixed and crushed in the mixing vessel, and an entrained moisture therein is dewatered by the heat generated by actions of shearing, friction and compression; and a molten binder is impregnated in the dehydrated materials.

Abstract: To produce filled thermoplastic polymers starting from a waste thermoplastic base material, the base thermoplastic material is fed into a container (1) provided with a device for mixing and stirring (2,3) in which the base thermoplastic material is softened, the required filler is fed into said device and stirring is continued to thoroughly blend filler and softened material, subsequently collecting the softened and filled material from said container and subjecting it to an extrusion or other densification step.

Abstract: A mixer-extruder assembly may include a hollow cylindrical chamber and a hopper connected to the chamber. A piston drive shaft having a piston attached at one end may be rotatable about a drive shaft axis that is coaxial with the cylindrical chamber. The piston may have one or more mixer blades coupled thereto and rotatable therewith. The piston may be controllably rotated about the drive shaft axis, after input material received by the hopper is delivered into the chamber, causing the mixer blades to rotate and mix the input material with mixing fluid introduced into the chamber. The piston may also be slidably movable from an upper end of the chamber toward the outlet port of the chamber, so that the mixed input material is extruded through the output port of the chamber.

Abstract: A kneading screw is disclosed which comprises a screw body, the screw body comprising a feed section and a kneading section, the feed section comprising screw segments for feeding a to-be-kneaded material to a downstream side and the kneading section comprising kneading segments for kneading the material. The screw body is provided within the kneading section with a multi-stage portion which gradually changes axially in rotating outside diameter. It is preferable that the multi-stage portion be constituted by kneading segments of plural kneading discs different in rotating outside diameter. With such a construction, it is possible to avoid stress concentration on an axial part of the kneading screw and thereby prevent breaking of a spline shaft and abnormal wear of kneading flights.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a powder fabricating apparatus. It is an object of the present invention to provide the powder fabricating apparatus, which is capable of obtaining metal powder in a rapid and continuous fashion, various kinds of oxide, or alloy powder. The powder fabricating apparatus for achieving the object of the present invention comprises a barrel wherein an inlet and an outlet are formed at both opposite ends thereof, respectively; a screw which is rotationally mounted in the barrel and by which reactant supplied from the inlet moves toward the outlet; a driving portion for causing a relative rotational motion between the screw and the barrel; reaction control means for controlling reaction conditions of the reactant which moves in the barrel; and a controller for controlling the driving portion and the reaction control means.

Abstract: An extruder has at least three parallel, co-rotating shafts disposed in a cavity therein along a circle. The shafts are equipped with screw elements closely intermeshing over their whole circumference. At least one screw element is formed as a passage screw element with recesses in the screw crest, screw core and/or screw flank. Downstream of a supply port an element is provided for inhibiting the product flow in the flight of the passage screw element. A degassing opening is located downstream and adjacent the inhibiting element.

Abstract: A kneading apparatus includes a barrel having a chamber, which is a tubular hollow, a biaxial screw set for extruding a material to be kneaded downstream by rotation of the biaxial screw set inside the chamber, and kneading blade sections, mounted in the screw set, for kneading the material by shearing the material in tip clearances and a wedge-shaped space between an inside wall of the chamber and the kneading blade sections. The tip clearance becomes narrower from the upstream side to the downstream side in the direction of extrusion of the material. The kneading apparatus, which performs a continuous kneading operation, makes it possible to set proper kneading conditions in accordance with changes in the state of a material being continuously kneaded, and achieves high kneading efficiency.

Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a composition comprising a thermoplastic resin and a rubber, wherein a solid rubber is molten by a rubber kneading machine and fed into an extruder, and the molten rubber is melt-kneaded with the thermoplastic resin in the extruder. The composition has a uniform component ratio and excellent moldability, and can be used widely as raw materials of molded articles, sheets, films and containers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-screw extruder for the continuous treatment and/or processing of a bulk material, especially a product in powder, granular or flake form, comprising several shafts (3) which are arranged in a ring shape in a cavity (1) of an extruder housing (2) and which extend parallel to the axial direction (A) of the extruder. The extruder housing (2) is provided with axially parallel, concave segments (5a, 6a) of a circle on the radially inner (5) and radially outer (6) surfaces of the cavity (1). These circle segments act as a guide for the axially parallel shafts (3) with their processing elements (4) on the inside (5) or on the outside (6) of the shaft ring (3, . . . ). The inventive improvement lies in the radial extension of the axial partial area of the cavity (1) containing the shafts (3), which is located in the area of the feed opening (9), this radial extension (10b) extending along part of the shaft ring (3, . . . ) in the peripheral direction (U) of the same.

