A pugmill, pug mill or pug is a machine that extrudes clay or other materials in a plastic state, or a similar machine used to triturate ore, with industrial applications in pottery, bricks, cement and parts of concrete and asphalt mixing. A typical pugmill is a horizontal boxlike chamber with a top inlet and a bottom discharge at the other end, holding two shafts of opposing paddles driven to mix material at its correct moisture content into a thoroughly blended mass within seconds; how well and how long it mixes depends on the number and size of its paddles, their swing arc and overlap, and the size and length of the chamber itself.
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OriginA 1913 edition of Websters Dictionary describes a clay pug mill as an upright shaft armed with projecting knives that revolves inside a hollow cylinder, tub or vat holding the clay; ceramics pug mills extrude clay bodies ready for shaping rather than grinding or mixing them, sometimes fitted with a vacuum system to remove trapped air. 1 Connections
Used In
Pugmill is used in Pottery.
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1. Pugmill (Wikipedia)
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According to the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, a clay pug mill typically consists of an upright shaft armed with projecting knives, which is caused to revolve in a hollow cylinder, tub, or vat, in which the clay body is placed.
Pugmill (Digitalfire Glossary)
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Pugmills have a main chamber with rotating shaft having angled blades. The shaft is rotated by powerful motor, turning slowly (about once every 3 seconds).
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