Abstract: A material processing plant comprises a first screw-type extruding machine (1) and a second screw-type extruding machine (2) which is disposed downstream thereof. Between the two screw-type extruding machines (1, 2), provision is made for a delivery zone (28) where a delivery orifice is provided, extending radially of the axes (12a, 13a) of the casing bores (12, 13) of the first screw-type extruding machine (1) and being directed towards the second screw-type extruding machine (2). The at least one casing bore (12, 13) of the first screw-type extruding machine (1) is lockable in the direction of its axis (12a, 13a) by means of a sealing element.

Abstract: An extruder capable of obtaining a treatment volume equal to that of the conventional art without enlarging a screw diameter is provided. The extruder includes screw shafts, a drive unit, and a barrel, in which three or more screw shafts having the same diameter and the same root diameter in a waveform shape are engaged with each other and arranged in parallel to each other horizontally or nearly horizontally, while a distance between axial centers is made equal. According to the above configuration, the same treatment volume as that of a conventional extruder can be handled by screw shafts of smaller diameter as compared with that of the conventional art. By using the screw shafts of the smaller diameter as compared with the conventional art, temperature irregularities of an extrusion material in screw grooves, leakage of the extrusion material from the screw shafts, an installation area of the extruder, and the like conventional trouble of various kinds can be eliminated.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for making pellets of wood meal compound according to the present invention is constructed in such a manner that synthetic resin material and wood meal material are supplied into a hopper (3) in a most upstream position, and kneaded in a long kneading section (6) having no side feeder (2), thereby to obtain pellets from mixed material having more uniform properties than in the prior art.

Abstract: An apparatus for injection molding two compatible polymeric materials, in which two or more plasticizing zones on a screw are used to simultaneously or sequentially plasticize the two materials into a common accumulation space through separate pathways. The charge comprising multiple layers of material is then injected into a closed mold by means of forward axial motion of the screw with respect to its enclosing barrel. Once inside the mold, the first material forms a skin layer, totally or partially surrounding the other material. In this way a part having a plurality of material properties may be produced in a single operation.

Abstract: The present invention includes a screw tip for an extruder screw for effecting mixing in an extruder. The screw tip has a substantially conical outside surface and at least one discontinuous fin. The at least one fin protrudes from the outside surface of the screw tip.

Abstract: An extruder for producing a thermoplastic material having a first and second portion, namely, an axially extending barrel; first and second screw conveyers co-axially disposed within said barrel, said second screw conveyer co-axially disposed within said first screw conveyer with relative rotatable movement between said first and second screw conveyers so as to define a first passage for conveying thermoplastic material from an input to a melt zone and then an output and define a second passage from said melt zone to said output; a connecting passage for communication between said first and second passages whereby a first portion of said thermoplastic melt is conveyed through said first passage to said output and another portion of said thermoplastic melt is conveyed through said connecting passage and through said second passage to said output; means for changing the characteristic of said portion; means for merging said first and second portions together.

Abstract: A process and equipment for producing multi-color concrete products, including architectural concrete blocks, concrete bricks, modular concrete products that are suitable for use in landscaping applications, such as retaining wall blocks, concrete pavers, and concrete slabs. The invention includes a spray mechanism that sprays liquid pigment onto concrete discharged from a hopper. The concrete then proceeds to a blending mechanism which blends the pigment into the concrete to produce a multi-color concrete blend. The concrete blend is then used to produce multi-colored concrete products.

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 screw with a heat exchange function is rotatably fit in a barrel, and includes a heat exchange medium chamber located at a center section in the radial direction, running along the lengthwise direction. The chamber stores a heat exchange medium supply pipe supplying a heat exchange medium. The heat exchange medium supply pipe is constituted by split pipes split into two or more sections in the lengthwise direction. Pipe connection joints connect the split pipes with each other while securing such degrees of freedom so that these split pipes can move by predetermined quantity in the lengthwise direction and the radial direction. The screw enables to stably supply a heat exchange medium for a long period without fatigue fracture of a heat exchange medium supply pipe even if the screw is bent during mixing and extrusion of a raw material.

Abstract: Screw elements for twin-screw extruders are mounted on shafts which rotate in a same direction, with the screw elements having closely intermeshing outer contour for enabling a gentle incorporation of the fibers, in particular natural fibers in plastic melts and maintaining a longest possible fiber length. In the area of the surface of the screw elements, a plurality of surface structure elements are disposed which do not project beyond the outer contour of the screw element.

