EP0386354A1 - Atelier de fabrication de vitrage avec au moins une unité de mélange - Google Patents

Atelier de fabrication de vitrage avec au moins une unité de mélange Download PDF

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EP0386354A1
EP0386354A1 EP89302417A EP89302417A EP0386354A1 EP 0386354 A1 EP0386354 A1 EP 0386354A1 EP 89302417 A EP89302417 A EP 89302417A EP 89302417 A EP89302417 A EP 89302417A EP 0386354 A1 EP0386354 A1 EP 0386354A1
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Leslie George Briggs
Edward Kenneth Coventry
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F25/00—Flow mixers; Mixers for falling materials, e.g. solid particles
    • B01F25/40—Static mixers
    • B01F25/42—Static mixers in which the mixing is affected by moving the components jointly in changing directions, e.g. in tubes provided with baffles or obstructions
    • B01F25/43—Mixing tubes, e.g. wherein the material is moved in a radial or partly reversed direction
    • B01F25/431—Straight mixing tubes with baffles or obstructions that do not cause substantial pressure drop; Baffles therefor
    • B01F25/4314—Straight mixing tubes with baffles or obstructions that do not cause substantial pressure drop; Baffles therefor with helical baffles
    • B01F25/43141—Straight mixing tubes with baffles or obstructions that do not cause substantial pressure drop; Baffles therefor with helical baffles composed of consecutive sections of helical formed elements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F25/00—Flow mixers; Mixers for falling materials, e.g. solid particles
    • B01F25/40—Static mixers
    • B01F25/42—Static mixers in which the mixing is affected by moving the components jointly in changing directions, e.g. in tubes provided with baffles or obstructions
    • B01F25/43—Mixing tubes, e.g. wherein the material is moved in a radial or partly reversed direction
    • B01F25/431—Straight mixing tubes with baffles or obstructions that do not cause substantial pressure drop; Baffles therefor
    • B01F25/43197—Straight mixing tubes with baffles or obstructions that do not cause substantial pressure drop; Baffles therefor characterised by the mounting of the baffles or obstructions
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F35/00—Accessories for mixers; Auxiliary operations or auxiliary devices; Parts or details of general application
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F35/00—Accessories for mixers; Auxiliary operations or auxiliary devices; Parts or details of general application
    • B01F35/10—Maintenance of mixers
    • B01F35/145—Washing or cleaning mixers not provided for in other groups in this subclass; Inhibiting build-up of material on machine parts using other means

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  • This invention relates to a mixing unit, for example for use in mixing a chemical sealant and a chemical hardener so that the mixture can then be used for sealing double glazing panels.
  • a sealing mixture which is formed of a chemical sealant and a chemical hardener.
  • the sealant and the hardener are forced along a known mixing unit which comprises a sprial mixing device formed of a plurality of spiral segments which are offset from one another.
  • the spiral mixing device is located in the bore of a tube and the sealant and the hardener become mixed together as they pass over the spiral segments along the length of the spiral mixing device.
  • the formed sealing mixture then sets in a relatively short time, for example from 15 to 40 minutes.
  • the setting time or pot life of the sealing mixture can vary with conditions so that a warm environment can cause the sealing mixture to set more speedily than it would otherwise have done.
  • Some of the sealing mixture invariably sets in the known mixing unit, for example on the spiral segments of the spiral mixing device, and on the inside of the pipe.
  • Substantially the entire glazing industry uses the known mixing unit and the above mentioned problem of setting or gelling of the sealing mixture in the known mixing unit means that the known mixing unit has to be flushed through immediately at the end of each working day in order to keep it free.
  • a chemical solvent such for example as trichloroethylene
  • the sealant and hardener have to be pumped through the mixing unit at increased pressure.
  • the mixing device soon becomes blocked and it cannot be used. Flushing with the chemical solvent cannot remove the blockage and it is necessary to remove the spiral mixing device.
  • the spiral mixing device gets stuck in the mixing unit due to the gelled sealing mixture and it is not possible simply to pull the spiral mixing unit out from the bore of the pipe. It is necessary to heat the pipe, usually with acetylene burners, in order to cause the set sealing mixture to go very hard. The very hard sealing mixture can then be broken away. In addition to the heated pipe giving off unpleasant fumes from the gelled sealing mixture, the heating of the pipe tends to distort the pipe, as can tapping the pipe to break away the hard set sealing mixture. distortion of the pipe can in turn prevent the smooth introduction and removal of the spiral mixing device.
