Structural Flakeboards and Composites 



2947 



FURNISH 

 INFEED 



SPRAY 

 NOZZLES 



OUTFEED 



Figure 24-21. — Paddle-type, short-retention-time blender equipped with spray nozzles. 

 (Top) Cut-away view showing inlet and outlet ports for flakes. (Drawing after Mo- 

 loney 1977.) (Bottom) Photo of production blender with 42-inch-diameter tube 

 opened to expose paddle agitators; resin nozzles are at inlet end on left. (Photo from 

 Con-Vey/Keystone International.) 



