This book is a step-by-step guide to die design for tubes and pipes. It offers unique coverage of the topic from a highly practical perspective. Written for plastics processing and design engineers, technical and manufacturing managers, die designers and manufacturers.
This comprehensive guide includes worked examples to illustrate problem solving and detailed drawings of complete dies for various applications. It covers mono- and multilayers pipes, as well as important melt flow variables (e.g., pressure drop, shear stress, shear rate, temperature variations, distribution variations) of key materials determined using FEM software.
Preface
About the Author
Chapter 1 : Die Design : Basic Considerations
Chapter 2 : Project Planning
Chapter 3 : Design of a Simple Die
Chapter 4 : Simulation of Melt Flow
Chapter 5 : Spiral Die
Chapter 6 : Monolayer Die for Tubes ø 1 mm to ø 6 mm
Chapter 7 : Monolayer Die for Tubes ø 4 mm to ø 16 mm
Chapter 8 : Monolayer Die for Pipes ø 50 mm to ø 125 mm
Chapter 9 : Monolayer Die for Pipes ø 140 mm to ø 315 mm
Chapter 10 : Coextrusion Pipe Dies
Chapter 11 : Coextrusion Die (ø 5 mm to ø 16 mm)
Chapter 12 : Coextrusion Three-Layer Die (ø 20 mm to ø 65 mm)
Chapter 13 : Three-Layer-Plus-Striping Die for ø 25 mm to ø 110 mm Pipes
Chapter 14 : Materials for Extrusion Dies
Index