On Aluminium Extrusion
Flow front tracking in aluminium extrusiondies by means of particle trajectories:
A.J. Koopman, H.J.M. Geijselaers, J. Hu´ etink
As aluminium extrusion process gets more complex the focus is now on dies with tighter requirements.
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On Polymer Extrusion
The Role of Rheology in Polymer Extrusion
John Vlachopoulos
The science of deformation and flow of materials is known as Rheology. The time constants for flow of polymeric materials is of the identical order of magnitude as their processing time for extrusion.
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On Plastic Extrusion
Effect of elongational viscosity on die design for plastic extrusion
Mahesh Gupta
An analysis is done here on the effect of a polymer's shear and elongational viscosity on the flow in the die.
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