Polymer Engineering and Science, Vol.37, No.5, 856-867, 1997
Extrusion Die Design for Slowly Reacting Materials
The flow distribution of slowly reacting polymeric materials inside an extrusion die was analyzed by lubrication theory. The viscosity of the polymeric liquid was assumed to be time-dependent owing to chemical reaction. Three types of extrusion dies were considered : a T-die, a linearly tapered coat-hanger die with a choker bar, and a curvilinearly tapered coat-hanger die. It was found that the T-die is not suitable to deliver the polymeric liquid films, whereas the two coal-hanger dies can deliver the polymeric liquid films with acceptable flow uniformity and residence time distribution.