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| Gearcase maintenance | | Friday, 09 January 2009 12:17 PM | mcurenton |
| 30/30 melt temperature measuring method | | Friday, 09 January 2009 01:09 PM | mcurenton |
| A |
| A bomb, a gun, or a useful tool | | Friday, 09 January 2009 10:23 AM | mcurenton |
| A case for shorter heating zones in the feed section of extruders | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:49 AM | mcurenton |
| A new die lip can change your profits | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:47 AM | mcurenton |
| AC variable frequency drives | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:40 PM | mcurenton |
| Additives - be careful! | | Friday, 09 January 2009 02:57 PM | mcurenton |
| Alternatives for extruder barrel construction | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:50 AM | mcurenton |
| An expert witness | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:45 AM | mcurenton |
| Angel hair | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:43 PM | mcurenton |
| Answers - preheating feedstocks for extrusion | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:53 AM | mcurenton |
| Are you a candidate for a continuous screen changer? | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:01 PM | mcurenton |
| B |
| Back to basics for profile extrusion | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:58 AM | mcurenton |
| Barrel and screw wear | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:34 AM | mcurenton |
| Barrel heater maintenance and installation | | Friday, 09 January 2009 12:08 PM | mcurenton |
| Barrels with integral feed throats | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:21 PM | mcurenton |
| Being an expert witness | | Friday, 09 January 2009 12:49 PM | mcurenton |
| Blown film | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:17 PM | mcurenton |
| Blown film - cooling air parameters | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:45 AM | mcurenton |
| Blown film air cooling | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:43 AM | mcurenton |
| Blown film versus the cast film process | | Friday, 09 January 2009 02:55 PM | mcurenton |
| Borescoping | | Friday, 09 January 2009 12:45 PM | mcurenton |
| Borescoping an extruder - | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:53 AM | mcurenton |
| Buying used extrusion equipment | | Friday, 09 January 2009 02:51 PM | mcurenton |
| C |
| Calculating extruder performance | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:35 AM | mcurenton |
| Carbon black dispersion | | Friday, 09 January 2009 01:14 PM | mcurenton |
| Cast film - air knives | | Friday, 09 January 2009 03:42 PM | mcurenton |
| Centrifugal fans | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:35 PM | mcurenton |
| Check out the obvious | | Friday, 09 January 2009 03:41 PM | mcurenton |
| Chrome plated steel casting drums | | Friday, 09 January 2009 03:04 PM | mcurenton |
| Cleaning dies | | Friday, 09 January 2009 02:52 PM | mcurenton |
| Coextruded - Why? | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:07 AM | mcurenton |
| Coextruded multilayer distribution | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:02 PM | mcurenton |
| Coextruded sheets | | Friday, 09 January 2009 01:05 PM | mcurenton |
| Coextrusion: opportunities and challenges | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:59 AM | mcurenton |
| Compounding of blends | | Friday, 09 January 2009 03:03 PM | mcurenton |
| Consultant travel tips | | Friday, 09 January 2009 02:47 PM | mcurenton |
| Consultants Corner | | Wednesday, 25 February 2009 05:46 PM | mcurenton |
| Continuous soy protein films by twin and single screw extrusion | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:44 PM | mcurenton |
| Cord connected equipment | | Friday, 09 January 2009 03:10 PM | mcurenton |
| Correcting flow instability in coextrusion | | Friday, 09 January 2009 02:56 PM | mcurenton |
| Cross contamination | | Friday, 09 January 2009 01:24 PM | mcurenton |
| Cut to length accuracy for extruded plastic tubing and profiles | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:22 PM | mcurenton |
| D |
| DC motor maintenance | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:15 PM | mcurenton |
| Defining screw performance | | Friday, 09 January 2009 01:00 PM | mcurenton |
| Designing high performance screws | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:51 AM | mcurenton |
| Die cleaning (Dec 1999) | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:20 PM | mcurenton |
| Don't always blame the extruder | | Friday, 09 January 2009 12:43 PM | mcurenton |
| Drive overload | | Friday, 09 January 2009 12:54 PM | mcurenton |
| E |
| Electrical checks | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:39 PM | mcurenton |
| Estimating flow rate of a continuous sheet line | | Friday, 09 January 2009 03:45 PM | mcurenton |
| Excessive screw wear | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:47 AM | mcurenton |
| Excessive screw wear? | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:54 AM | mcurenton |