Abstract: An apparatus for the manufacture of fiber-reinforced plastic compositions. The apparatus addresses the disadvantages of previous methods and apparatuses for the manufacture of fiber-reinforced plastic compositions using a plasticizing extruder. Some embodiments of the apparatus may increase and/or better define the fiber content in the plasticate, as well as improve performance in the production of plasticates from fiber fleeces and fiber mats. Embodiments include an apparatus with a plasticizing extruder with adapted geometry of the extruder casing and the corresponding screw elements.

Abstract: An extruder includes a material feeding device feeding into a radial pump unit. The radial pump unit includes conical screws which are adjacently positioned and rotate in the same direction. The radial pump unit transfers an annular flow of the material into the extruder's nozzle. Additional material can be supplied into the product through the radial pump unit.

Abstract: An extrusion molding apparatus capable of improving the extrusion rate of the ceramic material without a major reconstruction of a drive system is disclosed. The extrusion molding apparatus comprises screw extruders (2, 3) including housings (29, 39) having screws (4, 5) built therein, wherein the ceramic material introduced into the housings (29, 39), respectively, is extruded by way of the forward end extrusion ports by rotating the screws (4, 5). The screws (4, 5) built in the screw extruders (2, 3), respectively, include pressure portions (41, 51) with the feed rate per revolution progressively decreased toward the forward end extrusion port, and extended portions (43, 53) with the feed rate per revolution progressively increased toward the forward end extrusion port.

Abstract: An extruder includes a barrel having a die attached to one end and at least one material inlet with a feeder for providing material to the material inlet. At least one screw is rotatively mounted in the barrel, and a motor is provided for driving the screw. A plurality of sensors is mounted in the barrel for sensing passage of screw thread edges as the screw rotates. A controller for controlling operation of the extruder receives signals from the sensors and determines local torsional deformations of the screw based on the signals. The controller slows down the extruder if any one of the local torsional deformations falls outside of an optimal range.

Abstract: The invention is addressed to the problem of providing a method whereby a mixing of bulk material containing fibers (fiber material) and plastic granules for the plasticate extrusion of long fiber reinforced thermoplastics (LFT) will be possible during the melting process with high production outputs and with minimized material content in the extruder system and minimized fiber damage, and to the problem of creating an apparatus with an extruder for the practice of the method, which will have an extruder housing of modified geometry as to the feed opening and the corresponding screw elements, so that the disadvantages described above are avoided.

Abstract: A multi-shaft extruder is disclosed with at least two shafts for compounding and/or molding an elastomer staggered with filler, in particular rubber, with at least one softener and/or additives.

Abstract: A process for the extrusion of peroxide crosslinked polymer parts, mainly tubes, in which the crosslinkable polymer is heated in an extruder in a controlled manner to a value above the crystallite melting point of the polymer, but below the crosslinking temperature, and fed continuously to an extrusion die to create the part and in which at least a partial crosslinking of the polymer is achieved in the extrusion die by heating of the polymer above a crosslinking temperature provision.

Abstract: A spiral conveyor for a concrete extrusion machine has a first spiral conveyor section with a first external diameter. There is a second spiral conveyor section having a second external diameter which is greater than the first diameter. The second section is spaced apart from the second section. A third spiral conveyor section is between the first section and the second section. The first end of the third section is connected to the first section and the second end is adjacent to the second section. The second spiral conveyor section may be mounted on a hollow shaft of the third section. The second section has two longitudinally divided components, each having a recess therein. Connectors interconnect the two components and a locking device is between the hollow shaft and the second section.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for casting a concrete product, in which method the concrete product is cast in an essentially horizontal slipform casting process during which the top surface height and profile of the concrete product being cast is measured continually. Based on the measurement results, the relative proportion of the concrete mix flowing to the upper layer or lower layer of the concrete product is controlled by way of moving or tilting a feed trough (12) located below the concrete mix feed means (2).

Abstract: The machine comprises a pair of risers and a head comprising a plurality of operating roller units with rollers supported on the top and between the risers. According to the invention, the machine comprises a cover pivotally mounted by a pin with respect to the risers and over the head so to at least cover the gap on the top and on the front between the risers, in which the operating units are arranged in its closed position. Cams are functionally associated to the cover and cam trackers are functionally associated to a micro switch. The micro switch is electrically connected to the electrical power circuit of an electrical geared motor of the machine so that the micro switch electrically closes the electrical circuit only when the cover is correctly and completely closed and consequently the electrical geared motor of the machine can be turned along with the operating unit rollers only in this condition.

