Extrusion Screw Wear

Modified on Saturday, 31 January 2015 01:33 PM by mpieler — Categorized as: Consultants Corner

Extrusion screw wear
Vol. 17 #1, February 1990

Often when there is a sudden increase in a processors rate of screw wear the cause is related to a change in operating conditions. Some of the operating conditions that can accelerate screw wear are:





Although these are some of the most prevalent operating conditions affecting screw wear, there are others of a more subtle nature that are harder to detect. The main point is to only compare screw wear life under as near identical conditions as possible.

— Jim Franklin

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