Open AccessDETERMINATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF COMPRESSION ZONE LENGTH FOR POLYPROPYLENE FIBER PROCESS
Author(s) -
Yousif A.A,
Seedahmed A.I,
Muhab.Hassanien S.S,
Muhab.Hassanien S.S
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of engineering applied science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-2143
DOI - 10.33564/ijeast.2021.v05i09.004
Subject(s) - polypropylene , extrusion , process (computing) , compression (physics) , process engineering , fiber , materials science , mechanical engineering , product (mathematics) , composite material , computer science , manufacturing engineering , engineering , mathematics , geometry , operating system
Extrusion process is one of the most flexible andimportant operation for mass production of plasticproduct. In extrusion process, screw design is veryimportant as it is largely affects the productivity andquality. The technical knowhow in these mills is based onexperience of the employee thus processes are designed bytrial and error without applying professional engineeringdesign of the process. In this study focus was applied onanalyzing and modeling the compression zone, which isconsidered to be the most important and complicated zonein the screw. An equation was derived so to determine thelength of the compression zone that is suitable to producepolypropylene fibers