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This book provides a practical understanding of basic information on extrusion in a way useful to readers without an engineering degree as well as those new to the field. It is written primarily for extruder operators, supervisors, technical service personnel, and process engineers. Designed for on-the-job use, it guides the reader step by step through material issues, machinery, processing, and troubleshooting.
The completely revised and extended second edition now also covers high-speed extrusion, how to reduce material cost, efficient extrusion, purging and product changeover, how to reduce energy consumption, new developments in extruder screw design, and more.