scholarly journals Translating solid state organic synthesis from a mixer mill to a continuous twin screw extruder

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (19) ◽  
pp. 4443-4447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qun Cao ◽  
Joseph L. Howard ◽  
Deborah E. Crawford ◽  
Stuart L. James ◽  
Duncan L. Browne
Keyword(s):  
Solid State ◽  
Organic Synthesis ◽  
Twin Screw Extruder ◽  
Screw Extruder ◽  
Twin Screw

A study on the translation of a solid-state fluorination reaction from a mechanochemical mixer-mill to a continuous twin-screw extruder is discussed herein.

scholarly journals Influence of the Solidification Process on the Mechanical Properties of Solid-State Drawn PCL/Sepiolite Nanocomposite Tapes

Fibers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Maria Eriksson ◽  
Han Goossens ◽  
Ton Peijs
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Solid State ◽  
Solidification Process ◽  
Nanocomposite Films ◽  
Twin Screw Extruder ◽  
Screw Extruder ◽  
Extruded Films ◽  
Twin Screw ◽  
Subsequent Step

In this research, poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) was melt-mixed with sepiolite nanoclays in a twin-screw extruder. In a subsequent step, the extruded films were drawn in the solid state to highly oriented nanocomposite films or tapes. A twin-screw extruder equipped with a Sultzer mixer for improved mixing in combination with a bench top drawing unit was used to prepare oriented nanocomposite tapes of different sepiolite loading and draw ratios. In order to study the influence of the solidification step on the drawability of the materials, different cooling procedures were applied prior to drawing. Optical microscopy images showed that slow or fast solidification using different chill rolls settings (open or closed) for the cast films resulted in different morphological conditions for subsequent drawing. The addition of sepiolite nanofillers led to nucleation and faster crystallization kinetics and oriented tapes which deformed by homogenous deformation rather than necking. The addition of sepiolite significantly improved the mechanical properties of both undrawn and drawn PCL tapes and Young’s modulus (1.5 GPa) and tensile strength (360 MPa) for composites based on 4 wt% sepiolite were among the highest ever reported for PCL nanocomposites. Interestingly, samples cooled with open chill rolls (slow crystallization) showed the highest modulus while solidification with closed rolls (fast crystallization) showed the highest tensile strength after drawing.

Reactive Blending in a Twin Screw Extruder

1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. De Loor ◽  
P. Cassagnau ◽  
A. Michel ◽  
L. Delamare ◽  
B. Vergnes
Keyword(s):  
Twin Screw Extruder ◽  
Reactive Blending ◽  
Screw Extruder ◽  
Twin Screw

SME-Arrhenius Model for WSI of Rice Flour in a Twin-Screw Extruder

2005 ◽  
Vol 82 (5) ◽  
pp. 574-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanwu Lei ◽  
R. Gary Fulcher ◽  
Roger Ruan ◽  
Bernhard van Lengerich
Keyword(s):  
Rice Flour ◽  
Twin Screw Extruder ◽  
Screw Extruder ◽  
Arrhenius Model ◽  
Twin Screw

scholarly journals Effects of a Twin-Screw Extruder Equipped with a Molten Resin Reservoir on the Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of Recycled Waste Plastic Polyethylene Pellet Moldings

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1058
Author(s):  
Hikaru Okubo ◽  
Haruka Kaneyasu ◽  
Tetsuya Kimura ◽  
Patchiya Phanthong ◽  
Shigeru Yao
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Mechanical Performance ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
Twin Screw Extruder ◽  
Screw Extruder ◽  
Polymer Properties ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Twin Screw ◽  
Recycled Plastics

Each year, increasing amounts of plastic waste are generated, causing environmental pollution and resource loss. Recycling is a solution, but recycled plastics often have inferior mechanical properties to virgin plastics. However, studies have shown that holding polymers in the melt state before extrusion can restore the mechanical properties; thus, we propose a twin-screw extruder with a molten resin reservoir (MSR), a cavity between the screw zone and twin-screw extruder discharge, which retains molten polymer after mixing in the twin-screw zone, thus influencing the polymer properties. Re-extruded recycled polyethylene (RPE) pellets were produced, and the tensile properties and microstructure of virgin polyethylene (PE), unextruded RPE, and re-extruded RPE moldings prepared with and without the MSR were evaluated. Crucially, the elongation at break of the MSR-extruded RPE molding was seven times higher than that of the original RPE molding, and the Young’s modulus of the MSR-extruded RPE molding was comparable to that of the virgin PE molding. Both the MSR-extruded RPE and virgin PE moldings contained similar striped lamellae. Thus, MSR re-extrusion improved the mechanical performance of recycled polymers by optimizing the microstructure. The use of MSRs will facilitate the reuse of waste plastics as value-added materials having a wide range of industrial applications.

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