The invention relates to a method for degassing elastomer-containing media, such as elastomer solutions and dispersions in particular, and degassing devices (1) for carrying out said method.

The invention relates to novel screw elements for multi-screw extruders with screw profiles co-rotating in pairs and being fully self-wiping in pairs, to the use of the screw elements in multi-screw extruders and to a process for extruding plastic compositions.

An element for a counter-rotating twin screw processor is disclosed. The element has an axial bore for mounting on a screw shaft of the processor. The element or a portion of the element comprises a continuous self-wiping flight helically formed thereon. Further, the element comprises one or more lobes with a lobe profile that is defined in a radial plane of the element and is provided by a functionally continuous curve obtained by combining a first curve to a second curve. The second curve is a mirror-image of the first curve about a radial axis passing through a central axis of the element and one of two extreme points of the first curve. The first curve is represented by a mathematical expression.

The present invention relates to screw elements with novel, tightly intermeshing, self-cleaning, co-rotating screw profiles for multishaft screw machines with pairs of co-rotating and fully abrading screw shafts, to the use of these screw elements in multishaft screw machines and to a method of generating these screw elements.

The present invention relates to new screw elements for multi-screw extruders with pairs of co-rotating and fully wiping screws.

The present invention relates to a process for devolatilising polymer-containing media such as, in particular, polymer melts, polymer solutions and dispersions and also devolatilisation apparatuses for carrying out the abovementioned process.

The invention relates to mixing elements having an increased number of base geometry periods per longitudinal section and an improved dispersing effect for multi-shaft screw extruders comprising screw shafts that co-rotate in pairs. The mixing elements have clearances that are configured according to the method of spatial equidistants or according to the method of longitudinal equidistants. The invention further relates to the use of the mixing elements in multi-shaft screw extruders, a corresponding screw extruder comprising the mixing elements, and a method for extruding plastic masses.

The present invention relates to new screw elements for multi-screw extruders with pairs of co-rotating and fully wiping screws.

The invention relates to mixing elements that have a larger number of basic geometric periods per section and an improved dispersing effect for multi-shaft screw extruders comprising screw shafts that co-rotate in pairs. The invention further relates to the use of the mixing elements in multi-shaft screw extruders, a corresponding screw extruder comprising the mixing elements, and a method for extruding kneadable materials.

The present invention relates to a process for devolatilising polymer-containing media such as, in particular, polymer melts, polymer solutions and dispersions and also devolatilisation apparatuses for carrying out the abovementioned process.