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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas W. Brew, Corning, NY (US);
Harry A. Kragle, Corning, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 4/736 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 4/736 ;
Abstract
Improved batch uniformity delivered to the discharge slots of an extrusion die is obtained by providing a stressor component of reduced cross-sectional area from the feedholes which suddenly increases the linear flow velocity due to its reduced cross-sectional area, and then just as suddenly restores the original flow conditions as it exits the stressor component into a larger diameter channel. A rapid change in particle alignment, due to the cross-sectional flow change, produces a shearing influence on the batch, and functions to produce a more uniform flow as it enters the discharge slot sections of the extrusion die.