Static mixer suitable for additive manufacturing
AssigneeNov Canada Ulc
InventorsLuke C. Zenke, Ross Edward Brice
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Abstract
A static mixer may include a housing having an inlet and an outlet. The static mixer may also include a mixing element arranged within the housing. The mixing element may include a plurality of blade disk pairs arranged in crisscrossing fashion, each blade disk, of the pairs of blade disks, comprising a plurality of parallel extending and spaced apart blades. In some examples, a blade disk may include a link connecting the end of each of the plurality of parallel extending and spaced apart blades. In some examples, the link may be a ring base. In other examples, the link may be a propped tie. Alternatively or additionally, a support perch may be provided for supporting a ring base of an adjoining module.
Claims19
A static mixer, comprising:
- a housing having an inlet and an outlet;
- and
- a mixing element module arranged within the housing and comprising:
- a plurality of blade disk pairs arranged in crisscrossing fashion, each blade disk, of the pairs of blade disks, comprising a plurality of parallel extending and spaced apart blades;
- and
- for each blade disk, a first link connecting a first end of each of the plurality of parallel extending and spaced apart blades, wherein,
- at least one of the first links comprises a first ring base adapted to sleevably fit within the housing and another of the first links comprises a propped tie arranged above the first ring base and extending laterally around a periphery of a bottom edge of the plurality of parallel and spaced apart blades of a respective blade disk, the propped tie being supported off of the first ring base by a strut.
A static mixing element, comprising:
- a plurality of mixing element modules, each module comprising:
- a plurality of blade disk pairs arranged in crisscrossing fashion, each blade disk, of the pairs of blade disks, comprising a plurality of parallel extending and spaced apart blades;
- for each blade disk, a first link connecting a first end of each of the plurality of parallel extending and spaced apart blades, wherein at least one of the first links comprises a ring base;
- and
- a support perch configured for supporting a ring base of an adjoining module.
A static mixer, comprising:
- a housing having an inlet and an outlet;
- and
- a mixing element module arranged within the housing and comprising:
- a plurality of blade disk pairs arranged in crisscrossing fashion, each blade disk, of the pairs of blade disks, comprising a plurality of parallel extending and spaced apart blades;
- for each blade disk, a link connecting a first end of each of the plurality of parallel extending and spaced apart blades, wherein at least one of the links comprises a ring base;
- and
- a support perch configured for supporting a ring base of an adjoining module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.