Static mixer and a method of manufacture thereof
US7198400B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 3, 2003 |
| Grant date | Apr 3, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 13, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29K2067/00
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A static mixer comprising a mixer body with a first and a second array of intermeshed and interconnecting passageways formed therein that connect, and provide a convoluted flow path between, flow faces at ends of the mixer body. The first and second arrays of passageways preferably interconnect such that the boundaries of adjacent intermeshed passageways overlap to form mixing portals. When used in an injection molding system, a singular melt flow is initially divided at the first flow face of the static mixer, wherein the melt flow divides into the intermeshing passageways and further divides and re-combines at the locations of mixing portals before exiting the static mixer at the second flow face as homogenized melt.
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