My last three extrusion articles in PlasticsToday dealt with inpush, getting the material into the extruder (see links at the end of this article). Now I'll focus on outpush, or output as it's more ...
Top screw speed is the top motor speed divided by the reduction ratio, which is determined by the gear box and (sometimes) pulley sets. In most extruders it is somewhere around 100 rpm. One exception ...
In this interview, AZoMaterials speaks with Dr. Annika Völp, Process Application Specialist at Thermo Fisher Scientific, about the role of extrusion in mechanical recycling of degraded plastic waste - ...