new processing tools

extrusion foaming

extrusion0

actually, this is not new. it was just a copy of others’ design. However, it is a lab-scale extrusion system with gas dosing via a MFC, screw design for foaming (with enhanced mixing and dynamic seals), a heat exchanger for cooling the polymer/gas solution, and a nucleation nozzle. The heat exchanger may work as an in-line capillary rheometer for measuring rheological properties of polymer/gas solutions.

the same pieces can be placed downstream of a pilot scale extruder with screw design for foaming based on a Berstorff ZE 25

extrusion1

 

batch foaming

 

batch0

 

mini batch – Tammaro et al. J. Cell Plast., 2015

 

 

 

 

batch1multi-foaming batch – Marrazzo et al. J. Cell. Plast., 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

batch2

 

visual foaming batch – Tammaro et al. J. Chem. Eng., 2015