About the Seminar

The seminar presents an intensive introduction to die design for plastic extrusion. 
The objectives of this seminar are:

• to teach the basic principles of die design
• to demonstrate the application of these principles to the design of the main types of extrusion dies:   
• tubing and pipe dies, wire coating dies, sheet and flat film dies, profile dies, spiral mandrel dies, and coextrusion dies. 
• to discuss the design of calibrators

• the flow properties that determine how the material behaves in the die and when it leaves the die
• the various types of extrusion dies used for different products
• materials and coating used for extrusion dies
• simple calculations for die design
• how computer programs can be used to analyze and design extrusion dies
• the advantages and disadvantages of various die geometries, e.g. the conventional pipe die versus the spiral mandrel pipe die
• various die flow problems and how to avoid them

• Die designers
• Process engineers
• Manufacturing engineers
• Extrusion supervisors
• Technical service personnel