Abstract: In a conventionally used injection molding apparatus, undried resin pellet is put in a drier of a predetermined temperature and water and gas in the undried resin pellet is completely removed, and the dried pellet deprived of water and gas is thrown into the injection molding apparatus. It is therefore necessary to carefully control quality of water and gas of pellet before pellet is thrown into the injection molding apparatus. In injection molding of undried resin pellet, evaluate injected resin, control operation conditions such as the feeding amount of pellet and the decompression degree, and determine the best operation conditions and the best accumulation amount wherein excellent articles are obtained. The accumulation amount of pellet fed in an injection molding chamber is detected, and feeding to the injection molding chamber is controlled upon the detection information.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mixing apparatus at least composed of a screw-based machine S1 and a screw-based machine S2, where S1 has heating equipment, at least in the plasticizing and homogenizing zone, and where the outlet from S2 has been connected to the screw-containing barrel of S1, within the plasticizing or homogenizing zone of S1, a substantive feature of which is that the connection between S1 and S2 is brought about by a connector which has cooling equipment effective as far as the inner wall of the screw-containing barrel of S1, and to a process for preparing thermoplastically processable molding compositions, in particular additive masterbatches, from at least one thermoplastic component C1 and at least one component C2, where the melting point or decomposition temperature TMC2 of C2 is lower, by at least about 50° C., than the temperature THC1, which is the lower limit of the thermoforming range of C1, and where most of C2 is melted only after contact with C1.

Abstract: Material processing apparatus (10) is provided for the simultaneous production of different characterized final products using a single, initially processed product stream. The apparatus (10) includes a barrel assembly (12) having an elongated, tubular barrel (16) with a flighted, axially rotatable screw (26) within the barrel, and an additive incorporation assembly (14) coupled with the barrel (16) and having a plurality of individual mixing chambers (34, 36) configured to receive and process individual, separate streams of product from the barrel assembly (12). Individual additive injectors (52, 54) are also provided for injection of additives such as colorants or the like into the respective product streams for mixing with the chambers (34, 36). Preferably, the assembly (14) includes a flow divider (32) having plural separate passageways (46, 48), which are in communication with the corresponding mixing chambers (34, 36).

Abstract: The present invention comprises a novel thermokinetic mixer. In one form of the invention, the mixing chamber shaft projections are removable at least in part and replaceable without cutting the projections from the shaft. In another form of the invention, only a tip portion of such projections are removable and replaceable without such cutting. In yet another form of the invention, shaft projections into the mixing chamber comprise a tooth having a substantially reticulated face forming a deflecting surface such that substantially all mixing chamber particles encountering the tooth strike and are deflected at an incident substantially lateral angle from the deflecting surface.

Abstract: Material processing apparatus (10) is provided for the simultaneous production of different characterized final products using a single, initially processed product stream. The apparatus (10) includes a barrel assembly (12) having an elongated, tubular barrel (16) with a flighted, axially rotatable screw (26) within the barrel, and an additive incorporation assembly (14) coupled with the barrel (16) and having a plurality of individual mixing chambers (34, 36) configured to receive and process individual, separate streams of product from the barrel assembly (12). Individual additive injectors (52, 54) are also provided for injection of additives such as colorants or the like into the respective product streams for mixing with the chambers (34, 36). Preferably, the assembly (14) includes a flow divider (32) having plural separate passageways (46, 48), which are in communication with the corresponding mixing chambers (34, 36).

Abstract: An extrusion molding machine for producing a ceramic molding is provided in which a ceramic material which has not been kneaded is efficiently introduced to realize a high molding speed. The machine includes a screw extruder and a material introduction portion through which the material is introduced into the screw extruder. The material introduction portion is provided with a casing having an introduction passage connected to a housing of the screw extruder and an opening through which the material is charged, and right and left introduction screws provided in the introduction passage. The introduction screws are provided with lead portions wound in opposite directions and arranged so that the lead portions are engaged substantially in a non-contact state. The introduction screws are rotated so that the material is moved in a direction opposite to the opening at the engagement portion.

