Process of and apparatus for homogenizing a flow stream
US5811048A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 22, 1997 |
| Grant date | Sep 22, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 22, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29C48/05
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for homogenizing a flow stream of plasticized material supplied from an extruder, to reduce viscosity gradients causing defects in extruded products, wherein a flow inverting homogenizer positioned in the flow stream and incorporating a plurality of criss-crossing channels for simultaneously transferring portions of the flow stream from central to peripheral flow stream locations and other portions of the flow stream from peripheral to central flow stream locations.
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