The dicer’s expanding role in the wire industry

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The dicer evolved from the need to be able to pelletize material coming directly from a two-roll mill which is fed from a Banbury mixer. The dicer is able to do this without an extruder or a strainer. It receives an extruded web (small sheet from 60 mm to 450 mm) and cuts it into uniform cubic or octahedral pellets. Given the historic dominance of Banbury-type compounding technology in the wire covering industry, it is not surprising that the dicer is still the dominant pelletizer.

Description

The dicer evolved from the need to be able to pelletize material coming directly from a two-roll mill which is fed from a Banbury mixer. The dicer is able to do this without an extruder or a strainer. It receives an extruded web (small sheet from 60 mm to 450 mm) and cuts it into uniform cubic or octahedral pellets. Given the historic dominance of Banbury-type compounding technology in the wire covering industry, it is not surprising that the dicer is still the dominant pelletizer.

Additional information

Author(s)

Robert P. Vogel and Lawrence Sheftel, Dicer Corp., USA

Publication/Event/Pages

Paper presented at WAI 67th Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA USA

Year

1997