Whether the screw rotation is co-rotating or counter-rotating, the twin screw extruder performs the same basic process tasks: feeding, melting, mixing, venting, and inducing die/localized pressure. Modular screws and barrels make an infinite number of process configurations possible.
Reactive extrusion uses a compounding extruder to cause the chemical or the structural modification of polymers. Twin screw compounding process improvement involves multiple facets namely, proper screw design, screw speed, feed rate, extruder barrel temperatures, power consumption in a given heating/cooling zone, feedstock temperature/moisture level entering the extruder, water inlet/outlet temperatures at the feed housing, vent port vacuum levels, ambient temperature/relative humidity.
The co-rotating twin screw extruder comprise with two symmetrical screws driven by motor either directly or indirectly in the barrel casing. The two screws can rotate synchronously in the same direction, either clockwise or counterclockwise. The screw surface set with alternating screw flight.