4-Part Workshop: Troubleshooting Single-Screw Extruders

Workshop

Troubleshooting Single-Screw Extruders Workshop

Online

Dates All workshop days are from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM.	June 12, 2023
	June 14, 2023
	June 19, 2023
	June 22, 2023

Registration Information

SPE Members	$400
Nonmembers	$600
SPE Student Members	$200

Number of seats are limited to 25!
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Summary

The workshop would describe the most common root causes for high discharge temperatures, rate limitations, flow surging, resin degradation, color mixing problems, and melting limitations to name just a few, Once the root causes are identified, technical solutions will be provided. All troubleshooting problems will be described using actual field case studies and the remedies used to eliminate the problem.

Instructor

Mark Spalding, Ph.D.
Fellow
Dow, Inc.

About the Instructor

Dr. Mark Spalding is a Fellow in Dow Plastics in Midland, Michigan. He joined Dow in 1985 after completing a BS degree from The University of Toledo and a MS and Ph.D. from Purdue University, all in Chemical Engineering.

Mark has held technical positions in Corporate R&D, Polystyrene R&D, Plastics R&D, and INCLOSIA* Solutions. He authored over 170 technical publications. His expertise is in single-screw extrusion and related polymer processing technologies. He co-authored a book with Professor Gregory A. Campbell with the title "Analysis and Troubleshooting of Single-Screw Extruders.

He has solved some of the most complicated extrusion problems at Dow customer’s plants by developing and applying sophisticated troubleshooting methods. He has designed extrusion systems for most of Dow’s major customers for virtually every resin that Dow produces. He is a Fellow and an Honored Service Member of the Society of Plastics Engineers.

50% of the proceeds from Mark’s Workshop will be donated to the SPE Foundation’s Girl Scout Polymer Science Patch program.

Target Audience

The workshop is aimed at technical or engineering personnel from the production, quality, maintenance, R&D and process standardization areas in thermoplastic extrusion companies.