Introduction
Hardware components of an extruder
Main components
Screw and barrel
Feed hopper and feed housing
Grooved feed vs. smooth bore
Breaker plate and screen pack
Motor and reducer
Heating and cooling
Materials handling
Storage and conveying
Drying
Blending
Heat transfer
Size reduction
Instrumentation and control
Melt temperature
Melt pressure
Other important parameters
Pressure feedback control
Temperature control
Data acquisition systems
Polymer properties
Melt flow properties
How to measure melt flow properties
How to interpret melt flow data
Thermal properties
How to measure thermal properties
How to interpret thermal data
How properties affect extrusion
Viscosity data directly from an
extruder
Demonstration CAMPUS database
Functional analysis of the extrusion,
mechanisms and theories
Solids conveying,
Flood feeding vs. starve feeding
Plasticating,
Contiguous vs. dispersed solids
melting
Melt conveying, effect of shear
thinning on pumping behavior
Devolatilization,
Diffusion vs. bubble devolatilization
Mixing,
Distributive vs. dispersive mixing
Computer programs to analyze
various extruder functions
Screw design
Standard extruder screw
Using theory to optimize geometry
Barrier type extruder screws
Mixing screws, engineering analysis
Multi-stage screws for venting
Computer aided screw design
Screw manufacturing
Screw materials
Coatings &surface treatment
Rebuilding screws
Extrusion downstream equipment
Sizing tanks
Cooling tanks
Pullers
Cutters and saws
Accessories
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