Conceptual understanding and basic analytical skill are sufficient in most cases to deal with practical engineering problems. This philosophy and the contents of this book reflect the author's industrial, academic, and consulting experience of over 35 years. The author presents single-screw extrusion technology together with the relevant polymer fundamentals, with an emphasis on screw design. The presentation begins on a physical level providing an in-depth tutorial for conceptual understanding, followed by an analytical level with mathematical models. Practical applications of the mathematical models are illustrated by examples. A brief description of twin-screw extrusion technology is also presented.

Contents Include:
Physical Description of Single-Screw Extrusion; Fundamentals of Polymers; Theories of Single-Screw Extrusion; Screw Design, High-Performance Screws, and Scale-Up; Gear Pumps, Static Mixer, and Dynamic Mixer; Physical Description of Twin-Screw Extruders.