Thermal optimisation of polymer extrusion using in-process monitoring techniques

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 405-413

  Vera Sorroche, Javier ^a   Kelly, Adrian ^a   Brown, Elaine ^a   Coates, Phil ^a   Karnachi, Nayeem ^b   Harkin Jones, Eileen ^b   Li, Kang ^b   Deng, Jing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy; Melt temperature; Optimisation; Polymer extrusion

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; EXTRUDERS; GEOMETRY; MONITORING; POLYMER MELTS; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS MONITORING; SCREWS; THERMOCOUPLES;

ENERGY; IN-PROCESS MONITORING; INFRARED THERMOMETERS; MELT TEMPERATURE; OPTIMISATIONS; POLYMER EXTRUSION; REAL-TIME QUANTIFICATION; THERMAL AND RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES;

EXTRUSION;

EID: 85028231579     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.04.013     Document Type: Article

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