| Extensional viscosity and melt strength and their role in film blowing | | Friday, 09 January 2009 03:31 PM | mcurenton |
| Extruder alignment | | Friday, 09 January 2009 12:47 PM | mcurenton |
| Extruder controls | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:55 AM | mcurenton |
| Extruder drives | | Friday, 09 January 2009 03:01 PM | mcurenton |
| Extruder maintenance | | Friday, 09 January 2009 03:58 PM | mcurenton |
| Extruder order specifications | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:12 PM | mcurenton |
| Extruder surging | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:56 AM | mcurenton |
| Extruders that have been exposed to fire | | Friday, 09 January 2009 01:08 PM | mcurenton |
| Extrusion and safety | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:56 AM | mcurenton |
| Extrusion dies | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:21 AM | mcurenton |
| Extrusion feeding | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:13 PM | mcurenton |
| Extrusion of thermoplastic foams | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:46 AM | mcurenton |
| Extrusion process troubleshooting | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:24 PM | mcurenton |
| Extrusion screw wear | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:39 AM | mcurenton |
| Extrusion technology - some new findings | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:36 AM | mcurenton |
| Extrusion with plugged vented barrel extruders - | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:23 AM | mcurenton |
| F |
| Feed screw temperature control (S.T.C.) in the single screw extruder | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:56 AM | mcurenton |
| Feed stability | | Friday, 09 January 2009 03:37 PM | mcurenton |
| Feed throat cooling (Consultant's Corner) | | Friday, 09 January 2009 01:03 PM | mcurenton |
| Feed throat design | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:27 PM | mcurenton |
| Film and sheet pinning techniques to promote heat transfer to cooling rolls | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:28 AM | mcurenton |
| Finding what you need on the internet: | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:45 PM | mcurenton |
| Flow surging | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:29 PM | mcurenton |
| Further comments on barrel profiles | | Friday, 09 January 2009 12:02 PM | mcurenton |
| G |
| Gage control for tubular film production | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:57 AM | mcurenton |
| Gauge control | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:43 AM | mcurenton |
| Gear pumps - answers to questions | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:50 AM | mcurenton |
| Gear pumps - editorial comment | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:50 AM | mcurenton |
| Gear reducer | | Friday, 09 January 2009 01:26 PM | mcurenton |
| Gearbox design ratings | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:44 AM | mcurenton |
| Gels | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:38 AM | mcurenton |
| H |
| HDPE LDPE properties | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:43 AM | mcurenton |
| Heater replacement | | Friday, 09 January 2009 12:52 PM | mcurenton |
| Heating modes for extruder barrels: | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:32 AM | mcurenton |
| Horizontal cast film and sheet units | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:19 PM | mcurenton |
| How effective are purge compounds | | Friday, 09 January 2009 12:05 PM | mcurenton |
| How to buy a screw - Part I | | Friday, 09 January 2009 01:10 PM | mcurenton |
| How to buy a screw - part III | | Friday, 09 January 2009 01:19 PM | mcurenton |
| How to determine if a gear pump is right for you | | Friday, 09 January 2009 03:39 PM | mcurenton |
| I |
| Immersed thermocouples | | Friday, 09 January 2009 03:07 PM | mcurenton |
| Interfacial instabilities during coextrusion of LDPEs | | Friday, 09 January 2009 03:09 PM | mcurenton |
| Internal bubble cooling | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:42 AM | mcurenton |
| IR temperature probes | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:34 PM | mcurenton |
| Is used equipment worth the effort? | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:55 AM | mcurenton |
| L |
| Leaking pressure transducers | | Friday, 09 January 2009 03:32 PM | mcurenton |
| Linear low density polyethylene | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:45 AM | mcurenton |
| Linear optimization of film charting | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:11 AM | mcurenton |
| M |
| Machinery installation | | Friday, 09 January 2009 12:07 PM | mcurenton |
| Make a business of your consulting | | Friday, 09 January 2009 03:53 PM | mcurenton |
| Material conveying systems | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:31 PM | mcurenton |
| Material flowability | | Friday, 09 January 2009 03:16 PM | mcurenton |
| Materials with feed stability problems | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:30 PM | mcurenton |
| Maximum rate of an extruder | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:03 PM | mcurenton |
