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US 2005/0120846 A1Published application
Method and device for the mechanical-thermal separation of different materials
OwnerFrank Ellner, Roswitha Maurerinventors
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OwnerFrank Ellner, Roswitha Maurerinventors
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The invention relates to a method and system for the mechanical-thermal separation of different materials such as textile flat structures, threads, and plastic films by heating and simultaneously compacting the material. According to the invention, the material is fed through a gap which is formed between a tool (2) and an opposing surface (3) that touches the tool while forming a point. An adjustable electrical current is conducted over the contact point (5) in such a manner that a temperature profile (14), which is adapted to the density of the material, in the area of the contact point (5) is set such that the temperature of the tool (2) and opposing surface (3), independent of their shape and cross-section up to the contact point, is, in the advance direction of the material (1), increased to the same maximum value, and the contact point is heated in a defined manner.
Method for the mechanical/thermal severing of different materials, such as textile fabrics, yarns and plastic films by heating and simultaneously compacting the material, the material being passed in the transporting direction through a gap, which is closed at one end and formed between a tool and a counter surface, contacting the tool at one point, a controllable electric current being passed through this contact point so that a temperature profile, adapted to the thickness of the material, develops in the area of the contact point, the temperatures of the tool and of the counter surface, independently of their shape and cross-section, increasing in the direction of the contact point, that is, in the transporting direction of the material, to the same maximum value.
Arrangement for mechanically/thermally severing certain materials such textile fabrics, yarns or plastic sheets, by means of a tool (2) and a counter surface (3), the tool (2) being disposed with respect to the counter surface (3), so that a wedge-shaped gap (4) is formed, which is closed at one end by a contact point (5) and through which the material (1) is passed, the tool (2) and the counter surface (3) being connected with a controllable circuit (6), so that a controllable current flows through the contact point (5).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.