Novel method of measuring polymer melt viscosity using a short length of single screw extruder at the closed discharge state

Theory of single screw extruders has been used for analyzing the processing characteristics of various polymeric fabricated such material as plastics, rubber, and food products. Recently this theory extended to measuring the polymer melt viscosity using the closed discharging state of the short single screw extruder. The batch wise operation of the closed discharged state change the complex extrusion characteristic equation into simple calculation form of shear rate and viscosity equation, which related between the geometrical factors and the screw speed and the axial pressure generation, respectively.