A hybrid composite consisting of rubber toughened nylon 6,6, glass fiber and LCP was investigated by varying LCP content. The hybrid system exhibited better processability than the glass fiber reinforced composite. A decrease in the total torque was observed with the LCP content indicating the reduction in the energy consumed during the processing of the hybrid composites. Thermal stability of ...

Polyethylene (PE) nanocomposites containing Cellulose Nano Crystal (CNC) were prepared via melt blending in a twin screw extruder. The evaluation of PE/CNC nanocomposites was studied for food packaging applications. The nanocomposites were investigated by thermal, mechanical analyses. Addition of CNC particle while having no effect on melting and crystallization temperature had intensive effect...

this study focuses on achieving high stiffness/strength and good fr characteristic of nylon 66/mca/nc nanocomposites, prepared via melt compounding by twin screw extruder. a synergistic effect of flame retardant systems based on melamine cyanurate and zinc borate on the flammability and mechanical behaviours of crysnanoclay reinforced nylon 66 nanocomposites have been reported. mechanical test ...

polypropylene / polystyrene blends containing montmorillonite (mmt) were prepared using a twin screw extruder followed by fiber spinning. the melt intercalation of pp and ps alloys was carried out in the presence of a compatibilizer such as maleic anhydride-g-polypropylene (mpp). the crystallization morphology, thermal behaviors and mechanical properties of polypropylene/polystyrene (pp/ps) nan...

In this paper, a method by which the fluid velocity profile and the net flow rate in self-wiping co-rotating twin screw extruders can be estimated without determining the pressure gradient has been proposed. The method involves using analytical technique to determine the fluid velocity in the local zones of the extruder such as the down channel and axial velocity and subsequently, the net flow ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate hot-melt extrusion (HME) as a continuous process to form cyclodextrin (CD) inclusion complexes in order to increase the solubility and dissolution rate of itraconazole (ITZ), a class II model drug molecule of the Biopharmaceutics Classification System. Different CD derivatives were tested in a 1:1 (CD:ITZ) molar ratio to obtain CD ternary inclusion complexe...