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## Abstract In recent years, twin screw extruders have been applied to various kinds of polymer processing. It has been important to find their optimum geometrical configurations and operational processing conditions for the best performance of extrusions and products. Many engineers have been evolving numerical and the experimental methods to characterize the mixing performance for twin screw extruders. We have carried out three‐dimensional flow simulations of kneading blocks in intermeshing co‐rotating twin screw extruders by using the finite element method to quantify their ability in distributive and dispersive mixing. We discuss their performance in distributive mixing for three different type of kneading blocks in terms of the residence time distribution and the nearest distance between markers at various periods of time, by using the marker tracking method. Those numerical techniques and applications of mixing indices have enabled us to quantify and evaluate their abilities in distributive mixing of kneading blocks in twin screw extruders.

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Author

Makoto Yoshinaga; Shingo Katsuki; Masaru Miyazaki; Lijie Liu; Shin-Ichi Kihara; Prof. Kazumori Funatsu

Publisher

Society for Plastic Engineers; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0032-3888)

Published

2000

Language

EN

Field

Materials Science (Physical Sciences)