About the Instructor:
Dr. Chris Rauwendaal has been a top seminar instructor for more than 25 years. He has taught with SPE, UWM & UC Berkeley & teaches many in-house courses. He is a well known plastics author. Chris has 30+ years experience in the plastics industry. His experience is in a wide range of extrusion operations, including fiber spinning, film, sheet, tubing, medical tubing & profile extrusion, coextrusion, and reactive extrusion. He has worked on both practical and theoretical problems such as screw & die design, troubleshooting, modeling and computer simulation, material analysis, failure analysis, etc. Chris has authored 6 books on extrusion and related fields.
Since 1990 he has been President of Rauwendaal Extrusion Engineering, Inc., a company that provides custom extruder screws and other extrusion hardware, training programs, engineering & expert witness services to the plastic industry. With screw design as his specialty, over the past 5 years REE had developed patented technologies in the following areas:
• Elongational Mixing Devices
• Mixing non-return valves
• Single screw compounding extruder
• Cooling screws for foam extrusion
For technical service & sales contact: sietske@rauwendaal.com
For seminar content contact: chris@rauwendaal.com
Testimonials after the 2005 Seminars.
“I have been in the extrusion business for 9 years & did not know what to expect from this seminar. I found this to be a real eye opener. I left with a broader understanding in all aspects of this trade. Well worth the trip!” Bruce Kellett, Northwest Extrusions, Langley, BC Canada
“I work in the medical devices industry extruding precision tubing. After this class I’m confident that I can improve the quality of the extrusions and minimize scrap.”
“This is an excellent course for quickly accelerating one’s knowledge of the extrusion process. The course touches on all types of extrusion processes, methodologies, and technical issues.” Wayne Beech Deceuninck
“Chris provides a very knowledge based and educational approach to understanding extrusion. While my experience level with twin screws was more in depth than covered in the seminar, he was able to satisfactorily answer all of my questions and point me in the right directions.” Jason, extrusion process technician.
“Seminar was well conducted and organized.”
“The course was very well balanced towards introduction to extruders and an eye opening refresher towards experienced extrusion personnel.” Jeremy – Wood Plastic Composite Manufacturer.
“Chris Rauwendaal’s extensive overview will wake up your memory and help you recall the things you need to know to make good decisions with respect to extrusion. Whether you are at the initial stage of a capital expenditure, you need ideas to improve quality or production, or you want to take advantage of new and cheaper materials, you need this course.” |
“ Understanding Extrusion ” (UE)