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US 11,338,476 B2Granted
Plastic processing apparatus and related methods
AssigneeNILO Global Limited
InventorsRobert Hodgson, Thomas Clarence Hodgson
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Abstract
The invention relates to macerator for processing a slurry, the macerator comprising an inlet configured to receive a flow of inlet slurry comprising particles having an average particle size of less than 20 mm, an outlet, two or more bodies that rotate relative to each other, each body comprising a plurality of apertures to define a flow path through each body, wherein the slurry traverses the flow path from the macerator inlet to the macerator outlet via the at least one aperture of each body to produce an outlet slurry.
Claims14
A macerator for processing a slurry, the macerator comprising:
- a housing that defines a chamber, an inlet, and an outlet, the inlet configured to receive a flow of slurry;
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- three or more concentric bodies, each concentric body comprising a plurality of apertures to define a flow path through each concentric body, and one or more of the concentric bodies rotates relative to an adjacent concentric body,
- wherein the slurry traverses the flow path from the inlet to the outlet via the apertures of each concentric body to produce an outlet slurry, and
- wherein the apertures cut particles of the slurry as the particles traverse the apertures in the flow path to produce cut particles that are smaller than the particles in the slurry.
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