Polymer manufacturing processes a 4000+ words
Extrusion is a process in which polymeric materials, in the form of powder, granules, trip or melt, are converted into products of controlled crosssection in a continuous fashion. This is achieved by softening (plasticising) the material using heat and/or pressure, forcing the softened material through and orifice (die) and maintaining the desired crosssection by cooling or by chemical reaction.