EXTRUDER DIE WITH ADDITIVE RESERVOIR

摘要

An extruder die assembly and method for using same is disclosed which is designed for adaptation to a wide variety of commercial-grade extrusion devices common in the food industry. The extruder die assembly is inserted into an appropriate compartment within an extrusion device such that a first extrudate is directed down a coaxially aligned passageway within a forming section (200) and combined with a fluid additive in an injection section (300) whereupon the resulting food mass is compressed through a converging nozzle bore in a nozzle section (400) to produce an extruded food product. The forming section and injection section are fabricated as a matching set. The matched set, comprising the forming section and the injection section, when properly aligned and coupled form an internal peripheral reservoir manifold through which a fluid additive may be supplied to at least one and more preferably a plurality of capillary channels (352) which in turn impart a distinct cross-sectional desing into a flowing mass of a first extrudate.