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
• 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. llustrations 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