A continuous screen changer, including: an external shell having an internal cavity, and an internal drum. The external shell is provided with a feed port, a screen changing port, and a discharge port. The internal drum is provided with at least four filter screen mounting grooves and material flow passages correspondingly communicating with the filter screen mounting grooves. A sealing wall hermetically connected with the internal cavity is formed between each two adjacent filter screen mounting grooves. Whichever of the filter screen mounting grooves is opposite to the feed port rotates to be opposite to the screen changing port in a rotation process, and whichever of the filter screens is on said filter screen mounting groove opposite to the screen changing port is changed at the screen changing port

A method and an apparatus manufactures and tests workpieces. The apparatus is mountable on or includes a system for mixing or melting materials. The apparatus includes application units and a replacement system that is designed to automatically replace application units in respect of the position or function thereof.

Disclosed are a continuous screen changer, a screen changing device, and an extruder. The continuous screen changer includes an external shell with an internal cavity and an internal drum; the external shell is provided with a feed port, a screen changing port and a discharge port. The internal drum is provided with at least four filter screen mounting grooves and material flow passages correspondingly communicating with the filter screen mounting grooves, and a sealing wall hermetically connected with the internal cavity is formed between each two adjacent filter screen mounting grooves. After entering the internal cavity along the feed port and being filtered by a filter screen, materials flow out of the discharge port along the material flow passages. The filter screen mounting groove rotates to be opposite to the screen changing port, and the filter screen on the filter screen mounting groove is changed at the screen changing port. The continuous screen changer can implement continuous and uninterrupted change of the filter screens, so that the apparatus to which the continuous screen changer is applied can continuously work.

On a rotary screen filtering device for medium to high-viscosity fluids, which comprises a rotary screen mounted for rotation in a housing, which screen has at least one screen element through which fluid can flow, the rotary screen, in the region of its sealing faces and the intermediate plates are fabricated or machined together so that they are of identical height. A gap width compensation layer is then inserted between the inlet plate and the intermediate plate and/or between the outlet plate and the intermediate plate. The package of plates is then pretensioned by means of screw bolts in such a manner that all the plates lie firmly against one another up to a maximum permissible operating pressure. Lubrication gaps of defined width are created between the sealing faces and the opposing inner faces of the inlet and outlet plates.

Filtration apparatuses and screen changer devices for filtering polymeric material as well as spacer plates, and face plates for the screen changer devices and related methods are shown and described herein.

A filtering device for highly viscous media, in which filtering device a rotatably mounted screening wheel which has a plurality of screening cavities is arranged between a front housing element and a rear housing element. According to the invention, a plurality of screening cavities lying beside one another, through which flow can pass jointly, are combined into at least one filter group. To this end, on both sides beside the filter group, a closed blocking segment is provided on the screening wheel which segment, when positioned in associated blocking regions of the housing, is sealed off with respect to the housing elements on both sides of the screening wheel. The blocking regions in the housing are in each case larger than or as large as a screening cavity together with a sealing web surrounding the same.

A method for producing low density polyester foam utilizing low I.V. polyester feedstock includes providing a low intrinsic viscosity raw material. The low intrinsic viscosity raw material includes between 25% to 100% of a post consumer polyester and has an intrinsic viscosity of less than 0.8 dl/g. The intrinsic viscosity of the low intrinsic viscosity raw material is increased via a de-condensation reaction configured to support foaming. The intrinsic viscosity of the low intrinsic viscosity raw material is increased to 1.1 dl/g or greater. A starting formulation is created including the low intrinsic viscosity raw material with the increased intrinsic viscosity. The starting formulation is foamed to create the polyester foam. Wherein, the polyester foam produced has a specific gravity of less than 0.65 g/cc.

A filter device for PVC plastic melt, for connection to a twin screw extruder. A housing has at least an inlet block with at least one inlet channel, and an outlet block with at least one outlet channel. At least one spacer element is arranged between the inlet block and the outlet block. A screen wheel is rotatably mounted in the housing. A plurality of screen points are each positioned between the inlet channel and the outlet channel and in each of which at least one screen element through which plastic melt can flow can be inserted. A drive device rotates the screen wheel in the housing. The inlet channel is formed in an inlet melt pocket in the inlet block, which has a twin extruder screw receptacle for two screw tips of two extruder screws to be arranged next to one another.

A screen wheel filter device is provided for the high-pressure filtration of a plastic melt. At least one spacing element is arranged between an inlet plate and an outlet plate and a bearing ring on which a screen wheel arranged between the inlet plate and the outlet plate, is rotatably mounted. A tensioning bolt is guided through the bearing ring and via which the inlet plate together with the outlet plate, including the bearing ring inserted therebetween, is braced. The screen wheel has a plurality of screen segments which can each be positioned between the inlet channel and the outlet channel and through each of which a flow can pass. A throughflow region is formed between the opening in the inlet channel and the opening in the outlet channel facing toward the screen wheel in each case.

Filtration apparatuses and screen changer devices for filtering polymeric material as well as spacer plates, and face plates for the screen changer devices and related methods are shown and described herein.