What Will
You Learn?

• Fundamentals of the Compounding Process which are important to understand and control the process efficiently.
• Dispersive and Distributive Mixing within the Extruder
• Concepts of Shear Rate, Torque and Specific Energy
• Basic Design Concepts of Twin Screw Extruders and how they affect the actual Process. Concepts of Free Volume Ratio and Specific Torque
• Detailed discussion of various Processes happening inside the Extruder. Methods of ensuring proper functioning and suggestions to improve them.
• Illustrations and importance of different types of Screw Elements and their role in process and product quality
• Basics of Screw Design and how it impacts the Process and Quality. Practical illustrations and discussion on how to optimize the design
• Process Optimization examples and discussion on underlying principles. Tips & Tricks to run a stable, predictable process and to ensure Quality of the product.
• Various applications of Twin Screw Extruders for compounding of different types of materials. Focus is on Compounding of Engineering Plastics.
• Examples of Latest Developments in Twin Screw Extruders design and a couple of actual examples of new processes developed to process difficult materials.