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Instruction of Building Block Parallel Twin Screw Extruder

Dec 18,2024

Instruction of Building Block Parallel Twin Screw Extruder

Building Block Twin Screw:It is composed of screw elements with different numbers and functions, which are installed on a keyed or hexagonal mandrel according to certain requirements and sequence.  According  to  the  processed  materials  and  different  process  requirements,  different  quantities  and  different types of screw components and their best combinations can be selected for extrusion processing. In  this  way,  limited  screw  elements  can  be  used  to  meet  different  requirements  through  different  combinations,  thus  solving  the  contradiction  between  the  versatility  of  processing  needs  and  the  specificity of the machine.

(1) Screw combination

The  screw  of  twin-screw  extruder  generally  adopts  building  blocks  or  combined  types  in mechanical  structure.This makes the  screw  configuration, barrel  structure,  length-diameter ratio, the position and number of the feeding port and vacuum exhaust port of the twin-screw extruder need to be adjusted according to the changes in the material system and process requirements, in order to achieve the unity of universality and specificity.

Twin-screw extrusion process: feeding, solid conveying, melting, mixing, exhaust, conveying and other functional segments。

Different  functional  sections  require  different  local  screw  configurations  to  adapt  to  them  and achieve different functions. The design of screw combination configuration is an important and difficult issue, because it is related to many factors, such as the properties of the processed materials and the formulation  design,  the  operating  conditions  and  the  performance  of  the  screw  elements.  This combination is also a special technology and know-how. There is no formula to follow. Generally, it is necessary to understand the performance of various screw elements and material properties, and design through a combination of experience, theory and experiment.

(2)Screw elements

If the material conveying process in a twin-screw extruder is divided into solid conveying zone, melting zone and melt conveying zone like the conveying process in a  single-screw  extruder, then corresponding to the phase change of the material during the extrusion process, a whole screw can be decomposed  into  different  functional  segments,  and  different  functional  segments  use  the  same geometric structure to complete their functions. The screw segments that can achieve different functions are called screw elements. According to the different functions achieved, screw elements can be divided into conveying elements (composed of forward thread elements, with different numbers of screw heads and leads), pressure building elements (mainly reverse thread elements), shearing elements (kneading disks and their combinations), mixing elements (mainly toothed disk elements), etc.

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