LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF TABLES
PREFACE
ABOUT THE EDITORS
5��EXTRUSION
INTRODUCTION
Extruder Basics
COMPONENTS
Extruder and Injection Barrel Compared
Drive System
Screen Pack
Gear Pump
Static Mixer
Heating and Cooling
Adapter
Barrel��Die Coupling
Die
Process Control
MACHINE DESIGN��PERFORMANCE
PLASTIC
EXTRUDER TYPE��PERFORMANCE
OPERATION
Start��up
Shutdown
EXTRUDER LINE
FILM AND SHEET
FILM
Blown Film
Flat Film
Film Winding
SHEET
Production
Auxiliary Equipment
Trim�� Cut�� and other Equipment
Laminating and Capping
Foam Sheet
PIPE AND PROFILE
PIPE AND TUBE
Die��Mandrel
Plastic
Extrusion Line
PROFILE
Die
COATING
Introduction
Production
WIRE AND CABLE
Production
FIBER
Overview
Fiber Definition
Production
Multifilament
Continuous Filament
Bulked Continuous Filament
Staple Fiber
Monofilament
Slit Film
Plain Tape
Fibrillated Tape
Air��Attenuated
Spun��Bonded
Melt��Blown
COEXTRUSION
Die
Plastic
Application
ORIENTATION
Introduction
Heat��Shrinkable
Plastic Behavior
Accidental or Deliberate Orientation
Production
Fiber
Other Processes
POSTFORMING
COMPOUNDING
Reclamation �� Recycling
Pellet
EXTRUDER CLASSIFICATION
Horizontal��Vertical Extruder
Injection Molding��Noncontinuous Extruder
Ram Extruder
Disk and Screwless Extruders
SPECIALTY APPLICATION
Railroad Tie
Velcro Strip
Nonconventional Extruding
TROUBLESHOOTING