Apparatus for granulating plastics materials

An apparatus for granulating plastics material comprising a bearing housing, shaft bearing means disposed within said bearing housing, shaft means journalled to rotate in said bearing means and cutter means mounted on said shaft for rotation therewith externally of said housing, nozzle plate means disposed opposite said cutter means and spaced at a pre-set distance therefrom and means mounting said nozzle plate means to a base member, feed means supplying plastics materials to be granulated to said nozzle plate means, cutter housing means surrounding said cutter, said cutter housing means defining an inlet for water and an outlet disposed substantially diametrically opposite said inlet for discharging said water and granules produced by said cutter device, said water simultaneously acting as a cooling and granule conveying medium, said cutter device being immersed in said water during operation of said apparatus, and support arm means directly connecting said bearing housing to said nozzle plate mounting means wherein said cutting housing means is located therebetween, said support arms being thermally isolated from said cutter housing and from said base member.