“MAKING PROPERTIES AND PROFITS” - TWIN SCREW COMPOUNDING SEMINAR AND WORKSHOP
Extrusioneering International’s ‘Twin-Screw University’ seminar and workshop series is now in it’s third successful year. These training programs focus on the application of intermeshing co-rotating extruders in compounding applications. Training is directed towards machine operators, process engineers and supervisors as well as product development scientists in both research and manufacturing environments. Participants are reminded that the goal of compounding is to produce properties, not pellets. The goal of this workshop is to explain how twin-screw extruders create properties.
Interactions between screw design, raw materials and process parameters are presented in such a way that both experienced users and novices will benefit. Common unit operations are explained in practical terms with no prior knowledge or experience required. Upon completion of the training, participants will return to the workplace armed with techniques to improve quality, production rate and yield.
The 2006 TSU schedule starts on March 14-16, 2006 at the Polymers Center of Excellence in Charlotte, North Carolina (www.polymers-center.org) and continues on April 18-19, 2006 at the Akron Polymer Training Center in Akron, Ohio (www2.uakron.edu/aptc/).For more seminar and workshop locations throughout 2006, visit the website of Extrusioneering International, Inc. at www.b4uextrude.com