Abstract: Molding material consisting of resin coated reinforcing fibers in a molten mass of resin and fibers is prepared at a molding site for controlled supply to a molding machine. A conveying device, such as a pair of pinch rollers, serves to pull fibers from supply spools through guide orifices of a coating die having a chamber within which the fiber is coated with molten resin. Further impregnation of the fibers with resin takes place in the conveying device, which also develops pressure on its output side serving to push the mass of hot resin and fiber into a receiving device for movement to a molding machine. The receiving device may be the feed screw for an injection molding machine or simply a plate movable to and from a compression molding machine. The fibers may be cut into predetermined lengths by a cutting device positioned downstream of the aforesaid conveying device.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing semi-finished products and molded articles of metallic materials includes an extruder for producing a flow of the metals, with appliances being connected thereafter for shaping the semi-finished products and the molded articles. The extruder has a screw system consisting of two or more meshing screws. This design has an improved functionality and can produce components with reproducible quality.

Abstract: A tip for an extruder screw includes a body having a first end for attachment to a screw, a second end, and an outer surface. A wiper extends outwardly from an outer surface of the body. In one embodiment, the wiper is a substantially helical conveying flight. In another embodiment the tip includes at least two substantially helical conveying flights on the outer surface of the body.

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 process and equipment for producing multi-color concrete products, including architectural concrete blocks, concrete bricks, modular concrete products that are suitable for use in landscaping applications, such as retaining wall blocks, concrete pavers, and concrete slabs. The invention includes a spray mechanism that sprays liquid pigment onto concrete discharged from a hopper. The concrete then proceeds to a blending mechanism which blends the pigment into the concrete to produce a multi-color concrete blend. The concrete blend is then used to produce multi-colored concrete products.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mixing device comprising at least one screw injection moulding machine (S1) and a screw injection moulding machine (S2). (S1) is provided with heating devices at least in the plasticising and homogenising section, and the outlet pertaining to (S2) is connected to the screw cylinder of (S1) in the plasticising or homogenising section pertaining to (S1). It is essential that (S1) and (S2) are connected by means of a connecting device provided with a cooling device which acts up to the inner wall of the screw cylinder of (S1). The invention also relates to methods for producing thermoplastically processable moulding materials, especially additive batches, consisting of at least one thermoplastic component (K1) and at least one component (K2). The melting or decomposition temperature (TSK2) of (K2) is at least ca. 50° C. lower than the temperature (TWK1) which limits the lower end of the thermoforming range of (K1), (K2) only largely being melted after coming into contact with (K1).

Abstract: An apparatus for injection molding two compatible polymeric materials, in which two substantially coaxial extrusion screws are used to plasticize the two materials into a common accumulation space. The charge comprising multiple layers of material is then injected into a closed mold by means of forward axial motion of the outer screw with respect to its enclosing barrel. Once inside the mold, the first material forms a skin layer totally or partially surrounding the other material. In this way a part having a plurality of material properties may be produced in a single operation.

Abstract: A method and apparatus (20) for extruding fibre cement. The extruder comprises a casing (30) with a pair of inter-meshing self-wiping screws (40) rotatably mounted therein. The screws continuously mix and or knead the components of the fibre cement provided through various feed means (61, 62) to form a substantially homogeneous paste and force the paste through a die (50) to form a green cementitious extrudate suitable for curing.

Abstract: The invention provides a counter-rotating extrusion system for processing foam material. The system is designed to introduce a physical blowing agent into the extruder, thoroughly disperse the blowing agent within the polymer melt and, preferably, to maintain relatively high pressures downstream from the point of blowing agent introduction. High quality polymeric foams, including microcellular foams, can be produced using the extrusion system. The system is particularly suitable for the production of foams using shear sensitive and degradable materials, such as PVC.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacture as well as associated apparatus for a board made of fibres or chip as well as a board made by the method. The invention relates in particular to MDF- or HDF- or chip boards.

Abstract: An extrusion method and an extruder, the material to be extruded being fed with a material feeding device (1) into a radial pump unit included in the equipment. The radial pump unit comprises conical gearwheels (2) which are adjacently positioned and rotate in opposite directions. The radial pump unit transfers the material in an annular flow into the extruder's nozzle (4). Additional material (20) can be supplied into the product through the radial pump unit.

Abstract: Systems and apparatus combinations for producing a coating powder are provided wherein a stream of a powder coating precursor including at least one resin and at least one additional powder coating ingredient is contacted with a process fluid effective to reduce the viscosity of the powder coating precursor to allow processing of the powder coating precursor at a lower temperature.

