WO2004033186A1 - Apparatus and method for a one-step plastic pipe production - Google Patents
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- WO2004033186A1 WO2004033186A1 PCT/IB2002/003975 IB0203975W WO2004033186A1 WO 2004033186 A1 WO2004033186 A1 WO 2004033186A1 IB 0203975 W IB0203975 W IB 0203975W WO 2004033186 A1 WO2004033186 A1 WO 2004033186A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29B—PREPARATION OR PRETREATMENT OF THE MATERIAL TO BE SHAPED; MAKING GRANULES OR PREFORMS; RECOVERY OF PLASTICS OR OTHER CONSTITUENTS OF WASTE MATERIAL CONTAINING PLASTICS
- B29B7/00—Mixing; Kneading
- B29B7/002—Methods
- B29B7/007—Methods for continuous mixing
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29B—PREPARATION OR PRETREATMENT OF THE MATERIAL TO BE SHAPED; MAKING GRANULES OR PREFORMS; RECOVERY OF PLASTICS OR OTHER CONSTITUENTS OF WASTE MATERIAL CONTAINING PLASTICS
- B29B9/00—Making granules
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
- B29C48/00—Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor
- B29C48/03—Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor characterised by the shape of the extruded material at extrusion
- B29C48/09—Articles with cross-sections having partially or fully enclosed cavities, e.g. pipes or channels
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
- B29C48/00—Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor
- B29C48/25—Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
- B29C48/36—Means for plasticising or homogenising the moulding material or forcing it through the nozzle or die
- B29C48/365—Means for plasticising or homogenising the moulding material or forcing it through the nozzle or die using pumps, e.g. piston pumps
- B29C48/37—Gear pumps
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
- B29C48/00—Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor
- B29C48/25—Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
- B29C48/36—Means for plasticising or homogenising the moulding material or forcing it through the nozzle or die
- B29C48/375—Plasticisers, homogenisers or feeders comprising two or more stages
- B29C48/387—Plasticisers, homogenisers or feeders comprising two or more stages using a screw extruder and a gear pump
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
- B29C48/00—Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor
- B29C48/25—Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
- B29C48/36—Means for plasticising or homogenising the moulding material or forcing it through the nozzle or die
- B29C48/395—Means for plasticising or homogenising the moulding material or forcing it through the nozzle or die using screws surrounded by a cooperating barrel, e.g. single screw extruders
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
- B29C48/00—Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor
- B29C48/25—Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
- B29C48/285—Feeding the extrusion material to the extruder
- B29C48/288—Feeding the extrusion material to the extruder in solid form, e.g. powder or granules
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
- B29C48/00—Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor
- B29C48/25—Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
- B29C48/285—Feeding the extrusion material to the extruder
- B29C48/297—Feeding the extrusion material to the extruder at several locations, e.g. using several hoppers or using a separate additive feeding
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29K—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR MOULDS, REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS
- B29K2105/00—Condition, form or state of moulded material or of the material to be shaped
- B29K2105/0005—Condition, form or state of moulded material or of the material to be shaped containing compounding ingredients
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- Present invention relates to a kneader unit where granulated plastic mixtures for plastic pipes are produced, whereas more attention is paid particularly to a 5 coupled production line in which only such a kneader unit, a mold unit where pipes are shaped, and a pump unit embodied between such units are included by removing the extruder unit where the granulated mixtures obtained by melting and solidifying plastic and additives (in said kneader unit) are melted again.
- plastic based pipes comprises generally two phases.
- plastic raw material polymer
- additives reinforcing pipes' physical properties in a kneader unit and thus a granulated mixture is produced.
- the kneader unit functions as a unit where plastic raw material and additives are brought together and a homogeneous plastic based mixture is
- the working principle of such an extruder line is based on melting back a granulated mixture from a kneader unit and on giving a desired shape to such melted plastic mixtures.
- the melted material is formed by means of resistance elements located within the extruder unit and is exposed to high pressure and 25 temperature in the extruder in order to obtain any desired shape.
- the temperature is controlled by cooling from the exterior of the metal parts of the extruder. On cooling said metal parts, however, the melted material in contact with such parts starts to cool earlier than the remaining melted plastic material so as to cause an uneven cooling and consequently, the mixture of polymer raw material and additives does not become homogeneous. As a result of this circumstance, significant losses happen in mechanical properties of the raw material of a pipe to be produced.
- the object of the present invention is to perform a one-phased plastic-based pipe production process.
- Another object of the present invention is to preserve the mechanical properties of a plastic based pipe product.
