Two part molded part useful as a mixer for viscous curable materials

1. An article comprising: two parts wherein each part has two or more sections connected together wherein each section is formed from one or more a molded materials wherein the molded materials form the periphery of a hollow structure having a proximal end, a distal end, a cross section and open passages in the molded material on the periphery of the hollow structure, a central axis through the hollow structure transverse to the cross section of the molded material and the passages in the molded material having a central axis through the passages; wherein adjacent sections are connected near the proximal end of each section and the angle formed by the central axis of adjacent connected sections is from about 45 to about 90 degrees and the angle formed by the central axis of the hollow structure of each section and the central axis of the passages in the molded material is from about 45 to about 90 degrees; wherein each part is a mirror image of the other and the two parts can be assembled to form a symmetrical structure and one part has connected to one end a molded structure comprising one or more helical shaped elements.

2. An article according to claim 1 wherein the molded material of each section forms a consistent cross-section formed along planes perpendicular to the central axis of the hollow structure.

3. An article according to claim 1 wherein the cross-section formed by the molded material is oval, circular or polygonal.

4. An article according to claim 1 wherein the molded material comprises metal, thermoplastic resins or thermoset resins.

5. An article according to claim 1 wherein the molded material comprises one or more thermoplastic resins or thermoset resins which further comprises one or more fillers, reinforcing fibers or mixtures thereof.

6. An article according to claim 1 wherein adjacent elements are connected together near the proximal end at a location from the proximal end that is equal to half the linear distance of the central axis of two sequential elements of the same orientation while in the assembled state.

7. An article according to claim 1 wherein one or both parts have connected to at least one end a molded structure of another shape.

8. An article according to claim 1 wherein the two parts are assembled.

9. An article according to claim 1 comprising three or more elements wherein the cross-section of the structure formed by the molded material is a square for each element, the elements are connected at opposing corners of the structure and one of the sections further comprises a molded section comprising more than one helical structure.

10. An article according to claim 1 wherein each helical element forms a path that rotates about 180 degrees and the starting point of the path of the helical path of adjacent elements is about 90 degrees from the ending point of the adjacent element.

11. A method comprising

a) introducing two parts of curable material having a high viscosity into an elongated mixing chamber having a mixer comprising an article according to claim 1 , an inlet and an outlet, wherein the helical portion is disposed at the inlet end of the chamber so that the two parts of the curable material passes through the helical section first;

b) applying sufficient pressure on the material entering the inlet of the chamber to move the material through the chamber in contact with the mixer under conditions that the two parts are mixed sufficiently to cure and perform the desired function of the curable material; and

c) applying the mixed two parts of the curable material to one or more substrates.

12. A method according to claim 11 which further comprises

d) contacting a first substrate with a second substrate with the mixed two part curable material disposed between the two substrates; and

e) allowing the mixed two part curable material to cure and bond the two substrates together.

13. A method according to claim 11 wherein the mixer comprises one or more helical elements and two or more hollow elements wherein the helical portion is disposed at the inlet end of the mixing chamber so that the two parts of the curable material passes through the helical section first.

14. A method according to claim 11 wherein the mixer has from about 3 to about 5 helical elements and from about 3 to about 6 hollow elements.

15. A method according to claim 11 wherein the viscosity of the two part of the curable material is from about 30,000 to about 5,000,000 Pa·s.

16. A method according to claim 11 wherein the pressure applied to the two parts of the curable material is from about 150 to about 500 psi.

17. A method according to claim 11 wherein the two part curable material is contacted at a volumetric ratio of 1:1 to 100:1.

18. A method according to claim 11 wherein the two parts of the curable materials are introduced from a single tube having the lowest volume part enclosed in a bag within the highest volume part.