Paddle mixing device and method for the cleaning thereof
AssigneeBuhler AG
InventorsMarco OTERO, Frieder Sorbas KLEIN
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a paddle mixing device (1), in particular a preconditioner, comprising a cylindrical mixing unit (2) with a shaft arranged in the mixing unit, wherein the shaft has paddles and the mixing unit has a base surface (2b), characterized in that closable openings (2c) are provided in the base surface (2b) for introducing a cleaning device into the mixing unit (2). The present invention further relates to an extruder (7) comprising such a paddle mixing device (1), and a method for cleaning such a paddle mixing device (1).
Claims14
A paddle mixing device comprising a cylindrical mixing unit with a shaft arranged in the mixing unit, wherein the shaft has paddles and the mixing unit has a base surface,
- wherein closable openings are provided in the base surface for introducing a cleaning device into the mixing unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.