Plastic processes extrusion

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For the extrusion process, plastic in the form of pellets or powder (dry blends) is fed into a heated cylinder where rotating screws homogenise it and squeeze it through a die to give a finished or semi-finished product. Pellets are used in single-screw extruders and powders are used in twin-screw extruders. The die is designed to produce the desired shape of the end product. 

Considerable amounts of polyethylene film are produced using coaxial extrusion processes in which two or more melt streams are combined in the die to produce extruded film of two or more layers of plastics materials. Layers in such a composite may be included, for example, to improve barrier properties, to enhance sealability or even simply to act as an adhesive between dissimilar layers. 

Extrusion Process in which heated or unheated plastic compound is... 

Additives such as antioxidants and photostabilizers of low-molecular weight face two major problems (1) they may evaporate during high temperature moulding and extrusion process or (2) they may migrate to the surface of the plastic and get extracted. There are, in general, three ways of overcoming these problems. 

The operating pressures and shear rates in the extrusion process are considerably lower than they are in molding. As it exits the die, but not necessarily when it leaves the process, the material is in an essentially stress-free condition. Depending on the wall thickness of the material and the particular material, there is orientation of the plastic to a greater or lesser controllable degree. Thin walls produce higher orientation in materials such as PP, that is a highly crystalline polyolefin, and which orients much more than materials such as PVC. 

A major difference between extrusion and IM is that the extruder processes plastics at a lower pressure and operates continuously. Its pressure usually ranges from 1.4 to 10.4 MPa (200 to 1,500 psi) and could go to 34.5 or 69 MPa (5,000 or possibly 10,000 psi). In IM, pressures go from 14 to 210 MPa (2,000 to 30,000 psi). However, the most important difference is that the IM melt is not continuous it experiences repeatable abrupt changes when the melt is forced into a mold cavity. With these significant differences, it is actually easier to theorize about the extrusion melt behavior as many more controls are required in IM. 

The success of any continuous extrusion process depends not only upon uniform quality and conditioning of the raw materials but also upon the speed and continuity of the feed of additives or regrind along with virgin plastic upstream of the extruders hopper. Variations in the bulk density of materials can exist in the hopper, requiring controllers such as weight feeders, etc. 

Polypropylene film is found in a variety of applications. Films are thin plastic sheets with thicknesses less than 250 pm. Applications for these films include candy mappers, plastic label material, electrical capacitors (which requires very pure polymer), and fiber glass insulation backing. There are two general categories of polypropylene films unoriented and oriented. Films are manufactured through either a cast or a blown film extrusion process. Oriented films exhibit improved strength relative to unoriented films. This means that they can be... 

Charge Air Cooling Duct on 2004 Ford Super Duty F-Series Truck is produced from soft and hard durometer Hytrel (TPEE) grades in sequential co-extrusion process. Three plastic pieces replace seven metal pieces. 

The availability of power and torque to the shank of the screw is extremely important to the success of an extrusion process, especially if modifications to the line are planned to increase the rate. That is, the proper level of power must be available at the proper screw speed. Thus, the motor size and speed, belt sheaving if used, and gearbox reduction must be specified to provide enough power to the screw to plasticate and pump the resin at a high rate. 

Rotational flow and pressure flow rate calculations for the screw geometry and process conditions are performed for the injection-molding process in the same manner as for an extrusion process. Since the plasticator of an injection-molding process is not a continuous process, the instantaneous rate must be calculated based on the time that the screw is actually rotating. The instantaneous rate is the rate that is compared to the calculated flow rates for the screw. The instantaneous specific rate is calculated as follows ... 

Mixed, or commingled, plastics must be dealt with differently to find end uses. Several technologies exist for mixed plastics, such as the ET/1 extrusion process from Advanced Recycling Technology of Belgium and a compression-molding process from Recycloplast of West Germany. At... 

Profiles, was recently opened to make plastic lumber profiles using a proprietary, continuous-extrusion process developed in-house. 

Dow Plastics is to unveil a new resilient polyolefin foam, Strandfoam, which offers packagers of lightweight electronic equipment and components reduced package size, and savings in materials and shipping costs. Strandfoam is made of a special blend of PE and is produced by a proprietary extrusion process that yields fused strands of closed-cell foam with a network of air channels parallel to the foam strands. Strandfoam provides the required levels of protection with substantially smaller volumes of foam compared to urethane. 

Blow extrusion, in which the initial lump of polymer is formed by an extrusion process, is the most common form of blow molding and is shown diagrammatically in Fig. 16.10. A short length of plastic tubing is extruded through a crossed die and the end is scaled by the closing of the mold. 

Figure 16.16 Polymers are often pelletized during the extrusion process, a convenient state in which to store and ship plastics before final fabrication. (Courtesy of BP Chemicals, Alvin, Texas)...

The most important materials developed are nanocomposites and nanotubes. Fabrication of the first nanocomposites was inspired by nature (biomineralisation). Nanocomposites based on nanoclays and plastics are seen as ideal materials for improved barrier properties against oxygen, water, carbon dioxide and volatiles [37]. This makes them in particular suitable for retaining flavours in foods. The technology is rather straightforward using commercially available nanoclays and extrusion processing. 

Screw extruders usually are built with a single screw as shown, but may have as many as four screws and the die may have multiple holes of various cross sections. An 8 in. dia screw can have a capacity of 2000 Ib/hr of molten plastics. Tubing can be extruded at 150-300 ft/min. To make pellets, the extrudate goes to cutting machines in which parts as small as washers can be made at rates as high as 8000/min. The extrusion of plastics is described at length by Schwartz and Goodman (Plastics Materials and Processes, Van... 

In the extrusion process the plastic clay mass is forced through a die by a screw mechanism (figure 9.12). 

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