The latest technology of screw selection and design from computer simulation to performance trials is discussed. The comparison of processor requirements with screw and barrel technology, computer simulation for proper screw selection, improved productivity through extruder screw design, spreadsheets for screw design, plasticating screw design, single screw mixing, problems and solutions, refurbish or renew, how outputs with grooved feed extruders, ion implantation treatment for screws and barrels are the topics included.

The Science and Practice of Rubber Mixing