Abstract: A method for processing an impact modifier material having a core and shell molecular structure comprises working the impact modifier material in a mild extruder to a state such that at least a portion of the shells of the impact modifier material fuse together to form an impact modifier material output, and pelletizing the impact modifier output. The output is preferably pellitized, and produces pellets having a narrow size distribution.

Abstract: A method of moulding and a moulding installation is disclosed. The installation comprises a compounder (16), a flow path (26) from the compounder to a vessel (34) in which the mouldable material emerging from the compounder is accumulated, and further flow paths (28) from the vessel (34) to a number of moulders (30) each of which is associated with a mould (32). The moulders take charges of mouldable material on a cyclical basis.

Abstract: An extrusion method and an extruder, the material to be extruded being fed with a material feeding device (1) into a radial pump unit included in the equipment. The radial pump unit comprises conical screws (2) which are adjacently positioned and rotate in the same direction. The radial pump unit transfers an annular flow of the material into the extruder's nozzle (4). Additional material (20) can be supplied into the product through the radial pump unit.

Abstract: A plastic material extruder combines the features of a generally flat rotatable disc and a generally flat opposed stator. At least one of the two is heated by heating elements. The two define a processing gap into which a hopper for feeding a plastic material mixture is discharged. The rotor and the stator develop a high shear force which further heats up the processed mixture in addition to the heating delivered by the heating elements. At the center of the disc/stator assembly, an axial force developing device such as a ram or a feed screw or screws is adapted to further compress and extrude a mixture of the thermoplastic components and thermosetting components, the latter being comprised of crumbled pieces of used tires. The extruder is shown in two embodiments, one injecting the processed alloy into a mold, the other producing pellets of the processed alloy.

Abstract: A compounding/injection molding apparatus includes an extruder configured to receive and compound raw materials, a plunger disposed longitudinally within the extruder, and a mold positioned at the outlet end of the extruder and configured to receive the compounded raw materials. The extruder includes first and second screws intermeshed with each other along at least a portion of the length thereof. The plunger is typically positioned longitudinally within a bore defined within the first screw and is translatable within the bore. The mold is a press capable of receiving molten thermoplastics and molding the molten thermoplastics to the desired shapes. The method for using the apparatus includes adding at least one material to the extruding unit proximate a first end thereof, compounding the material, transporting the material to an outlet port proximate a second end of the extruding unit, and transferring the material from the outlet port to the mold.

Abstract: A method and system are provided that efficiently compound high levels of inorganic filler, processing fluid and silicone polymer at a commercial rate into homogeneous filled and devolatilized silicone compositions. In the method, filled silicone compositions are compounded by compounding a filler, processing fluid and silicone polymer in a first compounding apparatus to produce a first dispersed composition and simultaneously compounding a filler, processing fluid and silicone polymer in a second compounding apparatus that shares a common extruder shaft with the first compounding apparatus to produce a second dispersed composition. The system comprises a first compounding apparatus and a sequential second compounding apparatus that shares a common shaft with the first compounding apparatus.

Abstract: Manufacturing process of a sulfoaluminate or ferroaluminate cement, cement obtained by this process, and installation for implementation. The invention concerns a manufacturing process of cement (1) from a mixture (2) containing CaCO3, Al2O3 and/or Al(OH)3, CaSO4, SiO2 and/or a product containing silica or silicates such as clay, these compounds being present in the anhydrous or hydrated form, individually or in combination.

Abstract: A single pass, continuous, automated system for producing a pharmaceutical granulation includes multiple feeders to feed powders and liquids, a twin screw processor to granulate, a radio frequency or microwave based drying apparatus to dry the granulation, and at least one mill to process the dried granulation to desired particle sizes. The system incorporates means for monitoring key process parameters on-line, all of which are controlled by a controller provided with feedback at each component of the system. The granulation produced can be compressed into a tablet or incorporated into a capsule, both having a uniform distribution of the active ingredient. The system produces product having consistent properties even when production is scaled up for manufacture of the tablet in commercial volume.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for injection molding parts, which comprises a mixture of at least one plastic material and at least one additive in the form of fibrous or powdered fillers or reinforcement materials.

Abstract: The mixing element has a central hole for keying to the shaft of the screw and an outer profile which can be produced as a result of the removal of material from a circular element along at least one arc of its Outer portion by cutting performed by a point-like element rotating around a circle with a diameter equal to that of the circular element. The point-like element and the circular element rotate in the same direction and at the same speed and the centers of the circular element and of the circle are spaced apart by a distance less than their diameter. During a portion of the cutting process, the distance between the centers of the circular element and of the circle is reduced so that the portion of the outer profile which is correspondingly cut is recessed.

