A friend of ours recently asked this question about screw wear… Jim I can get maintenance to measure the screw, but their philosophy is that there’s no reason to do so. Typically we replace barrels and check rings, but do not know what the state of the screw is. I think we should know, and […]
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December 2009
Explaining Melt Flow Index
I receive this question very often, and feel it would be great for the blog… Larry Can you briefly explain melt flow index, and how processors use it? My Response Melt flow indexing is the most popular, and yet least accurate way to determine material viscosity. The melt flow index (MFI) is the measure of […]