METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COOLING EXTRUDED PLASTIC FOIL HOSES

摘要

This invention relates to a method for cooling extruded plastic foil hose (F), which is cooled down by driving a pressurized coolant along the internal and/or external skirt of the foil hose (F). The coolant is fed in the area of a drawing aperture (4) tangentially to the foil hose (F), and the coolant thus generated is driven as a spiral stream (16, 17) from the tangential inlet (6) to the outlet by a centrifugal force affecting the coolant along the internal and/or external surface of the foil hose (F), and by the density and pressure differences between various parts of the coolant. Said apparatus (1) comprises an internal cooling unit (1B) equipped with a distribution drum (2) provided with nozzles (13) with tangential inlets (13A). Its external cooling unit (1A) has a tangential inlet (6), which is in connection with a ring channel (G) around the foil hose (F), delimited by a tubular element (5, P).