Output Calculations

Modified on Sunday, 01 February 2015 11:20 PM by mpieler — Categorized as: Extrusion Hints

Output Calculations
Vol. 22 #3, Dec. 1995

A quick, accurate way to check lb over hour output rates from a feeder or extruder is to collect the discharge for 80 seconds, weigh it in gms., and then move the decimal point one place to the left, as follows:

1 lb/hour = x gms./80 sec. (2.2lbs./1000 gms.) (3600sec./hr.) = 0.10 x lb/hr.

See also:

Checking extrusion output rates without the use of a calculator
Extruder output
Output rate check
Output rates
Output variation 1
Output variation 2

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