| 摘要 |
The invention relates to a melt filter (1) for purifying, in particular, plastic melts leaving extruders, comprising a filter disk (3), which is provided between two plates (5, 5') that form a housing equipped with a filter element changing station (7), and which can be rotationally driven by means of a power-operated pawl-type drive (4). Said filter disk has recesses, which are separated by webs (11) along a circular path and which serve to accommodate filter elements (8) that, by means of perforated disks, are supported against the forces arising due to the drop in pressure occurring therein in the flowing direction of the plastic melt. The inventive melt filter also comprises a melt channel (9), which passes through the plates in the area of the circular path, feeds the melt to the filter elements, and which widens up to the filter elements. The aim of the invention is to design the smallest possible melt filter with which, during operation, few unwanted changes occur in the plastic, and which ensures, even in the event of high pressures, a filter element exchange with nearly a constant pressure while remaining cost-effective. To this end, the invention provides that the plates completely cover the filter disk, whereby at least one of the plates is interrupted by the filter element changing station, and that the filter changing station is designed such that it is larger than a filter element and smaller than or the same size of two filter elements.
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