DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUSLY AGGLOMERATING PLASTIC MATERIAL, ESPECIALLY FOR RECYCLING PURPOSES

摘要

The invention relates to a device for continuously agglomerating plastic material, especially for recycling purposes. The device comprises an agglomerating worm (12) which is mounted in a housing (8) and which is driven by a drive (15) provided for rotationally moving the worm around the axis thereof. The material to be treated is inserted through a feed opening (7) of the housing (8) and the agglomerated material is pressed out through a plurality of outlet openings (11) arranged on the front end of the housing (8). The relationship of effective length (L1) of the worm (8) to the nominal diameter (D) thereof ranges from 4.5 to 12. A device (37) for completely filling the housing (8) is connected to the feed opening (7). The outlet openings (11) are delimited by a delivery head (18) comprising a worm section which turns with the agglomerating worm (12). The number of spires per length unit of said worm section is greater than that of the agglomerating worm (12). This results in improving the quality of the agglomerate obtained.