Advancements in extrusion and drawing: a review of the contributes by the ESAFORM community

L Donati, B Reggiani, R Pelaccia, M Negozio… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
The present review paper would celebrate the 25 years anniversary of the ESAFORM
association by summarizing the studies performed by the delegates of the ESAFORM …

The elasticity of polymer melts and solutions in shear and extension flows

AV Subbotin, AY Malkin, VG Kulichikhin - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
This review is devoted to understanding the role of elasticity in the main flow modes of
polymeric viscoelastic liquids—shearing and extension. The flow through short capillaries is …

Neural networks vs. splines: advances in numerical extruder design

J Lee, S Hube, S Elgeti - Engineering with Computers, 2024 - Springer
In this paper, we present a novel approach to geometry parameterization that we apply to
the design of mixing elements for single-screw extruders. The approach uses neural …

Improved inverse design method for thin-wall hollow profiled polymer extrusion die based on FEM-CFD simulations

G Zhang, X Huang, S Li, C **a, T Deng - The International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Extrusion process has excellent capability in continuous manufactures with high production
volume, low cost, and steady quality for very complex cross-sectional products. However …

Swelling phenomenon in rubber weatherstrip manufacturing under real process conditions imposed in a commercial extrusion line

T Türkistanlı, Ö Ertunç - Journal of Polymer Research, 2023 - Springer
We investigated the swelling under different process and boundary conditions in a
commercial weatherstrip extrusion line. For the experimental investigations, we used two …

Industry 4.0 Digital Technologies for High Added Value Zero Defect Manufacturing: Application of metal additive manufacturing in the field of polymer profile extrusion

M Kain - 2022 - orbit.dtu.dk
This Ph. D. project researches the implementation of digital manufacturing technologies for
polymer processing to enable an increased complexity and the requirement for …