41 patents
Utility
Apparatus and Method for Determining Operating Parameters for Degassing And/or Deodorizing Plastic Particles
9 Nov 23
An apparatus for determining operating parameters for degassing and/or deodorizing plastic particles comprises at least one test chamber for degassing and/or deodorizing a test quantity of plastic particles, wherein each test chamber has a filling opening for filling the test quantity, a withdrawal opening for withdrawing bulk material, a vent opening for venting the test chamber, wherein a pressurized gas line for feeding pressurized gas and a heating element and/or a steam line for feeding steam and a steam generator are connected to a feed opening of the test chamber.
Klaus-Peter LANG, Christian DIKREUTER
Filed: 2 May 23
Utility
Hot Runner System
12 Oct 23
A hot runner system includes a manifold having a heater and a manifold channel network extending between a manifold inlet and a plurality of manifold outlets for distributing a molten plastic.
Ralf SCHUNCK, Kenneth JACOB
Filed: 1 Jun 23
Utility
Discharge Apparatus and Method for Texturing a Food Composition and Apparatus for Producing a Food Composition
7 Sep 23
A discharge apparatus for texturing a food composition, in particular a meat substitute composition, includes a first boundary member having a first texturing surface and a second boundary member having a second texturing surface, a gap formed between the texturing surfaces, at least one feed opening for continuously feeding the food composition into the gap and at least one discharge opening for continuously discharging the food composition from the gap.
Christian HÜTTNER, Uta KÜHNEN, Fabian SPECHT, Svetlana MARINOVA, Stefan HUBER
Filed: 23 Feb 23
Utility
an Apparatus and a Method to Predict the Remaining Useful Life of a Plasticizing Screw
31 Aug 23
A method to predict the remaining useful life of a plasticizing screw for an injection molding machine is provided.
Stefan Georg HILD, Severin Kin Yuen PANG, Christopher FUGATE, Edward Lee JUMP, Jr., Dan John LILLBACK
Filed: 14 Oct 20
Utility
Device and Method for Processing Bulk Material
27 Jul 23
A processing system for bulk material comprises a processing device for the bulk material, at least one bulk material storage container for storing the bulk material, a bulk material dosing device connected to the at least one bulk material storage container for dosed discharge of the bulk material from the bulk material storage container, a bulk material downcomer connected to the bulk material dosing device for conveying the bulk material into the processing device, at least one additive feed for feeding an additive, an additive dosing device connected to the at least one additive feed for dosed discharge of the additive from the additive feed, and an additive downcomer connected to the additive dosing device for conveying the additive into the processing device, wherein the bulk material downcomer directly connects the bulk material dosing device to the processing device.
Michael DÜRR, Klaus MENNA, Bob REISCHL, Holger RISCH
Filed: 3 Apr 23
Utility
Kneading Machine for Food Doughs with Sealing of Kneading Tools
27 Jul 23
A kneading machine for food doughs includes a kneading bowl, one or more tool shafts rotatably mounted in a housing, a kneading tool attachable to the tool shaft and insertable into the kneading bowl, and a kneading space,each tool shaft being assigned a seal carrier fixed to the housing and which carries a seal arrangement to seal the tool shaft with respect to the seal carrier, the seal carrier being spaced from the tool shaft by a first gap outside the kneading space and which communicates directly with an escape space for food particles escaping out of the kneading space.
Hashem GHANI, Stefan BENSMANN
Filed: 21 Mar 23
Utility
Mixing Silo for Bulk Material, Production Plant with a Mixing Silo of This Type and Method for Operating a Mixing Silo of This Type
27 Jul 23
A mixing silo for bulk material comprises a silo container, a mixing installation mounted in the silo container for mixing the bulk material, at least one shut-off element for shutting off the mixing installation, wherein the mixing silo has a minimum extraction rate and the silo container, with the mixing installation shut off, has a residual cross-sectional area which ensures a mass flow of the bulk material that is greater than or equal to the minimum extraction rate of the mixing silo.
