Patent ID: 8721167

Claim:
A kneading and granulating machine comprising: a container for containing a material to be kneaded; a kneading member, which moves along the inner wall surface of the container and revolves and spins at the same time within the container; and a chopper, which revolves and spins at the same time within the container to shear the material to be kneaded in the container, the container including the inner wall surface and an inner bottom surface, wherein the kneading member comprises a blade having a shape corresponding to the inner wall surface and the inner bottom surface of the container, and configured to enable kneading of the material to be kneaded between itself and the inner wall surface and the inner bottom surface of the container by pressing the material to be kneaded to the inner wall surface and the inner bottom surface of the container with the kneading member, wherein the rotation locus of the kneading member moves along the inner wall surface of the container; wherein the revolution speed and the spinning speed for each of the kneading member and the chopper is regulated independently, wherein the material to be kneaded comprises powder and a binding solution, and wherein the kneading and granulating machine comprises a driving section fixed to the upper portion of the container, the driving section comprising a sleeve revolution drive shaft, a spin drive shaft inserted through the inside of the revolution drive shaft, two spinning shafts connected to the bottom portion of the revolution drive shaft, a first drive source driving the revolution drive shaft, a second drive source driving the spin drive shaft, and control microcomputer for controlling the first drive source and the second drive source, wherein the kneading member and the chopper are respectively connected to the bottom of the spinning shafts, wherein a nozzle for the binding solution to be put into the container is provided at the upper portion of the container, wherein the container further comprises a dryer in a vacuum or under a reduced pressure, wherein the kneading and granulating machine is configured to carry out mixing, kneading, granulating and conglobation of the material in one single step, and wherein the first drive source and the second drive source are each a motor.