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Precision Patterns on Extruded Sheet

Posted by lnjoplin 
Precision Patterns on Extruded Sheet
October 05, 2013 05:32PM
I'm a Process Engineer, new to plastic extrusion. If you are trying to extrude an acrylic or polycarb sheet with a very fine pattern that has very small voids, should you make the "melt" less viscous so it will take the pattern better? And by "less viscous" I mean heating up the melt, increasing die temps, and/or increasing roll temps. Or would you first slow down the roll speed or a combo of both?

What would you do if you needed a very crisp clean pattern to imprint?

R/
LJ
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