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US3799509A
US3799509A US00231170A US23117072A US3799509A US 3799509 A US3799509 A US 3799509A US 00231170 A US00231170 A US 00231170A US 23117072 A US23117072 A US 23117072A US 3799509 A US3799509 A US 3799509A
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D01—NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
    • D01D—MECHANICAL METHODS OR APPARATUS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS
    • D01D1/00—Treatment of filament-forming or like material
    • D01D1/06—Feeding liquid to the spinning head
    • D01D1/065—Addition and mixing of substances to the spinning solution or to the melt; Homogenising
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F25/00—Flow mixers; Mixers for falling materials, e.g. solid particles
    • B01F25/40—Static mixers
    • B01F25/42—Static mixers in which the mixing is affected by moving the components jointly in changing directions, e.g. in tubes provided with baffles or obstructions
    • B01F25/43—Mixing tubes, e.g. wherein the material is moved in a radial or partly reversed direction
    • B01F25/433—Mixing tubes wherein the shape of the tube influences the mixing, e.g. mixing tubes with varying cross-section or provided with inwardly extending profiles
    • B01F25/4331—Mixers with bended, curved, coiled, wounded mixing tubes or comprising elements for bending the flow
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F25/00—Flow mixers; Mixers for falling materials, e.g. solid particles
    • B01F25/40—Static mixers
    • B01F25/42—Static mixers in which the mixing is affected by moving the components jointly in changing directions, e.g. in tubes provided with baffles or obstructions
    • B01F25/43—Mixing tubes, e.g. wherein the material is moved in a radial or partly reversed direction
    • B01F25/431—Straight mixing tubes with baffles or obstructions that do not cause substantial pressure drop; Baffles therefor
    • B01F25/4314—Straight mixing tubes with baffles or obstructions that do not cause substantial pressure drop; Baffles therefor with helical baffles
    • B01F25/43141—Straight mixing tubes with baffles or obstructions that do not cause substantial pressure drop; Baffles therefor with helical baffles composed of consecutive sections of helical formed elements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F25/00—Flow mixers; Mixers for falling materials, e.g. solid particles
    • B01F25/40—Static mixers
    • B01F25/42—Static mixers in which the mixing is affected by moving the components jointly in changing directions, e.g. in tubes provided with baffles or obstructions
    • B01F25/43—Mixing tubes, e.g. wherein the material is moved in a radial or partly reversed direction
    • B01F25/433—Mixing tubes wherein the shape of the tube influences the mixing, e.g. mixing tubes with varying cross-section or provided with inwardly extending profiles
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T137/00—Fluid handling
    • Y10T137/8593—Systems
    • Y10T137/86187—Plural tanks or compartments connected for serial flow
    • Y10T137/86204—Fluid progresses by zigzag flow
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T137/00—Fluid handling
    • Y10T137/8593—Systems
    • Y10T137/86187—Plural tanks or compartments connected for serial flow
    • Y10T137/86228—With communicating opening in common walls of tanks or compartments

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  • the inlet passage is [58] Field of Search 259/4; 425/3822, 200, formed of a plurality of Channels through Opposite 425/205; 137/571 576 sides of the wear plate with each channel containing a plurality of stationary mixing elements. Caps enclose [56] References Cited the opposite sides and provide the means to connect 1 UNITED STATES PATENTS successive channels to form a continuous folded en- 3.701.619 10/1972 Appeldoorn et a1 259/4 x Closed inlet Passage Connecting the P y Source 3,664,638 5/1972 Grout et a1. 259 4 an he spinning pump. 3,704,006 11/1972 Grout et a1.
  • a melt spinning apparatus that includes a source of molten polymer connected to a wear plate having opposed sides and through which polymer is distributed from the source to a plurality of spinning packs by means of a pump connected to inlet and outlet passages in the wear plate is modified to include a mixing device.
  • the device involves the inlet passage being comprised of a plurality of straight, hollow channels passing through the wear plate from one to the other of said opposed sides; a plurality of stationary mixing elements positioned in each of said channels forming spaced groups of elements; and a pair of caps enclosing said opposed sides, each of said caps in combination with said opposed sides forming at least oneside channel, each of said side channels being connected with two of said straight channels, the combination of straight and side channels providing a continuous enclosed, folded inlet passage connecting said source and said pump.
  • FIG. 1 is a partial schematic, perspective drawing of a spinning position utilizing the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view partially broken away, of a spinning pump wear plate modified according to the invention.
  • molten polymer l0 from a source (not shown) is passed through a heated transfer line elbow 12, to a spinning position to block 16 where it enters the spinning pump wear plate 20 through inlet passage 22 connected to spinning pump 24 which is a gear pump of the general type described by Heckert in U. S. Pat. No. 2,281,767. From the pump 24, the polymer exits through outlet 25 into multiple paths 26 to several different spinning units (not shown) housed in block 16. An additive may be injected into the polymer at location 14 in elbow 12 or directly into the mixer entrance 22 for subsequent mixing.
  • the spinning units housed in spinning block 16 are conventional filterpack and-spinneret asemblies from which filaments are extruded.
  • the wear plate 20 is modified to serve as a mixing device by arranging the inlet passage 22 to form a continuous folded enclosed passage with a plurality of stationary mixing elements 30 in each folded section of the passage.
  • wear plate 20 has a plurality of straight, hollow channels 32, 34, 36 passing through it from one side 21 to the other side 23.
  • a pair of caps 27, 29 have channels grooved into their inner surface and are attached to the sides 21, 23 of wear plate 20 to connect the straight channels and form a continuous folded passage. More particularly, channel 31 in cap 29 connects straight channels 32, 34 at one end while channel 35 in cap 29 connects passages 34, 36 and similarly channel 33 in cap 29 connects straight channel 36 with channel 38 leading to the inlet of pump 24.
  • the channels are found in cross section to accommodate curved elements 30 which extend to the channel walls and divide it into two separate paths.
  • the number of elements installed in each channel and the number of channels and their length depends on the degree of mixing desired.
  • the elements are in spaced groups (i.e., each group separated by at least the length of the channels in the caps 27, 29) and perform as well as a single continuous formation of elements disclosed by the prior art.
  • the channels may be of any cross-section dependent upon the type of mixing elements to be installed, e.g., square or round, and may have internal keyways to properly index elements which require it.
  • the number of channels and length thereof is selected dependent upon the number of mixing elements required to achieve the desired degree of mixing.
  • This apparatus is particularly suitable for mixer installations where conditions do not permit installation of a single, long, continuous, stationary mixing device.
  • This folded channel arrangement a large number of mixing elements can be installed in a process stream or a transfer line in a space of only a few inches.
  • the end caps 27, 29 provide ready access to the elements 30 for changing repositioning and general overall ease of maintenance.
  • a melt spinning apparatus that includes a source of molten polymer connected to a wear plate having opposed sides through which polymer is distributed from the source to a plurality of spinning packs by means of a pump connected to inlet and outlet passages in the wear plate, the improvement comprising said inlet passage being comprised of a plurality of straight, hollow channels passing through the wear plate from one to the other of said opposed sides; a plurality of stationary mixing elements positioned in each of said 3 4 channels forming spaced groups of elements; and a pair tion of straight and side channels providing a continuof caps enclosing said opposed sides, each of said caps ous enclosed folded inlet passage connecting Said in combination with said opposed sides forming at least one side channel, each of said side channels being connected with two of said straight channels, the combina- 5 source and said pump.