| MD flow lines | | Friday, 09 January 2009 12:55 PM | mcurenton |
| Mean residence time characterization in corotating twin screw extruder: | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:36 PM | mcurenton |
| Measuring RPM | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:38 PM | mcurenton |
| Melt block problems (Consultant's Corner) | | Friday, 09 January 2009 12:01 PM | mcurenton |
| Melt blockage due to false start up will cause dramatic rate drop | | Friday, 09 January 2009 01:02 PM | mcurenton |
| Melt blockage problems - styrene extruders running at high output rates | | Friday, 09 January 2009 12:00 PM | mcurenton |
| Melt pump design tips | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:18 PM | mcurenton |
| Melt temperature measurement | | Friday, 09 January 2009 03:39 PM | mcurenton |
| Minimizing flow oscillations for continuous extrusion | | Friday, 09 January 2009 03:28 PM | mcurenton |
| Misalignment | | Friday, 09 January 2009 01:23 PM | mcurenton |
| Modular screw assembly | | Friday, 09 January 2009 12:13 PM | mcurenton |
| More on gear pumps | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:50 AM | mcurenton |
| More on polymer filtration | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:52 AM | mcurenton |
| More on screw flight wear | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:35 AM | mcurenton |
| More on the drag flow equation | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:39 AM | mcurenton |
| N |
| Naming screws for materials, compression ratios | | Friday, 09 January 2009 01:22 PM | mcurenton |
| Notes on polyethylene extruder surging | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:58 AM | mcurenton |
| Nylon - the great misconception | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:48 AM | mcurenton |
| Nylon 6 screw design | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:44 AM | mcurenton |
| O |
| Old vs. new extruders | | Friday, 09 January 2009 12:00 PM | mcurenton |
| On/off barrel cooling control | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:37 AM | mcurenton |
| On-line quality analysis | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:54 AM | mcurenton |
| Optimization of cast aluminum barrel coolers | | Friday, 09 January 2009 02:49 PM | mcurenton |
| P |
| Pelletizing die cleaning | | Friday, 09 January 2009 03:12 PM | mcurenton |
| Planning the extrusion line | | Friday, 09 January 2009 02:54 PM | mcurenton |
| Plastics technology and the web: Learning from the patent literature: | | Friday, 09 January 2009 03:30 PM | mcurenton |
| Polycarbonate extrusion | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:46 AM | mcurenton |
| Polymer filtration | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:52 AM | mcurenton |
| Polymer filtration II | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:52 AM | mcurenton |
| Polymer filtration III | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:53 AM | mcurenton |
| Precision profile extrusion | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:51 AM | mcurenton |
| Pressure gauge | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:51 AM | mcurenton |
| Pressure transducer calibration | | Friday, 09 January 2009 03:06 PM | mcurenton |
| Problems plus creative input equal opportunities | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:24 AM | mcurenton |
| Profile die for PVC and HIPS | | Friday, 09 January 2009 01:04 PM | mcurenton |
| Profile extruder specifications | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:46 PM | mcurenton |
| Project management | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:04 PM | mcurenton |
| Proper extruder installation insures optimum performance and safety | | Friday, 09 January 2009 03:33 PM | mcurenton |
| Purge compound and tool/die cleaning | | Friday, 09 January 2009 02:50 PM | mcurenton |
| Purging of extruders | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:51 AM | mcurenton |
| Purging of extruders (1993) | | Friday, 09 January 2009 12:56 PM | mcurenton |
| PVC gels | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:39 AM | mcurenton |
| PVC testing | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:39 AM | mcurenton |
| Pyrometers | | Friday, 09 January 2009 01:18 PM | mcurenton |
| R |
| Rapid extrusion line start up | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:34 AM | mcurenton |
| Rheometers versus melt index for polymer analysis | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:09 AM | mcurenton |
| S |
| Safety considerations | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:42 PM | mcurenton |
| Save money - monitor the little things | | Friday, 09 January 2009 01:20 PM | mcurenton |
| Scaling up the extrusion process | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:49 AM | mcurenton |
| Screen pack pressure drop | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:43 AM | mcurenton |
| Screen pack selection | | Friday, 09 January 2009 03:27 PM | mcurenton |
| Screen/barrel clearance | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:38 AM | mcurenton |
