Twin-screw extruder - Process 16
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Manufacturer: ThermoFisher Scientific
Model: Process 16
Short description: The modular design of the co-rotating twin-screw extruder allows for melting, degassing, reinforcing, filling, coloring, functionalizing with various additives, concentrating, homogenizing and compacting thermoplastic polymers.
Application: Formulation development and process optimization in research and development
Special Features: Minimum throughput range of 0.4 to 20 kg/h, extruder suitable for filament production for additive manufacturing.
| Technical Data | |
| Screw diameter | 16 mm |
| Screw speed | Up to 1,000 min-1 |
| L/D ratio | 40:1 |
| Max. process temperature | 350 °C |
| Throughput range | 0.4 to 20 kg/h (material-dependent) |
| Number of solid feeders | 2 (gravimetric), 1 (volumetric) |
| Degassing/Venting | Vacuum, atmospheric |
| Filament speed | 0.5 to 15 m/min |
| Spool inner diameter | 50 mm |
| Filament diameter | 1 to 3 mm |
| Max. spool width | 120 mm |
| Take-off height | 270 mm |
