Krauss-maffei Kunststofftechnik Gmbh

Jochen Zwiesele

Rainer Zimmet

Hans Wobbe

Erwin B&uuml;rkle

Andreas Dworog

Bernd Klotz

Roman Laberer

Matthias Sieverding

Thomas Steinherr

Josef Sedlacek

Rainer Wolf

A plastics processing machine for producing fiber-containing thermoplastics includes an extruder, and a scale assembly having a weighing plate for determining an amount of fiber to be supplied to the extruder. A fiber feeding device supplies fibers from a take-off unit into the extruder and includes a first fiber guide unit, which is securely fixed to the weighing plate, for removing the fibers from the take-off unit, and a second fiber guide unit which is decoupled from the weighing plate and so constructed as to route the fibers between the first and second guide units in a substantially perpendicular relationship to a gravitational force.

Plastic processing machine for producing fiber-containing thermoplastics

In a compounder-type injection molding machine having an extruder for continuously producing a melt and at least one injection device is fluidly connected to the extruder to receive melt, a reservoir is provided which is in fluid communication with the extruder as well as with the injection device for temporary storage of melt. In order to maintain a pressure at a desired level at the outlet of the extruder, a pressure sensor is provided for ascertaining a melt pressure state downstream of an outlet of the extruder. The pressure sensor outputs a signal, commensurate with the melt pressure state, to a control unit for activating a drive in the reservoir or a drive in the injection device in response to the signal according a predetermined algorithm.

Compounder-type injection molding machine

An apparatus for manufacturing semi-finished products and molded articles of metallic materials includes an extruder for producing a flow of the metals, with appliances being connected thereafter for shaping the semi-finished products and the molded articles. The extruder has a screw system consisting of two or more meshing screws. This design has an improved functionality and can produce components with reproducible quality.

Apparatus for manufacturing semi-finished products and molded articles of a metallic material

Apparatus for producing thermoplastic injection-molded parts reinforced with long fibers, includes a compounder having two meshing screws rotating in a same direction for continuously generating a stream of melt of thermoplastic material reinforced with long fibers. Melt is alternatingly conducted to at least two piston and cylinder units for injection into at least one cavity of an injection mold at a suitable pressure. Each of the piston and cylinder units includes a cylinder and a differential piston movably received in the cylinder and dividing the cylinder into a feed chamber and an injection chamber, wherein the piston has a relatively greater piston surface, adjacent the injection chamber, and a relatively smaller piston surface, adjacent the feed chamber. The differential piston has a passageway for interconnecting the greater piston surface and the smaller piston surface to permit a flow of melt from the feed chamber into the injection chamber, whereby a flow of melt from the injection chamber back to the feed chamber is inhibited by a non-return valve disposed in the passageway of the differential piston.

Method of and apparatus for producing injection molded parts reinforced with long fibers

The apparatus is described for manufacturing semi-finished products and molded articles of metallic materials. The device incorporates an extruder for producing a flow of the metals, with appliances being connected thereafter for shaping the semi-finished products and the molded articles. The extruder has a screw system consisting of two or more meshing screws. This design has an improved functionality and can produce components with reproducible quality.

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