Treatment element for a treatment element shaft of a screw machine, and method for producing a treatment element

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12083729-B2
Application number	US-202117165214-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 2, 2021
Priority date	Feb 17, 2020
Publication date	Sep 10, 2024
Grant date	Sep 10, 2024

Abstract

A treatment element for a treatment element shaft of a screw machine comprises a main body with an outer wall, wherein the outer wall has a first wall section and a second wall section and wherein the first wall section is harder than the second wall section.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A treatment element for a treatment element shaft of a screw machine, comprising:
a main body with an outer wall,
wherein:
the outer wall has several first wall sections and several second wall sections, wherein the first wall sections are harder than the second wall sections,
the first wall sections are of strip-like form such that an aspect ratio of each of the first wall sections is at least 5,
wherein the first wall sections and the second wall sections are oriented parallel to one another and are arranged alternately with respect to one another, and
the treatment element is one of the following:
a screw element, wherein a main extent direction of the first wall sections is oriented obliquely with respect to a helical line of the screw element, or
a kneading element, wherein a main extent direction of the first wall sections is oriented obliquely with respect to an axis of rotation of the treatment element and obliquely with respect to a cross-sectional area of the kneading element.

2. The treatment element according to claim 1 , wherein the first wall sections are harder by at least 50 HV 10 than the second wall sections.

3. The treatment element according to claim 1 , wherein only the first wall sections lie on a lateral surface of revolution of the main body.

4. The treatment element according to claim 1 , wherein the outer wall has a ridge section and a base section, wherein at least one of the first wall sections and the second wall sections are arranged on at least one of the ridge section and on the base section.

5. The treatment element according to claim 1 , wherein the second wall sections are oriented at least one of parallel and perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the treatment element.

6. The treatment element according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first wall sections and the second wall sections surrounds the axis of rotation of the treatment element over at least 180°.

7. The treatment element according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first wall sections and the second wall sections are produced by material deposition.

8. The treatment element according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first wall sections and the second wall sections form a profiling of the outer wall.

9. A treatment element shaft, having:
at least one treatment element according to claim 1 , and
a support shaft to which the at least one treatment element is rotationally conjointly attached.

10. A screw machine, comprising:
at least one treatment element shaft according to claim 9 , and
a housing, having
a housing main body, and
at least one housing bore which is formed in the housing main body and in which the at least one treatment element shaft is arranged at least in certain sections.

11. A method for producing the treatment element according to claim 1 , comprising the steps:
providing the main body with the outer wall, and
forming the first wall sections and the second wall sections of the outer wall such that the first wall sections are harder than the second wall sections.

Assignees

• Coperion Gmbh

Inventors

• Polzer Karl-Conrad

Classifications

• B29C48/397

  using a single screw · CPC title

• B29C48/57

  provided with kneading disc-like elements, e.g. with oval-shaped elements · CPC title

• B29C48/56

  having grooves or cavities other than the thread or the channel · CPC title

• B29C48/767

  through a degassing opening of a barrel · CPC title

• B29C48/402 Primary

  the screws having intermeshing parts · CPC title