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US4104015A (en) * 1977-01-11 1978-08-01 Phillips Petroleum Company Spinneret assembly
US4351613A (en) * 1980-02-08 1982-09-28 Hope Henry F Tanks for mixing apparatus
DE19731891A1 (de) * 1997-07-24 1999-01-28 Hoechst Ag Kontinuierlicher chaotischer Konvektionsmischer, -wärmeaustauscher und -reaktor
EP1054083A1 (de) * 1999-05-21 2000-11-22 Asahi Trading Co., Ltd. Vorrichtung zum Färben von Spinngarnen
US20030174577A1 (en) * 2002-03-12 2003-09-18 Alex Botrie Apparatus and method for mixing and dispensing components of a composition
US20130128688A1 (en) * 2011-11-18 2013-05-23 Michael B. Doolin Flow Reversing Static Mixer and Method
WO2022178981A1 (zh) * 2021-02-28 2022-09-01 浙江金象科技有限公司 一种液化气体混配罐

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GB970285A (en) * 1962-03-07 1964-09-16 Onderzoekings Inst Res Improvements in or relating to the melt spinning of threads,ribbons and films from thermoplastic thread forming materials
US3577308A (en) * 1967-09-02 1971-05-04 American Enka Corp Manufacture of a multicomponent polymeric product
US3664638A (en) * 1970-02-24 1972-05-23 Kenics Corp Mixing device
US3701619A (en) * 1969-11-14 1972-10-31 American Enka Corp Mixing apparatus
US3704006A (en) * 1971-01-25 1972-11-28 Kenics Corp Dispersion producing method

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GB970285A (en) * 1962-03-07 1964-09-16 Onderzoekings Inst Res Improvements in or relating to the melt spinning of threads,ribbons and films from thermoplastic thread forming materials
US3577308A (en) * 1967-09-02 1971-05-04 American Enka Corp Manufacture of a multicomponent polymeric product
US3701619A (en) * 1969-11-14 1972-10-31 American Enka Corp Mixing apparatus
US3664638A (en) * 1970-02-24 1972-05-23 Kenics Corp Mixing device
US3704006A (en) * 1971-01-25 1972-11-28 Kenics Corp Dispersion producing method

Cited By (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4104015A (en) * 1977-01-11 1978-08-01 Phillips Petroleum Company Spinneret assembly
US4351613A (en) * 1980-02-08 1982-09-28 Hope Henry F Tanks for mixing apparatus
DE19731891A1 (de) * 1997-07-24 1999-01-28 Hoechst Ag Kontinuierlicher chaotischer Konvektionsmischer, -wärmeaustauscher und -reaktor
EP1054083A1 (de) * 1999-05-21 2000-11-22 Asahi Trading Co., Ltd. Vorrichtung zum Färben von Spinngarnen
US20030174577A1 (en) * 2002-03-12 2003-09-18 Alex Botrie Apparatus and method for mixing and dispensing components of a composition
US6705756B2 (en) * 2002-03-12 2004-03-16 Chemque, Incorporated Apparatus and method for mixing and dispensing components of a composition
US20040159678A1 (en) * 2002-03-12 2004-08-19 Chemque, Incorporated Apparatus and method for mixing and dispensing components of a composition
US6971787B2 (en) 2002-03-12 2005-12-06 Chemque, Incorporated Apparatus and method for mixing and dispensing components of a composition
US20130128688A1 (en) * 2011-11-18 2013-05-23 Michael B. Doolin Flow Reversing Static Mixer and Method
WO2022178981A1 (zh) * 2021-02-28 2022-09-01 浙江金象科技有限公司 一种液化气体混配罐

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