Patent ID: 6899453

Claim:
A method for forming a mixing component stream from a main component mixed completely or partially with one or more additives, the stream being partially or completely jacketed with unmixed main component or an additional component, the method comprising: mixing a stream of main component and one or more streams of one or more reactive or nonreactive additives using a static mixer element arranged in a mixer channel to create a completely or partially mixed mixing component stream; and adding one or more streams of unmixed main component or an additional component in the mixer channel to the outer region of the completely or partially mixed mixing component stream so as to create a complete or partial jacket of unmixed main component or of an additional component surrounding the mixing component stream; wherein one or more streams of unmixed main component and an additional component fed in to create the complete or partial jacket are fed in axially, viewed in the direction of flow, directly after the static mixer element to the outer region of the completely or partially mixed mixing component stream.