Win TXU TwinScrew Extruder Configuration Manager North American

Win. TXU™ Twin-Screw Extruder Configuration Manager North American Distributor: Extrusioneering International, Inc. www. b 4 uextrude. com

Win. TXU™ Twin-Screw Extruder Configuration Manager Screw design for co-rotating intermeshing twin screws: • Design/layout elements to align with barrel openings • Document configuration for archiving, reporting

Win. TXU™ Twin-Screw Extruder Configuration Manager Limited availability of OEM screw design software • Exco (Coperion), TEX (JSW) • Configured for OEM machines only • Must have graphics, export and archiving capability

Win. TXU™ Twin-Screw Extruder Configuration Manager Cost of one screw design ‘error’ • Kneading block mistakenly positioned within vent port • Error occurs since graphic image not available • Lost production to identify error (estimate @$350/hr) • Downtime to reconfigure screw (estimate 4 hours @$350/hr) • Cost of materials (scrap produced to identify ‘error’) Win. TXU can pay for itself if one ‘error’ is avoided !

Win. TXU™ Twin-Screw Extruder Configuration Manager Win. TXU database • All co-rotating intermeshing, modular twin-screws • All barrel types (including custom designs) • All screw types (including custom designs)

Win. TXU™ Twin-Screw Extruder Configuration Manager Current extruder database: þ þ þ þ þ Coperion (ZSK, ZSK-SC, ZSK-MC) Berstorff (ZE, ZE-A, UT) Leistritz (ZSE, includes HP series) Theysohn (TSK) Prism (TSE, KX series) Buhler Clextral Sino-Alloy (PSM) Farrel (FTX) Baker Perkins (MP series) Add your extruder to Win. TXU database if not already included!

Win. TXU™ Twin-Screw Extruder Configuration Manager System requirements • IBM-PC® (or compatible personal computer) • 150 MHz processor speed (minimum) • 16 MB RAM (minimum) • 32 MB free hard disk space • SVGA color monitor (256 color minimum) • Mouse (or compatible pointing device) • CD-ROM drive (or network connection) • USB port • Microsoft Windows® 95, 98, Me, 2000 or XP • Adobe Acrobat® Reader 5 (or later version)

Select extruder manufacturer

Select extruder model

Select L/D from list

…or select custom shaft (specify actual shaft length or number of barrels/spacer plates and let Win. TXU calculate length of shaft)

Assemble barrels by double-clicking on list or icon (also can drag-and-drop)

Inventory feature keeps track of elements on-hand, warning message when you exceed inventory level Assemble screw configuration from component library (either click on component name or drag and drop using mouse)

Cumulative barrel, shaft and screw lengths displayed here Rotate screws to see animation

Input all operating conditions to be stored, printed with screw

You can change color coding of elements

You can change units used for displaying operating conditions

Input all details for die, breaker plate and screens

Export screw configuration (with or without operating conditions, with or without element identification) as bitmap images, then paste into any Windows application (i. e. Power. Point, Word, etc. )

Output of Program Win. TXU Version 3. 0 Date: 08/07/06 Project: Example Screw Summary Extruder: KWP ZSK-90 Project File: C: Program Filesexample 2. XPF Bore Diameter: 89. 55 mm Shaft Length: 90 mm 3010. 00 mm 33. 44 L/D Barrel Length: 3000. 00 mm 33. 33 L/D Screw Length: 3030. 00 mm 33. 67 L/D Screw Offset: 0. 00 mm Save/export Summary as text file: complete listing of barrel/screw/die configuration (and operating conditions) (Nominal) Configuration Complete Barrel: 14 Sections Configured L(mm) L/D 01 FEED 3 D 240. 00 2. 67 02 MAIN 3 D 480. 00 5. 33 03 MAIN 3 D 720. 00 8. 00 04 MAIN 3 D 960. 00 10. 67 05 INJ PLATE 1020. 00 11. 33 06 MAIN 3 D 1260. 00 14. 00 07 INJ PLATE 1320. 00 14. 67 08 MAIN 3 D 1560. 00 17. 33 09 MAIN 3 D 1800. 00 20. 00 10 MAIN 3 D 2040. 00 22. 67 Ports FP 1 IP 2

Win. TXU™ Twin-Screw Extruder Configuration Manager Single-User License üPermanent, single-user license (via USB hardware key) üDatabase contains up to three extruder models üFee to add extruders to database üFee for each additional user license (i. e. additional hardware keys) Network License üPermanent, password-protected license üDatabase contains up to three extruder models üFee to add extruders to database

Click on image to see animation Export. avi files from rotating screw image