Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes – Forming articles by uniting randomly associated particles
Patent
1991-12-02
1993-05-25
Theisen, Mary Lynn
Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes
Forming articles by uniting randomly associated particles
419 67, 425204, B29C 4736
Patent
active
052137376
ABSTRACT:
An improvement in a method and apparatus is provided in extruding a powder material to form an article, in which the material is passed through an extruder and then through a die, wherein the material is provided in the form of a mixture which includes a vehicle, the improvement comprising having one or more gear pumps in succession between the extruder and the die, so that the powder material passes through the gear pump(s) after it leaves the extruder and before it enters the die. The gear pump(s) can have one or more pair of gears which are arranged sequentially with respect to the flow of the material.
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Ford Clarence E.
Guile Donald L.
Quatrini Lucretia R.
Corning Incorporated
Quatrini L. Rita
Theisen Mary Lynn
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