This book provides a practical understanding of basic information on extrusion in a way useful to readers without an engineering degree as well as those new to the field. It is written primarily for extruder operators, supervisors, technical service personnel, and process engineers. Designed for on-the-job use, it guides the reader step by step through material issues, machinery, processing, and troubleshooting.
The completely revised and extended second edition now also covers high-speed extrusion, how to reduce material cost, efficient extrusion, purging and product changeover, how to reduce energy consumption, new developments in extruder screw design, and more.
Preface to the Second Edition
Chapter 1 : Extrusion Machinery
Chapter 2 : Instrumentation and Control
Chapter 3 : Complete Extrusion Lines
Chapter 4 : Plastics and Their Properties Important in Extrusion
Chapter 5 : How an Extruder Works
Chapter 6 : How to Run an Extruder
Chapter 7 : How to Troubleshoot Extrusion Problems
Chapter 8 : New Developments in Extrusion and Methods to Increase Efficiency
Appendix 1
Appendix 2 : Extrusion Theory
Index
