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Twin Screw Extrusion Essentials: From Design to Troubleshooting

Twin Screw Extrusion Essentials: From Design to Troubleshooting
Language:  English
Length: 180 min
2 Courses
Courses Included in this Bundle
Twin Screw Extrusion: Troubleshooting Compounding Challenges

Twin Screw Extrusion: Troubleshooting Compounding Challenges

By Luis Roca
Introduction to Twin Screw Configuration and Design

Introduction to Twin Screw Configuration and Design

By Kenneth W Russell

Package Includes

6 months access to Course Recording, Presentation Slides, Q&A Transcript

Bundle Description

Twin screw extrusion is a key processing technology for plastics, additives, and specialty compounds. However, achieving consistent quality and high efficiency isn’t always straightforward. Issues like poor dispersion, material degradation, inconsistent melt flow, and feeding inefficiencies can lead to defects, waste, and costly downtime.


This Twin Screw Extrusion Essentials bundle provides everything you need to optimize your extrusion process. You’ll gain:


  • A solid understanding of screw design and configuration to enhance material flow.
  • Practical techniques to optimize processing conditions for better performance.
  • Proven troubleshooting strategies to solve common extrusion challenges quickly and effectively.

Whether you're scaling production, fine-tuning operations, or resolving inefficiencies, this bundle equips you with the expert knowledge and tools to ensure smooth, high-quality, and efficient extrusion processes.

Intermediate
Level
Why should you view this bundle ?

  1. Master Twin Screw Design & Configuration – Learn how different screw elements affect material flow, mixing, and energy input.

  2. Troubleshoot Common Processing Issues – Solve challenges like poor dispersion, melt inconsistencies, and feeding problems.

  3. Optimize Process Conditions – Reduce waste, improve product uniformity, and maximize production efficiency.

  4. Reduce Trial-and-Error Adjustments – Get expert strategies to fine-tune your process and make data-driven decisions.

This bundle is meant for ?

  • Process Engineers & R&D Professionals who want to gain the technical expertise to optimize twin screw extrusion processes and solve production challenges.

  • Production Managers & Extrusion Operators looking to improve their troubleshooting skills to reduce downtime and increase operational efficiency.

  • Material Scientists & Formulators who want to understand how material properties impact extrusion and how to fine-tune processing conditions for optimal results.

  • This course is suitable for intermediate level proficiency
    Intermediate
What you can achieve with this bundle

  1. How do I select the right screw elements and configurations for my material and process?

  2. What adjustments should I make to optimize twin screw extrusion for different formulations?

  3. What strategies can help me reduce energy consumption and improve throughput?

  4. How can I troubleshoot melt flow inconsistencies and material degradation?

Complete your Learning with this bundle

Course 1

Twin Screw Extrusion: Troubleshooting Compounding Challenges

Twin Screw Extrusion: Troubleshooting Compounding Challenges

By Luis Roca
See Course Summary

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).

Course Outline

  • Module 01:

    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
  • Module 02:

    Compounding Design Process

  • Module 03:

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

  • Module 04:

    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)
  • Module 05:

    Troubleshooting Compounding instabilities (melt-fracture, surging...)

  • Module 06:

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

    Have a query? Email us for any help!

Course 2

Introduction to Twin Screw Configuration and Design

Introduction to Twin Screw Configuration and Design

By Kenneth W Russell
See Course Summary

Overcome your polymer compounding challenges (melt disturbance, uneven material thickness, surging…) by unravelling the underlying science behind twin screw extruder configuration and design.

In this simulated live Kenneth Russell will explain how different element designs function to ensure proper distribution & dispersion of ingredients & materials. He will also lay focus on unit operations like polymer melting, mixing, devolatilization... to help you achieve high quality & productivity.

Course Outline

  • Module 01:

    Extrusion of plastics – Overview

  • Module 02:

    Operations of a compounding line

    • Components in detail (feed hopper, continuous barrel, long tapered screw, die)
  • Module 03:

    The compounding extruder as a series of unit operations

    • Feeding
    • Melting
    • Downstream feeding
    • Mixing
    • Venting
    • Pumping
  • Module 04:

    Configurability of the twin-screw extruder

    • Clam Shell Barrels
    • Segmented Barrels
    • Closed Barrels
    • Open Barrels
    • Side feed Barrels
    • Assembled Barrels
  • Module 05:

    Function of screw elements

    • Conveying
    • Melting
    • Mixing
      - Distributive
      - Dispersive
      - Liquid
  • Module 06:

    Examples of Screw Designs

    • Filled polymer
    • Glass filled polymer
    • Liquid addition compounding
    • Pelletizing powder
    • Incorporating nanoparticles
  • Module 07:

    30 mins Q&A– Ask your questions directly to the expert!

Twin Screw Extrusion Essentials: From Design to Troubleshooting
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