The present rotary extruder includes: a rotor having a cylindrical surface centered on a rotor axis extending in a horizontal direction; and a casing having an inner peripheral surface that defines a bore, wherein: the casing defines an input port into which a resin material including a thermoplastic resin is fed, and a discharge port from which a plasticized molten resin is discharged; the cylindrical surface of the rotor and the inner peripheral surface of the casing are arranged eccentric with each other, thereby forming a gap whose cross section is crescent-shaped, extending in a rotation direction of the rotor from the input port to the discharge port between the inner peripheral surface and the cylindrical surface; and the input port is arranged at a top portion of the casing and the discharge port is arranged at a lower portion of the casing.

Disclosed is direct ink write (DIW) print extrusion head for 3D printing of viscous elastomers. The disclosed print extrusion head comprises a mixer assembly, comprising a fluid distribution cap coupled to a carrier, an in-line mixer coupled to the fluid distribution cap. A cooling jacket surrounds the in-line mixer. A nozzle is coupled to the in-line mixer and protrudes below the cooling jacket over a work surface. The position of the nozzle relative to the work surface is changeable. At least one heat source is on the chassis and disposed adjacent to the fluid distribution cap. The at least one heat source comprises a heat guiding element to direct heat to a region onto the work surface below the nozzle.

Planetary gear mechanisms require internal toothed gears in housings. A drive rotor and driven rotors are accommodated in a mixing space in a housing, and chemical inflow paths to the mixing space are formed in an upper portion of the housing. A mixture outflow path is formed in a lower portion of the housing. The mixing space is formed to allow the drive rotor and the driven rotors to rotate and to regulate the positions of the drive rotor and the driven rotors. Meshing the drive rotor with the driven rotors allows the driven rotors to rotate opposite to the rotating direction of the drive rotor accompanying the rotation of the drive rotor while the lower ends of the driven rotors are located above a bottom portion of the mixing space and the upper ends of the driven rotors are located below the lower surface of the lid body.

A method and device for mixing plastic from liquid components in a mixer (8) and conveying it through a line (10) into a mould (12), in particular for vacuum infusion, characterised in that the components are each pumped by means of a pump (24) from their own respective component container (22) into a mixer (8) and are mixed therein, that these volume flows are controlled by a controller (26) in such a manner that they supply the components to the mixer (8) in a specific ratio, that the pressure loss in the line (10), between a pressure sensor in one of the component supply lines (32) leading to the mixer (8) and the mould (12), is determined, and that the pressure is measured by the pressure sensor and supplied to a controller (26) which, taking into consideration the determined pressure loss, controls the volume flows such that the pumps (24) supply the components to the mixer (8) at a pressure that is greater than the ambient pressure or than another specific pressure that should not be exceeded in the mould (12) by at most the pressure loss.

A shearing part for a plasticising screw has at least one inlet channel and at least one outlet channel, which run helically around or parallel to the longitudinal axis (X) of the shearing part. The inlet channel is open upstream and closed downstream. The outlet channel is open downstream and closed upstream. The inlet outlet channels are arranged lying directly adjacent to one another and contiguous to one another, and are connected directly with one another fluidically, so that inflowing melt can flow over directly from the inlet channel into the outlet channel, wherein a flow direction transversely to longitudinal axis (X) of the shearing part is produced. The inlet channel has a depth (T) at which shearing action on the melt is substantially avoided. The outlet channel is configured as shearing surface, so that shearing action is present onto melt flowing through the outlet channel.

A method for handling a product, in particular a viscous, pasty product, with at least one rotating shaft (3, 11) in a product space (5), a driving spindle (11) of the shaft (3) is mounted and sealed outside the product space (5) in a housing consisting of a plurality of parts (7, 8, 12). The sealing is brought about by at least two seals (2, 4), wherein a dynamic seal (2) follows an eccentric movement of the shaft (3) and takes on dynamic sealing of the rotating shaft (3), while another seal (4) compensates for an eccentric movement of the shaft (3) in relation to the housing by plastic or elastic deformation and therefore prevents a leakage between the housing part (12), which moves eccentrically, and a rigid housing (10). A defined quantity of liquid, which serves as a blocking agent and lubricant for the dynamic seal (2) of the shaft (3) towards the housing part (7), is metered in here, the liquid, apart from a residual excess, being drawn into the dynamic seal (2) by a pressure difference therewithin and thereby forming an effective block and seal.

The invention relates to a mixing chamber in which a first liquid comes into contact with a second liquid, and a gas injection device designed to inject a gas into the mixing chamber, wherein the gas injection device comprises: a gas source to provide the gas at a predetermined pressure, and a metering unit to limit the gas provided by the gas source to a predetermined flow rate, wherein the metering unit is in contact with the mixing chamber on a gas outlet side of the metering unit, wherein the gas outlet side of the metering unit comprises an elongated gap, wherein the gas passes out of the metering unit into the mixing chamber via the elongated gap, and wherein the gas passes out of the metering unit into the mixing chamber.

A device for producing a multicomponent mixture having a mixing chamber which is surrounded by a chamber wall, the device further includes an outlet for a multicomponent mixture and into which at least two component valves and at least one flushing valve open, the flushing valve being in connection on the inlet side with a temperature control channel system which is associated with the chamber wall and through which water can flow.

The invention relates to a device for producing a multi-component mixture, comprising a mixing chamber and a mixing device, wherein the mixing device has a stirrer which is arranged in the mixing chamber and which is rotatably driven about an axis of rotation L, wherein a temperature control channel system for controlling the temperature of the stirrer and through which a temperature control medium can flow is arranged inside the stirrer.

The invention relates to a device for producing and processing a multi-component mixture, the device comprising a mixing chamber which has an outlet, wherein the device has a closure element which can be moved in the direction of a longitudinal axis L of the mixing chamber in order to open or close the outlet of the mixing chamber; wherein the device has an apparatus for controlling an axial speed of the closure element, the apparatus comprising: a hydraulic system in which a hydraulic fluid is guided; a cylinder which is connected to the nozzle closure element and cooperates with at least one chamber of the hydraulic system; and a controllable throttle gap arranged in the hydraulic system.