The author presents single-screw extrusion technology together with the relevant polymer fundamentals with an emphasis on screw design. The presentation begins on a physical level, providing an in-...
Preface
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements for the Second Edition
Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Physical Description of Single-Screw Extrusion
Chapter 3 : Fundamentals of Polymers
Chapter 4 : Theories of Single-Screw Extrusion
Chapter 5 : Screw Design, High Performance Screws, and Scale-Up
Chapter 6 : Gear Pump, Static Mixer, and Dynamic Mixer
Chapter 7 : Die Designs
Chapter 8 : Viscoelastic Effects in Melt Flow
Chapter 9 : Special Single-Screw Extruder with Channels on the Barrel
Chapter 10 : Physical Description of Twin-Screw Extruders
Appendix A : Color Figures
Appendix B : Universal Constants, Unit Conversion Factors, and Prefixes
Nomenclature
Author Index
Subject Index
List of Figures and Tables
