Research Article
Effect of Dynamic Center Region on the Flow and Mixing Efficiency in a New Tri-Screw Extruder Using 3D Finite Element Modeling
Table 1
Geometrical configurations of the tri-screw extruder.
| Parameters | Symbols | Values |
| Screw length | | 45.0 mm | Screw root radius | | 13.0 mm | Screw tip radius | | 17.0 mm | Barrel radius | | 17.4 mm | Centerline distance of screws | | 41 mm | Clearance of screws | | 0.4 mm | Clearance of screw and barrel | | 0.4 mm | Screw flight numbers | | 3 |
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