Modelling the effects of operating conditions on die melt temperature homogeneity in single screw extrusion

IET Seminar Digest

Volumn 2010, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 42-47

  Abeykoon, Chamil ^a   Li, Kang ^a   McAfee, Marion ^b   Martin, Peter J ^a   Deng, Jing ^a   Kelly, Adrian L ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Atlantic Technological University   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Melt temperature homogeneity; Modelling; Process settings; Single screw extrusion; Thermocouple mesh

Indexed keywords

MELT TEMPERATURE; NONLINEAR POLYNOMIALS; PROCESS SETTINGS; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; SINGLE SCREW EXTRUDER; SINGLE SCREW EXTRUSION; THERMOCOUPLE MEASUREMENTS; THERMOCOUPLE MESHES;

DIES; MODELS; PLASTICS INDUSTRY; SCREWS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOCOUPLES;

EXTRUSION;

EID: 84877795265     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/ic.2010.0254     Document Type: Conference Paper

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