The object of this study is to investigate experimentally the mechanical power transported from the screws to the polymer melt, the heat dissipated in the polymer melt and the heat transfer to the barrel for the metering zone of a twin screw extruder. For the experimental investigations different screw elements, mixing elements and kneading discs are used. The experimental results for the dissipation show good agreement with known calculation models. For the calculation of the heat transfer a new equation is used to calculate the mean temperature difference under consideration of the dissipation. Another calculation model is presented to calculate the Nusselt-Number as a function of the Brinkmann-Number.