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US 2011/0210463 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for drying an extruded material
AssigneeMars, Incorporated
InventorsSiegfried Schmidt, Johannes P. Schlebusch
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of drying an extruded material that includes the steps of: providing a gaseous atmosphere with superheated steam in a housing, extruding a material in the housing, drying the material in the gaseous atmosphere, and moving the dried material out of the housing. An apparatus for drying the extruded material is also provided.
Claims31
A method of drying an extruded material, comprising the steps of:
- providing a gaseous atmosphere with superheated steam in a housing,
- extruding a material in the housing,
- drying the material in the gaseous atmosphere, and moving the dried material out of the housing.
An apparatus for drying an extruded material, comprising:
- a housing for holding a gaseous atmosphere with superheated steam, the housing having an inlet port and an outlet port,
- a means for generating a gaseous atmosphere with superheated steam inside the housing,
- an extruder connected to the inlet port,
- a transport means for receiving material from the extruder and moving the material through the outlet port out of the housing.
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