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The Plastics Technician's Toolbox® - Extrusion (#0392)
Practical Information for Plastics Professionals
2004


Built by SPE's Extrusion Division
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SPE's Newest Professional Develoment Tool:

  • Learn from the SPE experts how to optimize your extrusion process
  • Educate yourself and your organization on the latest extrusion techniques
  • Re-tool your fundamentals skills of polymer science and machine operations
  • Benchmark cutting-edge extrusion technology
  • For extrusion engineers or technicians serious about improving process performance
  • A must-have for libraries, schools or organizations involved in polymer technology
  • Framework for anyone new to, or learning about, the extrusion process
  • The Plastics Technician’s Toolbox® - EXTRUSION is the collaborative effort of 54-experts, representing an array of companies, who contributed chapters from Fundamental topics to Extrusion specific content. The 6 drawers, plus CD, are full of charts, graphs, photos, illustrations, checklists, tables, calculations, conversions and troubleshooting tips that provide all-inclusive material like no other resource in the industry.

    SPE’s Extrusion Division built the powerful tools in Extrusion specific drawers 4, 5, 6 and the CD, boasting 34 experts who authored chapters based of their field of expertise.

    The Toolbox Drawers and CD include:
    1. Fundamental Skills and Polymer Science - 150 pages
    2. Fundamentals of Machine Operations – 114 pages
    3. Glossary – 48 pages
    4. Single and Twin Screw Extruders – 297 pages
    5. Multi-Screw Extruders, Continuous Mixers and Kneaders – 85 pages
    6. Extrusion Processes – 148 pages
    7. CD – Extrusion Solutions, Conversions, Calculations, ANTEC Listings

    Like its sister publication, the Plastics Technician’s Toolbox® – Injection Molding (#0192), the Toolbox is perfect as a curriculum base for 2-year colleges and apprenticeship programs.

    The Table below lists all the Toolbox drawers. Download Introductions, Table of Contents, and Sample Pages for each drawer to see how you can build the workbench to your career advancement.

    The 7 Drawers of the Extrusion Toolbox

    Fundamentals Drawers

    Drawer 1: Fundamentals Skills and Polymer Science - 150 pgs
    Math 1 and 2, Charts & Graphs, Problem Solving Skills, Design ofExperiments, Polymer Basics, Plastics Testing, Quality, Computer Integrated Manufacturing
    Introduction
    Table of Contents
    Sample Pages


    Drawer 2: Fundamentals of Machine Operations - 115 pgs
    Safety, Heat Transfer, Print Reading, Electricity, Fluid Dynamics, Hydraulic Basics, Electro-mechanical Circuits, Hydraulic Circuits   
    Introduction
    Table of Contents
    Sample Pages


    Drawer 3: Glossary of Terms - 48 pgs
    Sample Pages
       

    Extrusion Drawers

    Drawer 4: Single and Twin Screw Extruders - 297 pgs
    Single Screw: Introduction, Safety, Extrusion Process Mechanisms, Hardware, Instrumentation, Upstream and Downstream Components, QC, SPC, Design, Operations, Startup/Shutdown, Characterization, Maintenance.

    Twin Screw: Introduction, Twin Screw Designs (Co-rotating vs Counter Rotating), Extrusion Process Mechanisms, Hardware, Instrumentation, Upstream and Downstream Components, Dies, QC, SPC, Design, Operations, Startup/Shutdown, Characterization, Maintenance, Troubleshooting.
     
    Introduction
    x
    Table of Contents
    Single Screw Sample Pages
    Twin Screw Sample Pages
    Counter-Rotating Twin Screw Sample Pages


    Drawer 5: Multi-Screw Exteuders, Continuous Mixers and Kneaders - 85 pgs
    Introduction, Safety, Extrusion Process Mechanisms, Hardware, Instrumentation, Design, Operations, Startup/Shutdown, Characterization, Maintenance, Troubleshooting    
    Introduction
    Table of Contents
    Sample Pages


    Drawer 6: Extrusion Processes - 148 pgs
    Compounding, Flat Products (Blowm Film, Cast Film, Oriented Film, Sheet), Foamed Sheet, Shapes and Round Products (Pipes/Rods, Profile, Wire and Cable, Extrusion Blow Molding), Reclaim/Recycle
    Introduction
    xxxxxx
    Table of Contents
    Blown Film Sample Pages
    xxxxxx
    Profile Extrusion Sample Pages


    Drawer 7: Extrusion Solutions - CD-ROM
    Rule of Thumb Calculations, Unit Conversions, Updated Extrusion Solutions and ANTEC Extrusion paper Listing, 1956-2004   
    Table of Contents
    x
    Sample Pages x




     

     

    Full Set (Books 1 - 6 & CDROM)
    Member $195.00
    Non Member $295.00

     Half Set (Books 1-3)
    Member $150.00
    Non Member $250.00

    Extrusion Volumes 4-6 & CDROM
    Member $150.00
    Non Member $250.00

    Book #1
    Member $50.00
    Non Member $75.00

    Book #2
    Member $50.00
    Non Member $75.00

    Book #3
    Member $50.00
    Non Member $75.00

    Book #4
    Member $50.00
    Non Member $75.00

    Book #5
    Member $50.00
    Non Member $75.00

    Book #6
    Member $50.00
    Non Member $75.00

    Extrusion CDROM Only
    Member $40.00
    Non Member $60.00



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