摘要 |
A method for mixing/homogenizing a batch of rubber mixture in a roller mixer by recirculating the rubber to the inlet of the roller mixer while laterally shifting at least part of the recirculating rubber mixture, comprises continuously detaching the rubber laminated between the mixing rollers without permitting any banking of the rubber on the rollers surface, recirculating the whole batch of rubber in the form of a laminated tape along a closed path, remotely from the rollers and on conveyor means and homogenizing it by transversely pushing the edges of the running tape toward each other while falling back between the rollers by an opposed pair of belt conveyors independently shiftable toward and away from each other, while cooling the tape of mixture along said closed path of recirculation from and to the rollers. The relative positioning of the homogenization belt conveyors, of two containment side plates and the action of means of interrupting the continuity of said tape and of reversal of the direction of the motion of a first belt conveyor downstream of said rollers are coordinated to discharge a homogenized rubber tape of desired width and thickness, at the end of the mixing/homogenizing treatment. <IMAGE> |