CAVITY TRANSFER MIXING EXTRUDER

A cavity transfer mixing extruder comprises an extrusion unit and a mixing unit, arranged coaxially. The extrusion unit comprises a barrel provided with a feed opening through which materials are fed into the barrel, and a screw shaft coaxially and rotatably extended through the barrel. The mixing unit comprises a housing (20), a stator (21) fixedly fitted in the housing (20) and a first cavity group including circumferential cavity rows of cavities (23) in its inner circumferencial portion, and a rotor (22) joined coaxially to the front end of the screw shaft, coaxially rotatably extending through the stator (21), and provided with a second cavity group including circumferential cavity rows of cavities (24) in its outer circumferencial portion. The respective cavities of the first and second cavity groups, when developed on a plane, each has a parallelogrammic shape defined by a pair of opposite, parallel straight walls extending perpendicularly to the axial direction, and a pair of opposite, parallel straight walls inclined at an angle to the axial direction. The longitudinal axes of the cavities of the first cavity group, and the longitudinal axes of the cavities of the second cavity group are inclined in opposite directions, respectively, with respect to the axial direction so that the materials filling the cavities are mpelled forward as the rotor is rotated relative to the stator.