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US 12,377,596 B2Granted
Mixing and kneading machine with a discharge device which has a degassing device
AssigneeBuss AG
InventorsWolfgang Walter, Martin Schötzau
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AssigneeBuss AG
InventorsWolfgang Walter, Martin Schötzau
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A mixing and kneading machine for continuous preparation processes, such as for producing granules, extruded profiles, or molded articles, such as polymer granules, polymer extruded profiles, or polymer molded parts, having a feeding and mixing device (12) and a discharge device (14), wherein the feeding and mixing device includes a housing (18), a screw shaft (34), and a connecting element (24), wherein the connecting element is arranged at a front side of the housing and is also connected to the discharge device, wherein a hollow interior is formed in both the housing and the connecting element, and the screw shaft extends, at least sectionally, in the axial direction through the interior of the housing and, at least sectionally, in the axial direction through the interior of the connecting element, and wherein a plurality of kneading elements (40), which extend from the inner circumferential surface of the housing into the interior, are provided in the housing, and wherein kneading elements (40) are also arranged on the inner circumferential surface of the connecting element and extend into the interior of the connecting element, and the discharge device has a degassing device (26).
Mixing and kneading machine (10) for continuous preparation processes, having a feeding and mixing device (12) and having a discharge device (14), wherein the feeding and mixing device (12) comprises a housing (18), a screw shaft (34) and a connecting element (24), wherein the connecting element (24) is a flange being connected on to the downstream end of the front side of the housing (18) and including a distal radial flange connected to the discharge device (14), wherein a hollow interior is formed in the housing (18) as well as in the connecting element (24), and the screw shaft (34) extends at least sectionally in the axial direction through the interior of the housing (18) as well as at least sectionally in an axial direction through the interior of the connecting element (24), and wherein there are arranged in the housing (18) a plurality of kneading elements (40), which extend from the inner circumferential surface of the housing (18) into the interior,
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