Overturning device for overturning molten material and purging method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10773441-B2
Application number	US-201515508216-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 2, 2015
Priority date	Sep 3, 2014
Publication date	Sep 15, 2020
Grant date	Sep 15, 2020

Abstract

The present invention relates to an overturning device (10) for overturning a molten material (200) in a melt channel (110) comprising a melt inlet (20) and a melt outlet (30), wherein between the melt inlet (20) and the melt outlet (30) at least a melt guidance means (40) is assembled for a rearrangement of molten material (200) from the centre (22) of the melt inlet (20) at the edge (34) of the melt outlet (30) and for a rearrangement of molten material (200) from the edge (24) of the melt inlet (20) in the centre (32) of the melt outlet (30).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A blow head for performing a blow film extrusion method, comprising:
a plurality of melt channels for the conveyance of molten material to at least one blow outlet of the blow head;
at least one overturning device for overturning a molten material in at least one melt channel of the plurality of melt channel channels, the at least one overturning device comprising: a melt inlet and a melt outlet, wherein between the melt inlet and the melt outlet at least a melt guidance channel is assembled for a rearrangement of molten material from the centre of the melt inlet to the edge of the melt outlet and for a rearrangement of molten material from the edge of the melt inlet into the centre of the melt outlet, is assembled;
wherein the at least one overturning device is configured as part of the at least one melt channel;
wherein the plurality of melt channels branch within the blow head;
wherein the at least one overturning device is arranged in a plurality of branch stages characterized by an increase of the amount of the melt channels along the plurality of branch stages:
wherein the blow head has a circular blow outlet.

2. The blow head according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one overturning device related to the length of the at least one melt channel is assembled in the middle or mainly in the middle of the at least one melt channel.

3. The blow head according to claim 1 , wherein the overturning device is arranged in the at least one melt channel in form of a supply channel from an extruder to the at least one melt channels in form of distribution channels in the blow head.

4. The blow head according to claim 1 , wherein the blow head comprises a plurality of components which are disconnected from one another, wherein the at least one melt channel and the at least one overturning device is assembled between the plurality of components.

5. The blow head according to claim 1 , wherein at least two overturning devices are assembled in at least two of the plurality of melt channels.

6. The blow head according to claim 1 , wherein in the plurality of melt channels are assembled at the same position, respectively.

7. The blow head according to claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one overturning device comprises a shifting device for a shifting of the at least one overturning device between a first position in which the melt inlet and the melt outlet are in a fluid communicating connection with the melt channel and in a second position in which the melt inlet and the melt outlet are separated from the melt channel.

8. The blow head according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one overturning device is configured as integral part of the respective melt channel.

9. The blow head according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one overturning device comprises at least two overturning devices assembled in one of the plurality of melt channels such that a distance of each overturning device of the at least two overturning devices from a beginning of a respective melt channel are equal to a distance of another overturning device of the at least two overturning devices from the beginning of the respective melt channel.

10. A blow head for performing a blow film extrusion method comprising:
a plurality of melt channels for the conveyance of molten material to at least one blow outlet of the blow head,
at least one overturning device for overturning a molten material in at least one melt channel of the plurality of melt channels,
the at least overturning device comprising
a melt inlet and a melt outlet,
wherein between the melt inlet and the melt outlet at least a melt guidance channel is assembled for a rearrangement of molten material from the center of the melt inlet to the edge of the melt outlet and for a rearrangement of molten material from the edge of the melt inlet into the centre of the melt outlet, is assembled,
wherein the at least one overturning device is configured as part of the melt channels,
wherein the plurality of melt channels branch within the blow head and the at least one overturning device is arranged in at least one branch stage of the branch,
wherein when with the blow head a circular blow outlet is supplied with the corresponding molten material such a branching appears in the direction of the perimeter,
wherein the single branching stages are characterized by an increase of amount of the melt channels,
wherein simultaneously the cross section is reduced,
wherein the single branches define the borders between the single branch stages,
wherein on different branching stages corresponding overturning devices can be provided,
wherein by the branching thereby already a division of the molten material and therewith a partial division of the corresponding edge layer occurs.

Assignees

• Windmoeller & Hoelscher

Inventors

• Backmann Martin
• Jäckering Hermann-Josef
• Bussmann Markus
• Liesbrock Bernd
• Golubski Karsten

Classifications

• B29C48/2552

  provided in the feeding, melting, plasticising or pumping zone, e.g. screw, barrel, gear-pump or ram · CPC title

• B29C48/32

  with annular openings, e.g. for forming tubular articles · CPC title

• B29C48/362

  using static mixing devices · CPC title

• B29C48/0018

  combined with shaping by orienting, stretching or shrinking, e.g. film blowing (B29C48/0017 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B29C48/10

  flexible, e.g. blown foils · CPC title