This revised edition offers state-of-the-art information on all processes and aspects of plastics extrusion technology. It provides broad and systematic information on the design, construction, and operation of extrusion lines, covering films, fibers, tapes, monofilaments, and profiles; compounding lines; extrusion coating and laminating; feeding of extruders; extrusion recycling of plastic waste; and more.

From the Preface: “In this volume, Plastics Extrusion Technology, 2nd Ed., we present the state of the art in the technical design and operation of plastics extrusion lines. The chapters of this book have been written by well-known experts in the various fields of plastics extrusion technology. As the aim was to treat the subject in as practice-oriented a way as possible, the choice of authors was not limited to polymer scientists: professionals with many years of experience and extensive knowledge in their own special fields, some of whom have contributed to the development of the systems dealt with in this book, were also invited to contribute...”

Target Audience: Students and professional engineers and technologists concerned with polymer extrusion technology.

Table of Contents:

Introduction

Compounding Lines

Extrusion of Pipes, Profiles and Cables

Extrusion of Blown Films

Blown Film Coextrusion

Flat Film Extrusion Using Chill-Roll Casting

Production of Films and Sheets by the Roll-Stack Process

Manufacture of Oriented Films

Extrusion of Film Tapes

Monofilament Extrusion

Extrusion Coating and Laminating

Extrusion of Foamed Intermediate Products with Single-Screw Extruders

Extrusion of Foamed Semifinished Products with Twin-Screw Extruders

Extrusion of Elastomers

Fiber Extrusion

Ram Extrusion of PTFE and UHMWPE

Feeding of Extruders

Extrusion Recycling of Plastic Waste

Index