Abstract:
APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A PLASTIC EXTRUDED ARTICLE HAVING A PRECISION CROSS-SECTIONAL PROFILE. THE APPARATUS COMPRISES AN EXTRUDER HAVING A FUSION SECTION, A COOLING SECTION AND A DIE SECTION. THE DIE SECTION IMPARTS TO THE EXTRUSION A PREDETERMINED CROSS-SECTIONAL PROFILE GREATER THAN THAT ULTIMATELY DESIRED. ALSO INCLUDED IS A CAVITY CUTTING TOOL PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF SPACED CUTTING UNITS, POSITIONED ADJACENT THE EXTRUDER SO AS TO EMBRACE THE EXTRUSION IN ITS PATH LEAVING THE EXTRUDER, AND TO CUT DOWN THE OVERSIZED PROFILE TO THE DESIRED PRECISION PROFILE.