Extrusion: The Definitive Processing Guide And Handbook (plastics Design Library)

Bringing together the equipment and materials processing aspects, this comprehensive volume covers basic and advanced topics including thermoplastics and polymeric materials extrusion processing, coextrusion plus compounding, blown film and molding, and operating conditions.

This unique reference work is designed to aid operators, engineers and managers in quickly answering such practical day-to-day questions in plastics processing. It contains detailed reference data on such important operating conditions as temperatures, start-up procedures, shear rates, pressure drops, and safety. This is a practical guide to extrusion bringing together both the equipment and materials processing aspects. It provides basic and advanced topics about thermoplastics processing in the extruder, for reference and training.