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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bernhard Stark, Fronreute, DE;
Assignee:
Waeschle GmbH, Weingarten, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34304 ; 34383 ; 34384 ; 34388 ;
Abstract
In a process for making plastic granulate, a polymeric material is plastifyed into a plastic mass which is divided into single plastic strands. After pressing the plastic strands in a stream of cooling liquid, the plastic strands are shredded in the cooling liquid into granules, thereby forming a dispersion which is conveyed through a first conduit to a separator. The dispersion is concentrated in the separator by withdrawing a portion of cooling liquid, and subsequently transported to a dryer along a second conduit which is longer than the length of the first conduit. In the dryer, the cooling liquid is separated from the granulate.