Claims
- 1. An energy efficient method of compounding a rubber stock on the rolls of an internally cooled rubber mill in a compounding zone on said mill comprising (1) optimizing the cooling water flow rate by varying the flow rate from 0.0159 m.sup.3 water/m.sup.2 /min. of internal mill surface area per minute to 0.1233 m.sup.3 /m.sup.2 /min. (or 0.0111 m.sup.3 /m.sup.2 /min. of external mill surface area to 0.0855 m.sup.3 /m.sup.2 /min.) at a temperature above 20.degree. C. to establish the flow rate at which further increases in water flow rate do not significantly decrease the difference between the stock temperature and the cooling water at constant temperature with stock temperature in the range of 74.degree. C. (165.degree. F.) to 121.degree. C. (250.degree. F.), (2) then increasing the temperature of the cooling water at said optimum constant flow rate at one or more additional different fixed temperatures of at least 20.degree. C. to establish the temperature at which further increases in temperature do not materially descrease the differential between the stock temperature and the cooling water temperature and to obtain an optimum cooling water temperature with a stock temperature in the range of 74.degree. C. to 121.degree. C. and (3) operating said mill at said optimum cooling water flow rate and said optimum cooling water temperature to compound said stock at a temperature of the stock below the scorch temperature of the stock in the range of 74.degree. C. to 121.degree. C. and to conserve energy, said water being in turbulent flow.
RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 173,940 filed July 31, 1980, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 103,128 filed Dec. 13, 1979 which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 971,977 filed Dec. 21, 1978 which in turn is a continuation of application Ser. No. 871,291 filed Jan. 23, 1978; all abandoned.
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