DEVICE FOR PROCESSING MATERIAL, IN PARTICULAR PLASTICS MATERIAL

Abstract

Disclosed is a device for processing plastic materials, having a shredding unit, a conveying unit having a screw (7), and an extruder, having at least one extruder screw (11), adjoining the screw, wherein the central longitudinal axis (3) of the screw (7) is oriented at an angle to the central longitudinal axis (10) of the extruder screw (11), in particular at an angle of 80° to 100°, preferably 90°, and the longitudinal axis (3) of the screw (7) is offset with respect to the longitudinal axis (10) of the extruder screw (11) by an offset (v) in the direction of the direction of rotation (12) of the extruder screw (11) at or in the region of the discharge opening (8) or the intake opening (16) of the conveying unit.

Claims

10.-18. (canceled)

19. A device for processing material, in particular plastics material, comprising a shredding unit (1) for shredding and optionally heating the material, in particular a single-shaft shredder, having a shredding housing (2) in which a rotor body (4), in particular in the form of a roller, that is able to be driven in rotation about its longitudinal axis, is provided, which bears a multiplicity of shredding tools (14) on its circumference, and having a feed opening (5) through which the material to be shredded is able to be fed to the rotor body (4), a conveying unit (19), adjoining an output region (6) of the shredding unit (1), having a housing (15) and a screw (7), which is mounted therein and is able to be driven in rotation, for conveying and optionally compressing the material output from the shredding unit (1), wherein the shredding unit (1) or the rotor body (4) is configured such that the material is able to be conveyed in the axial direction of the rotor body (4) towards and through the output region (6), on the front side of the screw (7), and wherein the longitudinal axis of the rotor body (4) and the longitudinal axis (3) of the screw (7) are oriented substantially parallel to, in particular coaxially with, one another, and an extruder (9), adjoining the screw (7), having an extruder housing (13) and at least one extruder screw (11) that is mounted therein and able to be driven in rotation, wherein a front-side discharge opening (8) is formed in the housing (15), via which the material is able to be conveyed into the intake opening (16) of the extruder (9) to the extruder screw (11), wherein, the central longitudinal axis (3) of the screw (7) is oriented at an angle to the central longitudinal axis (10) of the extruder screw (11), in particular at an angle of 80° to 100°, preferably 90°, and the longitudinal axis (3) of the screw (7) is offset with respect to the longitudinal axis (10) of the extruder screw (11) by an offset (v) in the direction of the direction of rotation (12) of the extruder screw (11) at or in the region of the discharge opening (8) or the intake opening (16), wherein the offset (v) is in the range of 0<v<R, wherein R is the radius of the extruder screw (11).

20. The device according to claim 19, wherein the longitudinal axis (3) of the screw (7) is closer to the bottom than the longitudinal axis (10) of the extruder screw (11) by the offset (v) when the device is set up ready for operation.

21. The device according to claim 19, wherein the intake opening (16) of the extruder (9) has, in the direction of the offset (v), a bottom surface (20) which is inclined at an angle α with respect to the longitudinal axis (3) and which is opening outwards, wherein the angle α is in the range of 0°<α<20°.

22. The device according to claim 19, wherein the, in particular cylindrical, shredding housing (2) has a larger inner diameter than the, in particular cylindrical, housing (15) of the screw (7).

23. The device according to claim 19, wherein the housing (15) is cylindrical or has a conical shape.

24. The device according to claim 19, wherein the shredding housing (2) and the housing (15) are connected to one another by a conical transition portion (17), wherein it is in particular provided that a conical screw (18) is arranged in the conical transition portion (17) for conveying and optionally compressing the material.

25. The device according to claim 19, wherein the screw (7) is a non-compressing conveying screw or a screw which at least partially compresses, plasticizes and/or agglomerates the material, in particular a plasticizer screw.

26. The device according to claim 19, wherein the screw (7) forms a support for the rotor body (5) with an extension of its core projecting into the front end of the rotor body (5) facing it.

27. The device according to claim 19, wherein the rotor body (5) is coupled to the screw (7), and optionally also to the conical screw (18), in a rotationally locked manner and is driven by a common drive.

Description

[0029] In the drawings, the object of the invention is shown schematically and by way of example by means of embodiment examples:

[0030] FIG. 1 shows an example embodiment of the device according to the invention in perspective overall view.

[0031] FIG. 2 shows the device according to the invention in a sectional view from above.

[0032] FIG. 3 shows a section of the device according to the invention in a sectional view from the side.

[0033] FIG. 4 shows the same section in a sectional view from above.

