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TWIN-SCREW EXTRUDER DESIGN
CRITERIA
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This is a
Conveying Screw
Kneading Element
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Why Compound ?
Two or more ingredients combined in fixed
proportions, distinguished from a mixture in that
the constituents of a compound lose their
individual characteristics and the compound has
new characteristics:
Impact strength, flexural stiffness
Color, surface appearance, paintability
Dielectric strength, conductivity
Flame retardancy, etc.
What is Compounding ?
Optimize ingredients for improved properties
Compatibilizers (blends, alloys, etc.)
Reactive compounding (copolymerization, grafting)
Fillers (reinforcing, non-reinforcing)
Optimize process for combining ingredients
Screw configuration
Sequence of addition
Rate, speed, temperature profile, etc.
Process Model
Process System Structure Target
Parameters Parameters Parameters Parameters
P E S T
FLOOD FEEDING
SCREW SPEED = OUTPUT
Smooth Bore Extrusion
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Length / Diameter Ratio
Length = 2400 mm
Diameter = 60 mm
Courtesy: MPR
Courtesy: Japan Steel Works
Parallel (Cylindrical) Screw
Extruder
Non-Intermeshing (Tangential)
Figure 2 (a) Change of flow direction of the wedge volume (absolute movement)
(b) Change in direction of material flow as a function of screw crests.
Co-Rotating Twin-Screw Extruder
Kneading elements provide communication between
multiple melt channels