Double screw extruder
OwnerJohannes Weberinventor
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Abstract
A double screw extruder includes two conical extruder screws whose screw shafts are arranged at an angle to one another corresponding to the conicity of the extruder screws, and a drive apparatus for driving one of the screw shafts. The other screw shaft is driven from the first screw shaft through a bevel gear drive provided with teeth arranged in herringbone or arrow fashion.
Claims4
A double screw extruder comprising two conical extruder screws fixed respectively to two screw shafts arranged at an angle to one another which corresponds to the conicity of the extruder screws, and a drive apparatus with a drive motor for driving one of the two screw shafts, and a bevel gear drive between said two screw shafts for driving the other of said screw shafts from said one screw shaft, characterized in that the bevel gear drive is provided with teeth arranged in herringbone fashion.
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