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Twin Screw Extrusion: Troubleshooting Compounding Challenges

On-Demand Course

Recorded on Nov 6, 2023

Troubleshoot your compounding issues (low productivity rate, contaminants, melt fracture...) with twin-screw extruders by knowing how to adjust processing parameters as per your material or batch-size.

Expert Luis Roca will help you correlate compounding instabilities with the interactions between extruder configuration, process parameters and response variables (residence time, specific mechanical energy).

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Excellent! It gave good tips that apply to any extrusion effort.

Andrew Ortquist - Uponor

Had some interesting points and new metrics to explore.

Hneine - Atarfil

Course gives a very good overview of TSE parameters and variables and how they are related to each other.

Zeevenhoven - Sappi Global

VERY GOOD ! For someone who is new, or someone who has experience, this helps to tie in the physical science behind plastics & extrusion.

Charles S. - TRINSEO

Good overall fundamentals of compounding. Very good review for our technicians. Enough details without getting lost in the weeds.

Jonas B. - Schneller

Presented By:
Luis Roca
Length: 90 min

Course Type: Technology
Level: Intermediate

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Why should you view this course?

Twin-screw extruder has been the equipment of choice for a long time. However, compounders still face processing issues (low productivity rate, contaminants, melt fracture...) due to the new additives/polymers introduced faster every year. Most of these challenges can be avoided if one knows how to adjust processing parameters… Join this course and :

Reach faster desired properties (tensile strength, HDT...) in your materials by wisely adjusting twin screw extrusion parameters (polymer flow rate, screw profile, temp....)

Easily adapt your extrusion to suit new material or batch-size constraints thanks to a better understanding of extrusion science & rheology principles (melt-flow, flow stability…)

Troubleshoot compounding instabilities (melt disturbance, surging…) by implementing the tips & tricks from the expert

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Who should view this course?

R&D Chemists, Engineers working with twin-screw extrusion at Compounders, Masterbatchers, who want to achieve new performance levels and solve faster problems they regularly encounter.

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Course Outline

The following sections will be covered during this session:

Introduction to Twin-Screw Extrusion
- Co-rotating Twin screw extruders (Co-TSE) characteristics
- Influence of extruder configuration (types, geometry, size, throughput)
- Extrusion Science & Rheology Principles
Compounding Design Process

Selection of Screws (design/profile)based on the desired properties and end-use

Optimization of process parameters
- Feeding, melting, mixing, venting, pressurization
- Effect of temperature, pressure and other process parameters
- Response variables (Melt pressure, Specific Energy, Torque, residence time) & their roles
- Correlation of Process parameters, response variables and their effect on overall performance (through simulation)
Troubleshooting Compounding instabilities (melt-fracture, surging...)

30 mins Q&A- ask your questions directly from the expert

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Recorded Course: 299 €

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- Recording of the live session (.wmv 90 min)
- Presentation slides
- Transcript of Q&A session
- Expert's contact details

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Members Reviews

Excellent! It gave good tips that apply to any extrusion effort.

Andrew Ortquist , from Uponor

Had some interesting points and new metrics to explore.

Hneine , from Atarfil

Course gives a very good overview of TSE parameters and variables and how they are related to each other.

Zeevenhoven , from Sappi Global

VERY GOOD ! For someone who is new, or someone who has experience, this helps to tie in the physical science behind plastics & extrusion.

Charles S. , from TRINSEO

Good overall fundamentals of compounding. Very good review for our technicians. Enough details without getting lost in the weeds.

Jonas B. , from Schneller

Excellent course ! I learned the specific strategies for optimizing the twin-screw compounding process

David C. , from Zoltek Corporation

EXCELLENT ! It will help to understand the process and troubleshooting too.

Manish D. , from Rhodia Polymers & Specialties india pvt ltd.

The course both reinforced current knowledge and provided some new knowledge.

Josef K. , from Champlain Cable Corp

It is a good overview of main parameters to be monitored/controlled during extrusion activities.

Manuela B. , from Vamptech Spa

Very thorough. The presenter was very good at explaining concepts in compounding and discussing how the machine variables affected the product quality

Kenneth R. , from Optimized Compounds, LLC