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July 2020
Overcoming Feed Limitations
Century Extrusion 2020 Webinar Series Increasing the production rate for feed-limited applications of twin-screw extruders is often related to venting of entrained air from the extruder barrel. This webinar identifies several options to increase capacity when the extruder is volumetrically-limited. Most of these ‘opportunities’ are related to screw design; several approaches to increased productivity (for feed-limited applications) via screw design are presented. REGISTER FOR WEBINAR
Find out more »August 2020
Basics of Strand Pelletizing
Century Extrusion 2020 Webinar Series This webinar will be presented by Matt Bishop from Bay Plastics Machinery, manufacturers of strand pelletizing systems. An overview of strand pelletizing will be presented including water bath, air knife and strand cutting technologies. The presentation will also offer solutions for most common problems associated with poor pellet quality: twins, shrink voids, tails, etc. REGISTER FOR WEBINAR
Find out more »September 2020
Twin-Screw Extruder Instrumentation and Controls
Century Extrusion 2020 Webinar Series The webinar presentation will provide an overview of basic extruder instrumentation, alarms and interlocks and will cover control system architecture, PLC platforms (e.g. AB, Siemens), communication protocols and integration of related upstream and downstream auxiliary equipment. Examples of HMI control screens showing typical extruder configurations used in compounding systems will be used to visualize process parameters, recipe management and data acquisition. REGISTER FOR WEBINAR
Find out more »October 2020
Underwater Pelletizing Fundamentals and Troubleshooting
Century Extrusion 2020 Webinar Series This webinar will be presented by Maag America’s Gala Division, a global manufacturer of underwater pelletizing systems. The presentation will provide an overview of underwater pelletizing basics and some discussion regarding number of die holes required, die plate designs and related processing parameters. The webinar will also include some examples of typical pelletizing problems that can be directly related to the twin-screw extruder: surging, uneven die flow, poor dispersion, etc. REGISTER FOR WEBINAR
Find out more »November 2020
Working Safely With Twin-Screw Extruders
Century Extrusion 2020 Webinar Series This webinar addresses the unique safety aspects of twin-screw extrusion applications. Potential hazards are identified and recommendations for safely addressing each are presented. All personnel associated with twin-screw machinery should be aware of these hazards for safe operation and should attend this webinar! REGISTER FOR WEBINAR
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