Michael Dürr, Egon Zechner
Filed: 10 Jun 21
Utility
Discharge Apparatus for Food Masses Including a Size Controller
20 Jul 23
A processing line for a food mass including a size controller to control a food mass discharged piece by piece from a kneading bowl.
Stefan BENSMANN
Filed: 24 Mar 23
Utility
Mold Plate Cooling Arrangement
23 Feb 23
A fluid cooled mold plate is disclosed.
David James MOORE, Peter Richard SMITH
Filed: 15 Oct 20
Utility
Vibration Conveyor and Method for Regulating a Vibration Drive of a Vibration Conveyor
16 Feb 23
The vibration feeder has a drive unit (4) comprising a vibration drive (10), a carrier arrangement (5) comprising a feeding element for the material to be conveyed and a control (26) for the vibration drive (10), wherein an acceleration sensor (27) is arranged on the drive unit (10), which when the vibration feeder (25) is operating, detects the actual acceleration of the drive unit (4), and wherein the control (26) is configured to use the actual acceleration signal of the acceleration sensor (26) for generating a regulating variable for the vibration drive (10) such that the carrier arrangement (5) vibrates essentially within its resonance frequency (fres).
Stefan Ludescher, Helfenstein Urs
Filed: 9 Oct 17
Utility
Method and Reprocessing System for Reprocessing Plastic Waste Material, In Particular PET Waste Material
19 Jan 23
In a method for reprocessing plastic waste material, in embodiments PET waste material, the plastic waste material is dried by a flash dryer in a conveying line and then fed into a multi-shaft screw machine.
Marina MATTA, Klaus-Peter LANG
Filed: 14 Jul 22
Utility
Ball Screw Centering Devices for Injection Molding Apparatuses
12 Jan 23
An injection molding apparatus including a stack mold tool and a ball screw centering device.
Peng CHENG
Filed: 7 Jul 22
Utility
Kneading Machine for Food Doughs, Having a Cover Having a Quick Closure
22 Dec 22
A kneading machine for food doughs includes a kneading machine frame with a lower portion and a head portion attached to the lower portion.
Frank HOFFMANN
Filed: 2 Sep 20
Utility
Injection Molding Apparatus with Load-balancing Mechanism
17 Nov 22
An apparatus for injecting a molten material including an injector, a rail, a bell crank, and a frame supporting the injector via the rail for guiding the linear translation of the injector along the frame.
Martin Kestle
Filed: 11 May 21
Utility
Multi-component Injection Moulding Machine
6 Oct 22
A multi-component injection moulding machine provided has a machine bed, two mould mounting plates movable relative to one another by a closing unit, an injection unit and an extruder unit.
Rolf ZIPSE, Klaus KRATT, Etienne BERGMANN
Filed: 22 Jun 22
Utility
Hot Runner System
8 Sep 22
A hot runner system having a nozzle and a manifold seated against the nozzle.
Hakimuddin BOXWALA, Yikun WANG, Douglas Brien URSU
Filed: 28 Feb 22
Utility
Injection Molding Apparatus with a Thermal Bridge
28 Jul 22
An injection molding apparatus and hot runner system are disclosed.
Thanh Huu NGUYEN, Cheryl Ann SAYER
Filed: 6 Oct 20
Utility
Side-gate Injection Molding Apparatus and Side-gate Hot Runner Nozzle
14 Jul 22
Disclosed is a side-gate nozzle having a nozzle body, a nozzle tip and a transfer member.
Jiping QIAN, Beilei YAN
Filed: 6 May 20
Utility
Feeding Screw Machine for Feeding a Processing Screw Machine
16 Jun 22
A feeding screw machine serves for feeding a processing screw machine.
Thorsten Stirner
Filed: 13 Dec 21
Utility
Valve Pin Plate Injection Molding Apparatus
28 Apr 22
An injection molding apparatus having a valve pin plate coupling at least one valve pin to an actuator which, in operation, axially moves the valve pin plate between a closed position and an open position.
Payman TABASSI
Filed: 26 Oct 21