Davis-Standard Active at ANTEC 2007
(Pawcatuck, Conn.)--Davis-Standard, LLC will exhibit at booth #223 at the upcoming ANTEC/Plastics Encounter Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 6 -10. John Christiano, Davis-Standard's Director of Extrusion Process Technology, is organizing and managing the technical program content at this year's conference, which will consist of nine different sessions. Sessions will include topics on single screw extrusion, twin screw extrusion, extrusion dies, films and tutorials. Christiano is currently serving as the Technical Program Chair for the Extrusion Division of SPE.
In addition, Senior Process Consultant Kevin Slusarz will be giving a presentation on "Screw Design Optimization for Single Screw Extruders." This will be a tutorial session discussing the differences between conventional screw design versus barrier screw technology and how it applies to grooved feed and smooth bore extrusion. Slusarz also co-authored a paper with engineers from Sunoco, Inc. which will be presented at ANTEC by Antonios Doufas, Polymer Processing Engineer - Rheologist of Sunoco. This paper entitled "Experimental Studies of Polypropylene Extrusion Instability" will discuss the extrusion (in) stability characteristics of homopolymer polypropylene in a 2.5-inch lab scale single screw extruder. Specifically, the effect of screw design, metering vs. barrier screw, on extrusion stability will be presented.
For more information, contact John Christiano at jchristiano@davis-standard.com.
