Plasticizing extruder model - Linking the pressure and throughput models

By linking together the functional sections of solids conveyance, melting a nd melt conveyance into an overall model for the plasticizing extruder, it is possible to achieve a good estimate of the operating behavior of an extr uder both rapidly and with a relatively low computation outlay, without the need for cost-intensive experiments or the evaluation of numerical calcula tions, which take a great deal of time. This paper thus presents a means of uniting the physico-mathematical models of the individual functional zones via the pressure/throughput behavior in order to give a comprehensive mode l for a smooth-bore plasticizing extruder.