Diagnostics of Extrusion Processes
1st Edition
Published on 3. April 2014
128 pages
978-1-56990-569-2 (ISBN)
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The widespread use of large scale units for manufacturing blown film, blow-molded articles, flat film, and extruded pipes necessitates troubleshooting on site. This book provides practical computational tools which can be applied easily on the shop floor to obtain quick solutions in these and many other areas of polymer extrusion.
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Natti S. Rao
Diagnostics of Extrusion Processes
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Natti S. Rao did his B.Tech (Hons) in Mechanical and M.Tech in Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology in India. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Karlsruhe in Germany, and then joined BASF AG. He has developed software for designing polymer machinery which is being used by well-known companies in various countries. As proprietor of Plastics Solutions International, a consultancy company, Dr. Rao is presently involved in consultancy work in plastics and chemical engineering , and also holds seminars teaching the application of his software of designing polymer machinery. Dr. Rao has authored four books on designing plastics machinery. He has approximately 60 publications in the fields of extrusion and injection molding and has worked as a visiting professor of Plastics Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai (Madras). Dr. Rao is a fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineering (SPE).
Content
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1 Rheological Properties of Molten Polymers
- 1.1 Polymer Melt Flow
- 1.1.1 Apparent Shear Rate
- 1.1.2 Apparent Viscosity
- 1.1.3 Power Law of Ostwald and de Waele
- 1.1.4 Viscosity Formula of Klein
- 1.1.5 Resin Characterization by Power Law Exponent
- 1.1.6 Melt Flow Index
- 1.2 Relationship between Flow Rate and Pressure Drop
- 1.3 Shear Rates for Extrusion Dies
- 2 Analytical Procedures for Troubleshooting Extrusion Screws
- 2.1 Three-Zone Screw
- 2.1.1 Extruder Output
- 2.1.2 Feed Zone
- 2.1.3 Metering Zone (Melt Zone)
- 2.1.4 Practical Evaluation of Screw Geometry
- 2.2 Melting of Solids as a Tool for Solving Screw Problems
- 2.2.1 Obtaining Better Melt Quality
- 3 Investigating Die Performance and Die Design by Computational Tools
- 3.1 Spider Dies
- 3.1.1 Pressure Drop along the Spider
- 3.2 Spiral Dies
- 3.2.1 Problem Solving by Simulating Shear Rate and Pressure
- 3.3 Adapting Die Design to Avoid Melt Fracture
- 3.3.1 Pelletizer Dies
- 3.3.2 Blow Molding Dies
- 3.3.3 Summary of the Die Design Procedures
- 3.4 Flat Dies
- 3.5 An Easily Applicable Method of Designing Screen Packs for Extruders
- 3.5.1 Mesh Size
- 3.5.2 Design Procedure
- 3.5.3 Influence of Polymer Type and Screen Blocking
- 4 Parametrical Studies
- 4.1 Blown Film
- 5 Design Software
- 5.1 Input and Output Data
- 5.1.1 VISRHEO
- 5.1.2 TEMPMELT
- 6 Thermal Properties of Solid and Molten Polymers
- 6.1 Specific Volume
- 6.2 Specific Heat
- 6.3 Thermal Expansion Coefficient
- 6.4 Enthalpy
- 6.5 Thermal Conductivity
- 6.6 Thermal Diffusivity
- 6.7 Coefficient of Heat Penetration
- 6.8 Heat Deflection Temperature
- 6.9 Vicat Softening Point
- 7 Heat Transfer in Plastics Processing
- 7.1 Case Study: Analyzing Air Gap Dynamics in Extrusion Coating by Means of Dimensional Analysis
- 7.1.1 Heat Transfer between the Film and the Surrounding Air
- 7.1.2 Chemical Kinetics
- 7.1.3 Evaluation of the Experiments
- References
- Index