Abstract: An extrusion molding machine for producing a ceramic molding is provided in which a ceramic material which has not been kneaded is efficiently introduced to realize a high molding speed. The machine includes a screw extruder and a material introduction portion through which the material is introduced into the screw extruder. The material introduction portion is provided with a casing having an introduction passage connected to a housing of the screw extruder and an opening through which the material is charged, and right and left introduction screws provided in the introduction passage. The introduction screws are provided with lead portions wound in opposite directions and arranged so that the lead portions are engaged substantially in a non-contact state. The introduction screws are rotated so that the material is moved in a direction opposite to the opening at the engagement portion.

Abstract: A metering unit for dough and related foodstuffs having a dough feeder unit, support structure, dough hopper, effluent housing, drive motor and centerless helix, with the effluent housing including an inlet, center and outlet section. The centerless helix is disposed within the effluent housing, and is rotatably coupled to the drive motor. Dough is fed into an aperture in the input section of the effluent housing, and upon rotation of the centerless helix, is discharged from the outlet section of the effluent housing. The internal flowpath of the effluent housing can include a separate discharge liner to prevent the centerless helix from contacting the flowpath wall. Additional control mechanisms can be included to limit motor power output and protect the system in event of an overpressure condition. The system is portable, and can be coupled to a conventional conveyor system to create an integrated approach to dough metering and transport.

Abstract: A feeding method and apparatus are provided for a extruder which is used for processing of rubber, plastic and cellulose etc. The feeding apparatus comprises an inlet, through which the materials enter the apparatus; a screw for transferring the materials from the inlet by rotating, which has helical flights and extends along the transfer direction of materials; a feeding roller at the inlet which has helical flights and extends along the transfer direction of materials. The helical flights of the screw and the helical flights of the roller are engaged untightly. The method comprises: providing a feeding roller at the inlet, the roller extending along the transfer direction of materials and having helical flights which mesh with the helical flights of the screw; making the helical flights of the roller engage the helical flights of the screw untightly; making the roller and the screw rotate in opposite directions when the extruder operates.

Abstract: A continuous mixer in which a pair of left and right rotors 4 are rotatably inserted into a chamber 2 having a feed port 13 and a discharge port 14 for materials at both axial ends, respectively, a gate device 17 for adjusting the polymer flow resistance of the materials is provided halfway in the axial direction of the chamber 2, and a first and a second mixing portions 19, 21 are formed at portions, respectively, of the rotors 4 positioned upstream and downstream of the gate device 17, wherein a forced feed means 23 for forcibly post-adding the materials is connected to a portion downstream of the gate device 17 in the chamber 2 and upstream of the discharge port 15.

Abstract: Efficient, improved output systems and methods for producing polymeric film are described. Such systems include a feed assembly for positively and substantially constantly feeding polymeric raw material to a grooved feed extruder. The system also includes suitable apparatus for forming the molten polymer output from the extruder into film. The raw material may consist of 100% pelletized polymer, 100% polymer fluff, or any combination of the two. If necessary, a blending apparatus is included to blend the pellets and fluff prior to feeding the raw material to the extruder.

Abstract: A machine for continuous processing of flowable materials has a plurality of axis-parallel shafts in a space in a housing along a circle. Each shaft includes shaft bearing processing elements which tightly intermesh adjacent shafts. Between a material inlet at one end of the housing and a material outlet at the other end thereof, the housing jacket is divided radially into short segments with further passages and long segments, the length of the long segments being smaller than the outside distance thereof.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for processing polyvinylacetate and other similar ingredients of a gum base or chewing gum product are disclosed. The ingredient materials are separated into individual pieces by a lump breaker and conveyed through a pneumatic conveying system to a cyclone receiver and holding bin. A volumetric feeder feeds the material into a side feeder which in turn introduces and feeds the material to the main continuous extruder used for making the final gum base or gum product. A unique adapter with a curved outer end shape connects the side feeder to the main extruder internal bone which allows repair and/or modification of the side feeder without separating it from the main extruder.