A die plate is provided for an underwater pelletizer. The die plate includes a die plate body and a solid face plate. The downstream face of the die plate body has a plurality of insulation holes drilled therein that reduce the surface area contact between the die plate body and the solid face plate that is secured to the downstream face of the die plate body to form the cutting surface. In addition, a circular groove is preferably milled into the downstream face of the die plate body. The groove is concentric with the outer perimeter of the die plate body and creates an outer ring and a center boss. The outer downstream surface of the boss is flush with the outer downstream surface of the outer ring so that the boss and ring together form the downstream face of the die plate body for supporting the solid face plate. The insulation holes and groove are filled with a non-reactive atmosphere such as nitrogen, inert gas(es), a vacuum or a partial vacuum.

A mixing and extrusion machine for tire sealant materials of the type comprising: a dump extruder equipped with conical converging twin screws located in a batching chamber, said chamber having a low pressure feeding area and a high pressure ducted area; a removable blind flange for temporarily sealing the outlet of said batching chamber so that said material is forced to recirculate between said duct area and said feeding area within said batching chamber, said chamber thereby also acting as a compounding chamber; and an inlet port located in the high pressure ducted area, the inlet port capable of introducing a diluent during mixing of a tire sealant material.

A device for mixing at least two fluid to pasty substances has a housing (2) with at least two openings (5, 6) for feeding the substances and with a discharge opening (8), a mixing element (3) which can rotate in the housing (2), which mixing element (3) can be displaced in the direction (17) of its axis (7) in relation to the housing (2) in order to adjust the size of a gap (18) between a conically tapering part (14) of the mixing element (3) and a likewise tapering region (15) of the housing (2) in order to adjust the shear rate in the region of the gap (18). The mixing element (3) has a region (9) in which annular ribs (11) are provided which project from the mixing element (3) and which engage between adjacent annular ribs (12) which project from the inner surface (10) of the housing (2).

The present invention provides an apparatus for use in mixing and dispensing a curable fluid stream (stream) into an open mold to fill the mold to make polishing pads for chemical mechanical planarization of substrates. The apparatus comprises an actuator frame on which is mounted (i) a set of two plates releasably attached to the actuator frame and adapted to cut the stream when the mold is full and to release from the actuator frame after cutting the stream, and (ii) a dispenser unit for continuous pouring of the stream into an open mold, the apparatus adapted to enable removal of the released plates from the actuator during the continuous pouring after the mold is full, e.g. by raising the actuator frame and the (ii) dispenser unit, whereby one can place a container above the mold to catch the plates.

Provided is a particulate water absorbent with which an absorbent body having an excellent speed of incorporating liquid and enabling reduction in release amount can be produced.

The particulate water absorbent contains poly(meth)acrylic acid (salt)-based water-absorbing resin particles as a main component, and the particulate water absorbent includes a cavity that is a space connecting to outside and a void that is a closed space not connecting to outside, in which a cavity ratio to a total volume is 10% by volume or more, and a void ratio to a total volume is 0.5% by volume or less.

A strand manufacturing apparatus capable of reducing variations among diameters of resin strands without stopping the operation of an extruder is provided. A strand manufacturing apparatus includes a die in which an outflow hole for discharging a resin material contained in an extruder as a string-shaped resin strand is formed, an adjustment valve configured to adjust opening of the outflow hole, an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image of the resin strand extruded from the outflow hole, a diameter acquisition unit configured to acquire a diameter of the resin strand in the image, and an opening adjustment unit configured to adjust the opening by driving the adjustment valve based on the diameter of the resin strand acquired by the diameter acquisition unit.

A mixing and extrusion machine for tire sealant materials of the type comprising: a dump extruder equipped with conical converging twin screws located in a batching chamber, said chamber having a low pressure feeding area and a high pressure ducted area; a removable blind flange for temporarily sealing the outlet of said batching chamber so that said material is forced to recirculate between said duct area and said feeding area within said batching chamber, said chamber thereby also acting as a compounding chamber; and an inlet port located in the high pressure ducted area, the inlet port capable of introducing a diluent during mixing of a tire sealant material.

A component feed nozzle includes a housing, which has a component inlet and a component outlet, a piston-shaped closing body, which is slidably supported in the housing and which can be moved back and forth axially. The component outlet is closed by the front end of the closing body in a first position and the component outlet is released or opened in a second position. The component feed nozzle has a membrane seal, which is fastened to the rear end of the closing body and to the housing in such a way that the closing body is completely on one face of the membrane seal. The housing and/or the closing body are designed in such a way that the component reaches all surfaces of the closing body and thus the component pressure is applied to the complete effective surface of the membrane.

A mixing device includes a first feed opening for a first liquidpreferably gas-ladenplastics component, a second feed opening for a second liquid plastics component, and a discharge opening for discharging a mixture of the first and the second liquid plastics component. The mixing device has a rotating agitator for mixing the first and second liquid plastics components, and a gap remains between the agitator and the discharge opening. An adjustment device is provided which either varies the gap by way of a relative movement between discharge opening and agitator or varies the size of the discharge opening. A regulating device is connected in signal-transmitting fashion to a sensor for determining a pressure prevailing in the mixing device. The regulating device sets the gap, or the size of the discharge opening, by the adjustment device such that the pressure prevailing in the mixing device has a predetermined value.

The invention relates to a mixing device comprising at least one supply opening for at least one liquid and comprising at least one additional supply opening for at least one liquid curing or crosslinking agent. The liquid and/or the liquid curing or crosslinking agent is/are mixed with a gas. The mixing device also comprises a discharge opening for discharging a mixture, which can be produced in the mixing device, of the at least one liquid and the at least one liquid curing or crosslinking agent. A pressure holding device is provided for holding a specifiable pressure which is higher than the pressure at which the gas in the mixing device is foamed.