Monday, 31 October 2005 - 5:13 PM
118h
A Simple "See-through" Extruder to Teach Principles of Polymer Melt Extrusion
Raj K. Krishnaswamy1, David Higbee
1, and Hemina KrishnaBachia
2. (1) Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, Bldg 94-G; Bartlesville Technology Center, Highways 60 & 123, Bartlesville, OK 74004, (2) ConocoPhillips, Bartlesville, OK 74004
In this presentation, a simple and inexpensive single-screw extruder built with a transparent (quartz) barrel will be demonstrated. Such an extruder may be used to teach some basic principles of polymer melt extrusion. The general procedure to build and operate such an extruder will also be described.
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