Patent ID: 7520458
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: B29B

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for granulating of material pressed out from at least one nozzle, in particular of thermoplastic synthetic material, comprising a perforated plate having the nozzle(s), to which a knife head carrying at least one knife is oppositely disposed which is connected to a shaft driven for rotation by a motor and being adjustable in an axial direction, so that each knife runs in contact to the nozzle mouth and thereby cuts off the granulate particles which are carried off the granulating housing surrounding the perforated plate by a cooling medium introduced into the granulating housing, wherein the motor is suspended by means of a suspension movable relative to the granulating housing, which movability, however, is only given in the axial direction of the shaft, and wherein an adjustment means for axial displacement of the motor with respect to the perforated plate is provided, at least one membrane being used for suspending the motor on the granulating housing.