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Rheological and some other mechanical properties of rubber compounds are important for the process of extrusion where compounds get the shape appropriate for their further use in the tire production line. The aim of this work is to develop a natural rubber based compounds with properties enabling determination of extrusion conditions, such that would optimize the extrusion output.

For optimization design of polymer extrusion dies, dimensional accuracy is critical to product quality of the extrudate. The extrusion dies used to be a regular geometrical profile, which is mostly composed by a straight line. Traditional optimization methods for extrusion die design used to have poor controllability when dealing with a curved profile. In this paper, the response surface optimization method is used to find out an optimal solution of the design of the extrusion die. Firstly, the Latin Hypercube Sampling method is used to generate the experiment samples for the design of experiments. Secondly, ANSYS Polyflow software is adopted to execute the computational fluid dynamics analysis. Thirdly, the Kriging method is used to generate the response surface. Finally, nonlinear programming by using Quadratic-Lagrangian algorithm is applied to find out the optimal solution. It is worth noting that Non-uniform Rational B-Splines (NURBS) modeling is used to optimize flow channel of an extrusion die in order to obtain a qualified extrudate. Thus, design variables for the optimization involve control points of the NURBS curve of the inlet cross-section. Meanwhile, two new objective functions, including minimization of point displacement and minimization of dimensional tolerance are proposed in the optimization process. Compared with existing objective functions of flow balancing and homogeneous die swell, the new objective functions of minimization of point displacement and minimization of dimensional tolerance have significant advantages of strong adaptability, more precise shape of the extrudate and fast convergence, which significantly improve efficiency of the optimization design and thus lower manufacturing costs of the extrusion die.

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MFR or melt mass flow rate (formerly melt flow index or MFI) measures the rate of extrusion of thermoplastics through a standardized orifice in a die at a specified temperature and load. While MFR is measured in mass per unit time, such as grams/10 minutes, MVR is measured in volume per unit time, such as cm3/10 minutes. The ratio of the two values, MFR divided by MVR, provides a measure of the melt density of a material in g/cm3. Because the melt density of a plastic material is not the same as its solid density, knowing these two values is important for plastics processors, for example, to ensure that the molding machine they use has enough capacity to process the required part. Injection molding is the most widely used method for processing plastics. Polymers for injection molding are usually characterized by high fluidity at a temperature that will allow precise filling of a mold at the specified injection pressure to obtain, in some cases, very complex injection molded products. It is therefore very important to use the right polymer grade with adequate melt density, as well as the right processing parameters such as temperature and pressure. Another plastics processing method is plastic extrusion, where the polymer grades are normally characterized by higher molecular weights and higher viscosity in the molten state. This allows for better control of the extrusion when forming profiles (rods, tubes), films, and products such as fishing line, extruded in a single, continuous filament.

During melting, the internal friction (dissipation) in the material is mainly used. The conveying principle overcomes the counterpressure of the extrusion die and forms the melt. The semi-finished product is then calibrated, cooled and brought to size. The coating of the plastic and rubber injection moulds with TOPOCROM easyeject enables major production advantages: Better demoldability, faster cycle times, less release agent, less wear.

Studies at the Institute for Production Engineering IPE at the university of Duisburg prove that TOPOCROM coated extrusion tools show measureable advantages compared to other surfaces. They analysed the product changing behaviour during single screw extrusion and diagnosed amongst others a significant influence of tribology on this process.

The rubber extrusion process begins with a rubber compound being fed into an extruder. The material is fed into a feed hopper, which takes the material and feeds it into various flutes in a revolving screw. The screw will begin to carry the rubber forward into the die, with an increase in pressure and temperature occurring as the material gets closer to the die itself.

An extrusion die is a precise and specific tool made by cutting an opening through a blank of steel. The shape of the opening will match the finished rubber cross section desired for an extruded part. Once in place, the rubber material will be forced through this die via the pressure that builds up from the revolving screw of the extruder.

Many rubber compounds tend to swell when passing through the extrusion die, causing them to experience an increase in dimensions. Thus, each die is made according to each particular part and material to ensure that all tolerances are met for the finished extruded rubber part.

Timco can also cut custom rubber extrusions in a range of lengths, shapes, and rubber compounds to meet various temperature, weather, and technical specifications. Some of them, such as EPDM or neoprene, can be extruded like dense rubber or sponge rubber. Common extruded rubber products include:

Different types of exit dies are used to shape the extrudate to the desired profile. These dies include sheet and film dies used in transdermal film applications, strand dies used for medical tubing and some drug-eluting devices, shape dies used in blow molding, and co- extrusion dies used in reservoir device designs. Different downstream auxiliary components are also used in the finishing process, including water baths and air knives for cooling, conveyor belts for moving the extruded product from the die to the end of the line, strand-cutters for cutting the extrudate into tubing or rods, and spoolers for extrudate collection. Pelletizers are used for cutting the extrudate into smaller pieces for direct capsule filling and, in the case of some devices, for injection molding to form the final product.

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The first precursors to the modern extruder were developed in the early 19th century. In 1820, Thomas Hancock invented a rubber "masticator" designed to reclaim processed rubber scraps, and in 1836 Edwin Chaffee developed a two-roller machine to mix additives into rubber.[2] The first thermoplastic extrusion was in 1935 by Paul Troester and his wife Ashley Gershoff in Hamburg, Germany. Shortly after, Roberto Colombo of LMP developed the first twin screw extruders in Italy.[3]

In the extrusion of plastics, the raw compound material is commonly in the form of nurdles (small beads, often called resin) that are gravity fed from a top mounted hopper into the barrel of the extruder. Additives such as colorants and UV inhibitors (in either liquid or pellet form) are often used and can be mixed into the resin prior to arriving at the hopper. The process has much in common with plastic injection molding from the point of the extruder technology, although it differs in that it is usually a continuous process. While pultrusion can offer many similar profiles in continuous lengths, usually with added reinforcing, this is achieved by pulling the finished product out of a die instead of extruding the polymer melt through a die.

There are a variety of dies used in plastics extrusion. While there can be significant differences between die types and complexity, all dies allow for the continuous extrusion of polymer melt, as opposed to non-continuous processing such as injection molding.

This process is the same as a regular extrusion process up until the die. There are three main types of dies used in this process: annular (or crosshead), spider, and spiral. Annular dies are the simplest, and rely on the polymer melt channeling around the entire cross section of the die before exiting the die; this can result in uneven flow. Spider dies consist of a central mandrel attached to the outer die ring via a number of "legs"; while flow is more symmetrical than in annular dies, a number of weld lines are produced which weaken the film. Spiral dies remove the issue of weld lines and asymmetrical flow, but are by far the most complex.[6]

Sheet/film extrusion is used to extrude plastic sheets or films that are too thick to be blown. There are two types of dies used: T-shaped and coat hanger. The purpose of these dies is to reorient and guide the flow of polymer melt from a single round output from the extruder to a thin, flat planar flow. In both die types ensure constant, uniform flow across the entire cross sectional area of the die. Cooling is typically by pulling through a set of cooling rolls (calender or "chill" rolls). In sheet extrusion, these rolls not only deliver the necessary cooling but also determine sheet thickness and surface texture.[7] Often co-extrusion is used to apply one or more layers on top of a base material to obtain specific properties such as UV-absorption, texture, oxygen permeation resistance, or energy reflection. 2ff7e9595c