Abstract: The device for extracting undesired substances, such as volatile components of low molecular weight, free gases, liquids and the like, from the cylinder of an extruder, in particular for thermoplastic materials, includes a casing defining internally an oblong cavity communicating at one end with the internal cavity of the extruder; at least one screw mounted for rotation in the oblong cavity, substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis thereof; and vacuum means for creating a depression in the oblong cavity. The longitudinal axis of the oblong cavity forms an angle of between 0° and −45° with a horizontal plane passing through the axis of the cylinder of the extruder.

Abstract: Equipment for extruding an expanded polymer sheet or plate comprising an apparatus for the gravimetric loading (11) of a certain number of component polymers and/or mineral fillers, an extruding apparatus (17) consisting of a thermally controlled co-rotating twin-screw extruder (20) with a length ratio of at least {fraction (1/34)} diameters, a loading pump (38) downstream of the extrusion apparatus, a static group (41) for the mixing and thermal conditioning of the mixture pumped, inserted in a thermo-regulated cartridge (42), a stratifier (44, 45) and a flat head (43), wherein, in at least one portion of the extrusion apparatus (17), there is an injection zone (29, 32) into which gas, such as CO2, coming from a container tank (30, 34), is introduced.

Abstract: The mixing element has a central hole for keying to the shaft of the screw and an outer profile which can be produced as a result of the removal of material from a circular element along at least one arc of its outer portion by cutting performed by a point-like element rotating around a circle with a diameter equal to that of the circular element. The point-like element and the circular element rotate in the same direction and at the same speed and the centers of the circular element and of the circle are spaced apart by a distance less than their diameter. During a portion of the cutting process, the distance between the centres of the circular element and of the circle is reduced so that the portion of the outer profile which is correspondingly cut is recessed.

Abstract: A rotor segment is assembled in a screw set for use in a twin-screw extruder for mixing and dispersing a material to be kneaded into a kneaded product having a desired state of kneading. The rotor segment has a plurality of kneading blades that provide a plurality of tip clearances different from each other at least in the circumferential direction. The rotor segment also has the same sectional shape as a screw and a kneading disk, which are assembled in other screw segment and kneading disk segment of the screw set, except for crest portions of the kneading blades. A degradation in quality of a kneaded product attributable to residence of a target material of kneading for a long time can be satisfactorily prevented. A load partially imposed on the rotor segment can be reduced, thereby preventing a damage of the screw set in which the rotor segment is assembled.

Abstract: A plasticating screw having improved mixing capability for polymer blends comprises a feed zone having a helical flight defining a solid material feed path, a compression zone for converting the solid material into molten material having a helical channel of variable depth, a waved melting zone for breaking up solid agglomerations and distributing them equally in the liquid melt, a spiral mixing zone that traps large agglomerations and contaminants, and a second melting zone for completing melting the material and for creating a substantially homogeneous melt. A method for mixing plastic material that has been at least partially plasticized and contains inhomogeneities is also described.

Abstract: Devolatilization of molten polymer is carried out using a vertical static mixer which opens directly into a flash tank. Expansion of a stripping agent injected at an inlet of the static mixer occurs in the static mixer and the continued shearing causes disengagement of the vapor from the polymer, so that expansion is complete before the polymer enters the flash tank and stripper and volatiles are removed by a pump and condenser arrangement which holds the flash tank at a reduced pressure. Polymer outlets are in the floor of the flash tank and have metering pumps at their bottom end.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an extruder having mixing screws, a speed reduces, a plurality of barrels, an extrusion die, feed hoppers, a water supply hose, and a CO2 gas supply member, and a conveyer unit having a conveyer belt, a flour distributor, a plurality of heaters and a cutter for manufacturing Korean traditional oil pastries in mass production by means of the apparatus.

Abstract: An extrusion apparatus including at least one conical stator, and at least one conical rotor. The rotor is adapted for defibering or orienting a plastic material. The apparatus has an opening for receiving an elongate product or mandrel. The product or mandrel may be disposed in the apparatus such that, with the product or mandrel received in the opening, an extrusion conduit is defined in the opening between the product or mandrel and the rotor and stator. The rotor and stator are disposed with respect to one another to form a supply opening wherein the plastic material flows between the stator and rotor and is pressed into the extrusion conduit.