- Yet another objective of the present invention is to lower down the cost of the plastic-based pipe production process.
- the kneader based plastic pipe production line under the present invention comprises three main units.
- the first unit is the kneader unit where polymer as a raw material of plastic is mixed with additives.
- the second unit is a pump unit (preferably a gear pump) which provides high pressure in order to transmit the melted plastic mixture formed in the kneader unit to the molding unit.
- the third unit is the molding unit where the plastic pipe is given any desired shape.
- the present invention is a production line in which a kneader unit, a pump, and a molding unit is included and in which the extruder unit towards known extruder- based plastic pipe processes is eliminated.
- Said pump embodied as the second unit provides high pressure so that the melted plastic mixture within the kneader unit is transmitted to the molding unit to be given any desired shape therein.
- any plastic mixture homogenized by melting in the kneader unit is -by means of a pump (preferably a gear pump) coupled to said kneader unit- sent to the rolling unit where any desired pipe shape is obtained and whereto said gear pump is connected.
- a pump preferably a gear pump
- Figure 1 gives a perspective view of the kneader-based pipe production line embodied under the present invention.
- Figure 1 shows the kneader-based plastic pipe production line under the present invention.
- Polymer material that is entering to the kneader unit (1) via the plastic raw material funnel (4) is melted together with additives entering from the mixture material funnels (5, 6) by means of friction caused by the screw present in the kneader unit (1 ) and a plastic-based mixture is formed with a homogeneous structure.
- the melted plastic mixture is transmitted to the pump unit (2) connected to the kneader unit (1) by means of a screw mechanism present in the kneader unit (1).
- This pump (2) is a gear pump under a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Since the pressure of the melted plastic based material within the kneader unit (1 ) is lower than the pressure required to create a pipe form, such a gear pump (2) is utilized. Since this gear pump (2) conveys the melted material to the molding unit (3) at a constant flow rate, the waving flow is stabilized and the desired mechanical properties of such product is preserved.
- the melted plastic based material passing with a certain pressure from the outlet (8) of the gear pump (2) is sent to the molding unit (3) where a pipe form is given and any desired shape is given in this unit.
- the pipe leaving the molding unit (3) is cooled by passing through a basin and is sent to the cutting element by means of a drawing element to be brought to its final shape.
- the kneader unit in the pipe production line according to the present invention can alternatively realize pipe production by one line and can optionally perform granulated mixture production on another line.
- a number of rolling unit (3) can be fed with melted plastic material by a distribution element such as a manifold positioned on the end of the gear pump's (2) outlet (8) and thus, multiple pipe production can be realized with multiple rolling units (3) in one phase.
- the coupled plastic pipe production line under the present invention presents also an approach where pipe production is realized with only one phase, comprising the following steps of:
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US4461734A (en) * | 1982-09-13 | 1984-07-24 | Union Carbide Corporation | Process for plasticization and pumping of low bulk density plastics |
JPS59164124A (en) * | 1983-03-08 | 1984-09-17 | Kobe Steel Ltd | Continuous kneading and extruding device with gear pump |
US5310256A (en) * | 1991-08-09 | 1994-05-10 | Werner & Pfleiderer Gmbh | Apparatus for mixing and processing plastic material including a delivery pump |
US5433593A (en) * | 1994-06-02 | 1995-07-18 | Lci Corporation | Gear pump mounting assembly for thermoplastic extrusion line |
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- 2002-09-26 AU AU2002341244A patent/AU2002341244A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2002-09-26 WO PCT/IB2002/003975 patent/WO2004033186A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
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US4461734A (en) * | 1982-09-13 | 1984-07-24 | Union Carbide Corporation | Process for plasticization and pumping of low bulk density plastics |
JPS59164124A (en) * | 1983-03-08 | 1984-09-17 | Kobe Steel Ltd | Continuous kneading and extruding device with gear pump |
US5310256A (en) * | 1991-08-09 | 1994-05-10 | Werner & Pfleiderer Gmbh | Apparatus for mixing and processing plastic material including a delivery pump |
US5433593A (en) * | 1994-06-02 | 1995-07-18 | Lci Corporation | Gear pump mounting assembly for thermoplastic extrusion line |
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DAVID SMITH: "solution for extrusion efficiency", KRAUSMAFFEI UK, 20 April 2001 (2001-04-20), XP002238853, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:www.kraussmaffei.co.uk/pr/010420.html+direct+compounding+extrusion&hl=de&ie=UTF-8> [retrieved on 20030417] * |
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