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To ensure excellent results, you need reliable initial processing data before setting up an extruder to optimize and stabilize the process. An intelligently engineered setup will save time and money, and improve product quality. Extrusion Processing Data offers an overview of the technology, discusses theory and fundamentals, presents examples, and, in nearly two-thirds of the booklet, compiles the most important processing data, such as viscosity, thermal properties, and suggested barrel heater temperatures for the polymers most commonly used in extrusion, in graphic and tabular form. Highly recommended.

From the Introduction: “...[O]ne needs to be aware that even with a good educated guess of the processing conditions for a given material, the final conditions are dependent on specific material grades, extruder size, screw wear, profile geometry and die design, and other material independent variables...Through a set of easy to follow examples, this book shows how the given data can be used to generate important information.”

Target Audience: Practicing engineers, technicians, students, designers, managers, and any other professional who will benefit from a concise, ready source of extrusion processing data for plastics.

Table of Contents:

Introduction

Extrusion Technology

Useful Equations and Theory

Examples

Polymer Data

Glossary

Further Reading

Note: Aging and Chemical Resistance, Extrusion Blow Molding, and Welding are companion booklets in this series. Please call, fax, or email for a quote on quantities of 20 or more pieces — titles can be mixed for this special quantity discount.