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US 6,178,851 B2Granted
Gear for twin-screw extruder
AssigneeP.I.V. Antrieb Werner Reimers GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsMarion Aumueller, Alfred Berky, Guido Koch, Lothar Thiel
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Abstract
The gear for twin-screw extruders having a first output shaft which is driven by a drive shaft and a second output shaft which is driven by the first output shaft via two side shafts which are arranged on both sides. The shafts are arranged parallel and inside a joint gearbox case which is divided along a vertical junction plane into two gearbox case halves. The junction plane extends between the axes of the two output shafts.
Claims5
A gear for a twin screw extruder, comprising:
- a joint gearbox;
- a first output shaft having a first axis and being driven by a drive shaft;
- a second output shaft having a second axis, said output shafts being parallel with one another and arranged inside the joint gearbox;
- two side shafts arranged on opposite sides, respectively, of the first and second output shafts, said second output shaft being driven by the first output shaft via the two side shafts;
- said gearbox case being divided along a vertical junction plane into two gearbox case halves, wherein said junction plane extends between said axes for the two output shafts.
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