[0034] In the FIGS. 1 and 2, the device according to the invention is shown in its entirety. The device comprises, as main components, a shredding unit 1, a conveying unit 19 having a screw 7 and connected thereto downstream or in the conveying direction, and an extruder 9 connected thereto further downstream or in the conveying direction.

[0035] The shredding unit 1 serves for shredding and optionally heating the fed material. This is a single-shaft shredder with a shredding housing 2, in which a roller-shaped rotor body 4 is provided which is able to be driven in rotation about its longitudinal axis. The rotor body 4 bearing a multiplicity of shredding tools 14 on its circumference. These blades cooperate with counter blades that are arranged stationary on the inside of the shredding housing 2.

[0036] The shredding housing 2 is substantially cylindrical and encloses the rotor body 4 over most of its circumference wherein the exposed circumferential region is in the upper half of the circumference and forms the feed opening 5 for the material to be processed and shredded. The material is fed via the feed opening 5 to the rotor body 4 and is gripped by it. The material shredded in this way is conveyed in the direction to an output region 6 arranged on the front side of the shredding housing 2.

[0037] Downstream or in the material conveying direction, the conveying unit 19 having a housing 15 and a screw 7, which is mounted therein and is able to be driven in rotation, for conveying and optionally compressing the material output from the shredding unit 1, is arranged at the output region 6 of the shredding unit 1. The longitudinal axis of the rotor body 4 and the longitudinal axis 3 of the screw 7 are aligned coaxially or equiaxially to one another. The shredding unit 1 is designed in such a way that the material is conveyed in the axial direction of the rotor body 4 to and through the output region 6, front-sided to the screw 7. To impart this component of motion to the material in the axial direction of the rotor body 4, the inner wall of the shredding housing 2 opposite the rotor body 4 carries a multiplicity of helically extending wide grooves separated from one another by wide ribs.

[0038] The cylindrical shredding housing 2 has a larger inner diameter than the cylindrical housing 15 of the screw 7. The shredding housing 2 and the housing 15 are accordingly connected to one another by a conical transition portion 17, it being provided that a conical screw 18 is arranged in the conical transition portion 17 for conveying and optionally compressing the material.

[0039] Such single-shaft shredders, in particular the combination of a shredding unit and a conveying unit, are described, for example, in AT407971, pages 4 and 5, and are incorporated by reference into the subject matter of the present disclosure.

[0040] The extruder 9 having an extruder housing 13 and an extruder screw 11 mounted therein and able to be driven in rotation is connected to the downstream front side of the screw 7. A front-side discharge opening 8 is formed in the housing 15, via which the material is conveyed into the intake opening 16 of the extruder 9 towards the extruder screw 11.

[0041] The central longitudinal axis 3 of the screw 7 is aligned at a right angle to the central longitudinal axis 10 of the extruder screw 11.

[0042] As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the longitudinal axis 3 of the screw 7 is offset with respect to the longitudinal axis 10 of the extruder screw 11 by the offset v, namely in a certain direction, namely in the direction of rotation 12 of the extruder screw 11, viewed at or in or in front of the region of the discharge opening 8.

[0043] The longitudinal axis 3 of the screw 7 and the longitudinal axis 10 of the extruder screw 11 are thus not at the same height, but the longitudinal axis 3 of the screw 7 is closer to the bottom or, in the device according to FIGS. 1 and 2 below the longitudinal axis 10 of the extruder screw 11.

[0044] The longitudinal axis 3 of the screw 7 defines an x-axis, the longitudinal axis 10 of the extruder screw 11 defines a y-axis. The offset occurs along the z-axis, thus in a direction normal to the longitudinal axis 3 of the screw 7 and to the longitudinal axis 10 of the extruder screw 11.

[0045] Essential is the direction of the offset v. The offset v namely occurs in the direction in which the extruder screw 11 rotates in the region of or directly in front of the discharge opening 8 or the intake opening 16 of the extruder (direction of rotation 12). In the device according to the figures, the extruder screw 11 rotates counterclockwise as viewed from behind or from the drive of the extruder 9. The screw 7 opens into the extruder 9 laterally from the left, also viewed from the rear or from the drive. The offset v of the longitudinal axis 3 of the screw 7 occurs accordingly downward, i.e. the longitudinal axis 3 of the screw 7 opens out into the region of the extruder screw 11 that is somewhat closer to the bottom.

[0046] The intake opening 16 of the extruder 9 has, in the direction of the offset v, a bottom surface 20 located in the bottom region during operation, which is inclined at an angle α of about 15° to the longitudinal axis 3 or to the horizontal.