  • Factories producing double glazing units may have several of the known mixing units in operation on machines sealing the edges of double glazing units.
  • the daily cleaning of the mixing units is time consuming and the machines cannot operate whilst cleaning is taking place.
  • the weekly heating of the mixing units is especially time consuming and apart from the loss of working time for the machine during the heating and dismantling of the mixing units, there is the additional problem that the continued heating tends to distort the pipe, resulting in the fact that a new mixing unit may be required after a period of about three months.
  • the known mixing units are not cheap items to purchase and this all adds to manufacturing costs.
  • this invention provides a mixing unit comprising a housing, a bore in the housing, and a mixing device which extends along the bore, the housing being such that it is formed of at least two parts which are separable to open up the bore and expose the mixing device for the purpose of allowing cleaning of the mixing device and the bore.
  • the housing is an elongate housing.
  • the housing may be longitudinally separable into two parts.
  • the housing is longitudinally separable into two parts about a centre line of the bore.
  • the housing may be such that it has one end part having an inlet fitting for connection to a feed pipe for a chemical sealant and a chemical hardener to be mixed, and another end part having an outlet fitting for connection to an outlet pipe for receiving the mixed chemical sealant and chemical hardener.
  • the housing will usually have flat sides.
  • the housing will thus usually be square or rectangular in cross section.
  • the parts of the housing may be such that they bolt together. Other ways of connecting the parts of the housing together may however be employed.
  • the mixing device preferably includes at least one sealing gasket for giving a seal between the parts of the housing when they are secured together.
  • the or each sealing gasket is preferably a copper gasket. Other types of gaskets and other types of sealing devices may however be employed.
  • the mixing device used in the mixing unit of the invention may be of the standard known construction.
  • the mixing device may be composed of a plurality of spiral segments which are off-set from one another. Usually, the spiral segments will be off-set from one another by 90 o .
  • the mixing device may be in two or more separate connected parts. Other types of mixing devices may be employed.
  • the mixing unit may be connected to dispensing means for dispensing mixed chemical sealant and chemical hardener.
  • the dispensing means may be a dispensing gun.
  • the chemical sealant may be a polyurethane resin.
  • the polyurethane resin has a putty-like consistency.
  • the chemical hardener may be a di-isocyanate hardener.
  • the di isocynanate hardener is a liquid.
  • 12% by weight of the di-isocynanate liquid hardener is mixed with 88% by weight of the polyurethane resin sealant.
  • the present invention also extends to a glazing work station including at least one of the mixing units.
  • the glazing work station will include two of the mixing units, one being for feeding a static dispensing gun, and the other being for feeding a moving dispensing gun.
  • the glazing work station will be for producing double glazed sealing units but it may also be for producing other products which require to be sealed.
  • a known mixing unit 2 which comprises a mixing device 4 located in a bore 6 of the pipe 8.
  • the pipe 8 has an inlet connection nut 10 at one end and an outlet connection nut 12 at its other end.
  • the mixing device 4 comprises a plurality of spiral segments 14 which are off-set from one another by 90 o .
  • a sealing mixture of a chemical sealant and a chemical hardener is forced in a known manner through the pipe 8 and the sealant and the hardener become mixed together as they pass over the spiral segments 14.
  • the sealing mixture in the bore 6 of the pipe 8 can set.
  • Figure 3 shows set sealing mixture 16. Even if the known mixing unit 2 is washed out in time, a build up of sealing mixture invariably occurs so that the situation shown in Figure 3 with set sealing mixture 16 in the pipe 8 still occurs after a period of use of, for example, one week.
  • the set sealing mixture 16 prevents the cleaning chemical solvent from being used and it is necessary to heat the outside of the pipe 8. This is usually done with acetylene burners. The effect of the heat causes the set sealing mixture 16 to go very hard and it can then be broken away in order to remove the mixing device 4. This is a time consuming business and the heat on the pipe 8 can cause distortion of the pipe 8, thereby making it necessary to buy a new mixing unit 2.
