Understanding Compounding,9781569902288

Understanding Compounding

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ISBN13: 9781569902288
ISBN10: 1569902283
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1998-07-01
Publisher(s): Hanser Pub Inc
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Summary

Intended as a primer for anyone associated with compounding operations who is not an expert, this book gives a general overview of the process and a description of the "what" and "how" of the major compounding classes and unit operations.

Table of Contents

What is Compounding
1(15)
Definition
1(3)
Basic Concepts
4(11)
Melting
4(1)
Rheology
4(1)
Flow
5(1)
Drag Flow
5(1)
Positive Displacement
6(1)
Residence Time
7(1)
Self-Wiping
8(1)
Specific Mechanical Energy (SME)
9(1)
Polymer Blends
9(6)
Pre-Compounding Operations
15(8)
Volumetric & Gravimetric Feeders
15(1)
Feeding To Batch Compounders
16(1)
Feeding To Continuous Compounders
17(1)
Preblending
18(2)
Pre-Conditioning
20(3)
PVC Stabilization
20(1)
Preheating Feed Streams
20(1)
Particle Dispersion
21(2)
Compounder Types
23(102)
Screw Nomenclature & Geometries
23(9)
General Terminology
23(4)
Twin-Screw Terminology
27(5)
Batch Types
32(8)
What They Are
32(1)
How They Are Made
33(1)
Where They Are Used
34(1)
Nomenclature & Indications
35(2)
Basic Operating Principles
37(1)
Process Control
38(2)
Single-Screw Extruders
40(14)
What They Are
40(1)
How They Are Made
41(1)
Where They Are Used
41(2)
Nomenclature & Indications
43(2)
Basic Operating Principles
45(5)
Process Control
50(4)
Reciprocating Single-Screw Extruders: Kneaders
54(8)
What They Are
54(2)
How They Are Made
56(1)
Where They Are Used
57(1)
Nomenclature & Indications
57(2)
Basic Operating Principles
59(2)
Process Control
61(1)
Continuous Mixers
62(9)
What They Are
62(2)
How They Are Made
64(1)
Where They Are Used
65(1)
Nomenclature & Indications
66(2)
Basic Operating Principles
68(1)
Process Control
69(2)
Tangentially Counter-Rotating, Twin-Screw Extruders
71(8)
What They Are
71(1)
How They Are Made
72(1)
Where They Are Used
72(1)
Nomenclature & Indications
73(1)
Basic Operating Principles
74(4)
Process Control
78(1)
Cylindrical Counter-Rotating, Intermeshing Twin-Screw Extruders
79(14)
What They Are
79(2)
How They Are Made
81(1)
Where They Are Used
81(1)
Nomenclature & Indications
82(3)
Basic Operating Principles
85(6)
Process Control
91(2)
Conical Counter-Rotating Intermeshing Twin-Screw Extruders
93(3)
What They Are
93(2)
How They Are Made
95(1)
Where They Are Used
95(1)
Nomenclature & Indications
95(1)
Basic Operating Principles
95(1)
Process Control
96(1)
Self-Wiping, Co-Rotating, Twin-Screw Extruders
96(19)
What They Are
96(4)
How They Are Made
100(2)
Where They Are Used
102(1)
Nomenclature & Indications
103(7)
Basic Operating Principles
110(5)
Process Control
115(1)
Other Compounding Equipment
115(6)
Drum Type
115(1)
Co-Rotating Intermeshing Twin-Screw Extruders
116(2)
Mixing Discs
118(2)
Shear Roll Extruder
120(1)
Comparison of Extruder
121(4)
Twin-Screw Extruders
121(2)
Screw Wear
123(2)
Unit Operations
125(28)
Solids Conveying
126(4)
What It Is
126(1)
How It Is Done
127(1)
Controlling Mechanism
128(2)
Melting
130(4)
What It Is
130(1)
How It Is Done
130(3)
Controlling Mechanism
133(1)
Process Control
134(1)
Mixing
134(5)
What It Is
134(2)
How It Is Done
136(1)
Controlling Mechanism
137(2)
Devolatilization
139(4)
What It Is
139(1)
How It Is Done
139(2)
Controlling Mechanism
141(2)
Process Control
143(1)
Pressure Generation
143(5)
What It Is
143(1)
How It Is Done
144(1)
Controlling Mechanism
145(2)
Process Control
147(1)
Reactive Compounding
148(3)
What It Is
148(1)
How It Is Done
148(2)
Controlling Mechanism
150(1)
Process Control
151(1)
Other Unit Operations
151(2)
Post-Compounding Operations
153(22)
Melt Pumps
153(2)
Filtration
155(6)
Filter Media
155(4)
Upstream Filters
159(1)
Screen Changers
160(1)
Static Mixer
161(1)
Pelletization
162(13)
Dicers
164(1)
Die-Face Pelletizers
165(2)
Granulators
167(1)
Strand Pelletizers
168(5)
Micropellets
173(2)
Evaluation of Compounders
175(6)
Starve-Fed Compounders
175(3)
Flood-Fed Compounders
178(3)
References
181(6)
Index
187

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