A NEW DISPERSIVE MIXER FOR SINGLE SCREW （一种新的色散为单螺杆机）.pdfVIP

A NEW DISPERSIVE MIXER FOR SINGLE SCREW EXTRUDERS Chris Rauwendaal, Rauwendaal Extrusion Engineering, Inc. Tim Osswald, University of Wisconsin, Madison Paul Gramann and Bruce Davis, The Madison Group INTRODUCTION Single screw extruders with simple conveying screws have poor mixing capability (1, 4). To improve the mixing capability mixing sections are often incorporated in the screw design. The most commonly used distributive mixing elements are pin mixers, slotted flight mixers, and cavity mixers. Commonly used dispersive mixing elements are blister rings and fluted mixing sections. Even though various dispersive mixing elements have been available since the 1960s, the dispersive mixing ability of single screw extruders is rather poor compared to twin screw compounding extruders. In this paper, we will examine the limitations of current dispersive mixers and introduce a new generation of dispersive mixers that will allow single screw extruders to match or better the dispersive mixing ability of twin screw extruders. LIMITATIONS OF CURRENT DISPERSIVE MIXERS Important requirements for dispersive mixing elements were formulated by Rauwendaal (2); they are: A. The mixing section should have a high stress region where the material is subjected to high stresses. B. The high stress region should be designed such that the exposure to high stresses occurs only for a short time. C. All fluid elements should experience the same high stress level for the same time to accomplish uniform mixing. Based on these requirements many commercial dispersive mixers were compared and ranked. From analysis of mixing in twin screw extruders and internal mixers, o