Melt processing plant
AssigneeGala Industries, Inc.
InventorsMichael Eloo, Juergen Veltel
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a melt processing plant, comprising a melt charger for charging a processing head, in particular palletizing head, with melt, wherein upstream of the processing head a diverter valve for discharging the melt during a starting and/or retooling phase is associated to the melt charger, and to a method for melt processing in such melt processing plant. In accordance with the invention, a portioning device for portioning the discharged melt into melt portions is associated to the diverter valve, wherein a cooling device for cooling the melt portions to at least partly solidified chunks of material is provided.
Claims25
A melt processing plant, comprising a melt charger (2) for charging a processing head, in particular palletizing head (3), with melt, wherein upstream of the processing head, a diverter valve (4) is associated to the melt charger (2) for discharging the melt during a starting- and/or retooling phase,
- characterized in that
- a portioning device (5) for portioning the discharged melt into melt portions is associated to the diverter valve (4), wherein a cooling device (6) for cooling the melt portions to at least partly solidified chunks of material is provided.
A method for processing melt in a melt processing plant, wherein in a processing mode melt is conveyed from at least one melt charger (2) via a diverter valve (4) to at least one processing head, in particular pelletizing head (3), and is processed by said processing head, and wherein in a starting and/or retooling mode melt which is unsuitable for processing in the one or more processing heads and/or is determined for recycling in the one or other melt charger is discharged past the at least one processing head by the diverter valve (4), characterized in that the melt separated by the diverter valve (4) from the proper processing process is portioned into melt portions by a portioning device (5) which is associated to a scrap channel of the diverter valve (4), and said melt portions are cooled by a cooling device to obtain at least partly solidified chunks of material.
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