AN APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MELT FLOW IN A MELT DISTRIBUTION NETWORK

• Main Authors: BRAND, TIEMO D, NIEWELS, JOACHIM JOHANNES, MARTIN, MARIE-FRANCE SONIA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 05.03.2009
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; CASTING; CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POWDER METALLURGY; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

According to embodiments of the present invention, there is provided an a pparatus (502) for controlling melt flow through a portion of the melt distr ibution network. A flow control device (502) is provided. The flow control d evice (502) comprises a body (504) defining: a mixer (506) configured to be positioned in a conduit for providing a path of flow for melt such that the mixer (506) traverses substantially the whole cross-section of the path of f low; a temperature control portion (514) associated with the mixer (506) for actively controlling temperature of the mixer (506).