  • a mixing unit 18 comprising a housing 20, a bore 22 in the housing, and a mixing device 24 which extends along the bore 22 as shown.
  • the mixing device 24 is the same as the mixing device 4 as shown in Figure 1.
  • the housing 20 is an elongate housing 20 and it is longitudinally separable into two parts 26,28 about a centre line of the bore 22.
  • the part 28 has two integral end parts 30,32.
  • the end part 30 has an inlet fitting 34 for connection to a feed pipe 36.
  • the feed pipe 36 receives a chemical sealant in the form of polyurethane resin, and a chemical hardener in the form of a di-isocyanate liquid. The sealant and hardener are pumped along the feed pipe 36 under pressure.
  • the end part 32 has an outlet fitting (not shown) for connection to an outlet pipe 38 as shown in Figure 7 and as will be described in more detail hereinbelow.
  • the parts 26, 28 are separable from each other to open up the bore 22 and expose the mixing device 24 for the purpose of allowing cleaning of the mixing device 24 and the bore 22.
  • the parts 26, 28 can easily be separated from each other so that it is a simple matter to expose the mixing device 24 for cleaning, especially in the case where sealing mixture has set in the bore 22 and the mixing device 24 cannot be pulled out of the bore 22.
  • the housing 20 is straight sided as shown and it is of square cross section.
  • the housing could also be of rectangular cross section if desired. Because the housing 20 is solidly constructed, and much more solidly constructed than the pipe 8 shown in Figures 1 to 3, it will be apparent that the housing 20 cannot easily be distorted, even if it should be necessary to tap the various parts 26,28 of the housing 20 in order to separate the parts 26,28.
  • a copper sealing gasket 40 is employed.
  • the sealing gasket 40 is shaped as shown to give good sealing between the parts 26,28. As shown, the sealing gasket 40 extends up inclined portions 42 of the end parts 30,32.
  • dowels (not shown) may be employed.
  • the sealing gasket 40 is appropriately apertured to receive bolts 44 which pass through apertures 45 to bolt the parts 26,28 together.
  • FIG. 5 and 6 there is shown a second mixing unit 18 in which similar parts as in Figure 4 have been given the same reference numerals for ease of understanding.
  • the end parts 30,32 are separable and that four copper gaskets 40a, 40b, 40C and 40d are employed.
  • the end parts 30,32 shown in Figures 5 and 6 bolt to the adjacent ends of the parts 26,28 with bolts passing through holes 43.
  • a glazing work station 46 which has two of the mixing units 18.
  • One mixing unit 18 feeds dispensing means in the form of a static dispensing gun 48.
  • the other mixing unit 18 feeds dispensing means in the form of a moving dispensing gun 50.
  • the connection between the fixing units 18 and the guns 48,50 is via the above mentioned pipes 38.
  • the work station 46 shows a double glazed unit 52 that has been moved along on rollers 54 to a position in which the static dispensing gun 48 seals the bottom 56 of the double glazed unit 52.
  • the moving dispensing gun 50 moves to seal the vertical sides 58,60 and the top 62 of the double glazed unit 52.
  • the double glazed unit 52 leans against an inclined support wall 64.
  • the work station 46 includes a chemical storage and feeding section 66 having containers 68,70,72.
  • a pump (not shown) pumps polyurethane resin sealant (which is of a putty-like consistency) into a metering reservoir.
  • di-isocynate liquid hardener is placed in a container with oxygen free nitrogen at a pressure of, for example, five bars.
  • the sealant and the hardener are mixed together in an amount of 12% by weight of the hardener and 88% by weight of the sealant in a valve mixing block (not shown). The material is then expelled from the valve mixing block along feed pipes 36 to the mixing units 18 for proper mixing in the mixing units 18 as described above.

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US3476521A (en) * 1967-01-20 1969-11-04 Joseph T Wise Polymerizing apparatus
US3927868A (en) * 1974-05-28 1975-12-23 Thomas B Moore Static-type mixer, and receptacle and method of packaging utilizing same
FR2407019A1 (fr) * 1977-10-25 1979-05-25 Elf Union Dispositif de melange de deux liquides
US4316673A (en) * 1978-08-08 1982-02-23 General Dynamics, Pomona Division Mixing device for simultaneously dispensing two-part liquid compounds from packaging kit
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