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Expertise overview

Compounder

  • Processing

Brand

ThermoElectron Rheomex OS – PTW 16
Type
Twin screw co-rotating
Screw configuration
16 mm, flexible configuration due to loose elements, L/D 25 or 40
Die
Tape (2 cm), film (10 cm), monofilament
Temperature range
30 – 400 °C
Additional
Feeder, pelletizer, water cooling bath, nitrogen purge
Output
Processed material (kg) and data (Tmelt, torque, rpm, pressure)

A compounder is used to mix additives into a thermoplastic material or even to perform reactive extrusion. Once a good formulation has been developed, a sample batch can be compounded at kilogram scale, which subsequently can be cut into granulate by means of the pelletizer.

With a compounder you can mix additives into a thermoplastic material or even to perform reactive extrusion.
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