| Screw and barrel wear | | Friday, 09 January 2009 01:01 PM | mcurenton |
| Screw cleaning | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:11 PM | mcurenton |
| Screw cooling in extrusion | | Friday, 09 January 2009 12:10 PM | mcurenton |
| Screw cooling length | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:28 PM | mcurenton |
| Screw costs | | Friday, 09 January 2009 01:21 PM | mcurenton |
| Screw Flight Wear | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:33 AM | mcurenton |
| Screw maintenance | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:10 PM | mcurenton |
| Screw tip to screen changer | | Friday, 09 January 2009 12:54 PM | mcurenton |
| Selection and maintenance of cooling rolls | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:26 AM | mcurenton |
| Sheet/film coextrusion grows | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:20 AM | mcurenton |
| Shop foremen | | Friday, 09 January 2009 02:59 PM | mcurenton |
| Single screw feeding | | Friday, 09 January 2009 12:59 PM | mcurenton |
| Single screw mixing | | Friday, 09 January 2009 03:24 PM | mcurenton |
| Single screw root wear | | Friday, 09 January 2009 01:07 PM | mcurenton |
| Solvents and thermoplastics separated in CRT extruders | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:47 AM | mcurenton |
| Some considerations in drying | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:58 AM | mcurenton |
| Sources of gels | | Friday, 09 January 2009 02:48 PM | mcurenton |
| Stability on single screw extruders | | Friday, 09 January 2009 03:05 PM | mcurenton |
| Starve feeding | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:07 PM | mcurenton |
| Sticking of extruded sheet | | Friday, 09 January 2009 03:25 PM | mcurenton |
| Strand cooling | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:44 AM | mcurenton |
| Surging (Consultant's Corner) | | Friday, 09 January 2009 12:12 PM | mcurenton |
| Synthetic lubricants for extruders? | | Friday, 09 January 2009 01:12 PM | mcurenton |
| T |
| Temperature control (Consultant's Corner) | | Friday, 09 January 2009 01:16 PM | mcurenton |
| Ten key principles of extrusion | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:35 AM | mcurenton |
| Ten myths about gear lubrication | | Friday, 09 January 2009 03:18 PM | mcurenton |
| The exciting future for cellular profiles | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:56 AM | mcurenton |
| The extruder drive | | Friday, 09 January 2009 03:36 PM | mcurenton |
| The importance of periodic audits of extrusion performance | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:48 AM | mcurenton |
| The programmable calculator a tool for measurement of extruder performance | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:37 AM | mcurenton |
| The use of statistics in extrusion | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:06 PM | mcurenton |
| The wonderful world of extrusion expertise… | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:59 AM | mcurenton |
| Theoretical extrusion predictions | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:19 AM | mcurenton |
| Thermocouple depth | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:54 AM | mcurenton |
| Thickness uniformity in blown film extrusion | | Friday, 09 January 2009 12:09 PM | mcurenton |
| Thrust bearings | | Friday, 09 January 2009 12:14 PM | mcurenton |
| Trade secrets | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:58 AM | mcurenton |
| Troubleshooting tools | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:33 PM | mcurenton |
| Twin screw extruder operating range | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:48 PM | mcurenton |
| Twin screw extruders design and operating characteristics | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:34 AM | mcurenton |
| Twin screw extrusion system compounds high levels of metal fillers into polymers | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:26 PM | mcurenton |
| Two stage extrusion | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:42 AM | mcurenton |
| Two stage extrusion screws | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:14 PM | mcurenton |
| U |
| Upstack vs. downstack | | Friday, 09 January 2009 12:44 PM | mcurenton |
| Used extruders | | Friday, 09 January 2009 12:16 PM | mcurenton |
| V |
| V24 N3 Consultant's Corner Contents | | Friday, 09 January 2009 03:21 PM | mcurenton |
| Vector forces in extrusion design | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:46 AM | mcurenton |
| Vent flow (Consultants' Corner) | | Friday, 09 January 2009 03:36 PM | mcurenton |
| Vent flow in twin screw extruders | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:47 PM | mcurenton |
| Volume reduction | | Friday, 09 January 2009 04:09 PM | mcurenton |
| W |
| Water cooling extruders | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:30 AM | mcurenton |
| Where's the wear? | | Friday, 09 January 2009 12:48 PM | mcurenton |
| Where's the Wear? Part II | | Friday, 09 January 2009 12:52 PM | mcurenton |
| Winding strains | | Friday, 09 January 2009 11:36 AM | mcurenton |
| Worn barrel repair | | Friday, 09 January 2009 03:01 PM | mcurenton |