This review provides the current state of knowledge of steady-state modeling of the extrusion
cast film process used to produce flat polymer films, as well as related experimental …

Abstract 3D printing is changing the way we conceive, design, and build 3D objects in
mechanical, biomedical, aerospace, construction, automotive and maritime industries. In the …

This chapter is devoted to the presentation of the fundamental rheological properties of
polymers and their processing technologies. Measurements of the rheological properties …

Fused deposition modelling is one of the most widely used additive manufacturing
techniques and the diffusion of 3D printers has increased in popularity even further in recent …

In this work, a recently proposed viscoelastic non-isothermal extrusion film casting model,
which accounts for flow-induced crystallization, was generalized by including heat transfer …

The aim of this paper is the investigation of heat transfer regarding the cases of both
stretching and shrinking sheets with a sponge-like horizontal wall that allows for mass …

A 3D flow analysis package is used to simulate the flow phenomena in a short section of the
metering zone of a single screw extruder. The assumption of stationary screw and rotating …

It has been known in the industrial sector that in closely intermeshing counterrotating twin
screw extruders, large separating forces develop in the calender gap, which push the …

In situ generation of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) nanofibrils in polypropylene (PP)
microfibers via fiber spinning in a spunbond process was studied in this work. The effects of …

Biobased materials offer a good alternative to the widespread use of fossil-based plastic.
Foamed plastics used in various industries such as packaging, automotive, marine, and …