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Extruder Times 7

This issue of ET magazine is sponsored by America and aims to share breakthroughs in the polymer and extruder industry. It serves as an information platform for students, engineers, and compounders. The magazine encourages contributions from scientists and technologists to generate new innovations. Dirk Zimmermann is managing director of Extruder Experts GmbH & Co. KG in Germany and markets STEER Engineering's extruders and parts in Europe.

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Extruder Times 7

This issue of ET magazine is sponsored by America and aims to share breakthroughs in the polymer and extruder industry. It serves as an information platform for students, engineers, and compounders. The magazine encourages contributions from scientists and technologists to generate new innovations. Dirk Zimmermann is managing director of Extruder Experts GmbH & Co. KG in Germany and markets STEER Engineering's extruders and parts in Europe.

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This issue of ET is sponsored by

AMERICA

Ÿ To share breakthroughs and happenings in the


Polymer & Extruder Industry.
Ÿ To serve as an information sharing platform for
STUDENTS, ENGINEERS and COMPOUNDERS.
Ÿ To encourage contributions from scientists,
technocrats and teaching community and to
generate triggers for new innovations.
Dirk Zimmermann is the Managing Director, Extruder Experts GmbH & Co. KG,
Monschau Germany. He has served the plastics industry since 1991 having been
involved with Werner & Pfleiderer, Bericap and C.A.Picard.

Currently Dirk and EE are Marketing STEER ENGINEERING's Extruders and Parts
in the Europe circuit.

The co-author is Dr. Oliver Kayser, owner of Dreistegen GmbH, Germany.


Conclusion:
Due to their low specific gravity and design
freedom, LFRTP materials have found applications
replacing metals. These applications have been
popular predominantly in Europe & North America
in automotive applications. However, with the
rapidly changing market dynamics, LFRTP
materials are being considered in more non
automotive applications too.

[This article was possible with contributions from


Mr. Durgesh Bakshi, Sr. Manager Technology
Development and Services, STEER Consultancy
Services, Bangalore.]

References:
1. O.Geiger, R. Brüssel; Tailored LFT's developed for series production-
Results of the "SMART PART" R&D project; AVK-TV Tagung Paper A 9;
Baden-Baden; 2003.
2. Durgesh Bakshi; Evaluation of Potential of using Long Fibre Thermoplastics
as a material for an Automobile Rear Bumper Beam; Master Thesis Applied
Polymer Science, Martin Luther Universität Halle Wittenberg and
Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal Berghausen; 2006.

3. http://www.sae.org/automag/material/12-2007/1-115-12-48.pdf

4. http://www.coronet.eu.com/uploads/Coronet-vetrotex
I would like to share with you the IITPM (Indian Institute of Total
Productive Management) approach. It is based on spiritual
knowledge.

Most of us have come across situations in our lives where our ideas
are not accepted by others. Sri Aurobindo has an explanation for this.

“The greatest inner discoveries, the experience of self


being, the cosmic consciousness, the inner calm of the
liberated spirit, the direct effect of the mind upon mind,
the knowledge of things by consciousness in direct
contact with other consciousness or with other objects,
most spiritual experiences of any value, cannot be
brought before the tribunal of the common mentality
which has no experiences of these things and takes its
own absence or incapacity of experience as a proof of
their invalidity or their non-existence.”

- Shri Aurobindo

Thirty five years ago, when I was Chief Executive of a leading Indian
organisation, we achieved 'zero defect' using the same spiritual
concept. Due to the protected economy of those times, most other
organisations did not feel the need to adapt this concept into their
functioning. In fact, many did not even believe it was possible. This
was a predictable situation, because most people had not
experienced such a thing.

However, I pursued this conviction, and for 35 years, I successfully


implemented this concept in top Indian organisations. Let me
explain to you how this happens:

Within the human body is the aatman (spirit or consciousness). While


the body is temporary; the spirit is eternal. In everyday life, people
engage in different activities or occupations (Karma), leading to
differences in the quality and quantity of work. It is believed that past
karmas are responsible for the type of aatman that one possesses in
the present birth. And so, different people end up doing the same
activity differently-despite detailed written instructions and training.

The operator in a certain organisation might be bright and


excellent at his job. It is for the management to recognise
and share such expertise with not-so-bright operators.
Table-1 Hardness of Alloy Carbides

Alloy Carbide Hardness


(-) (HRC)
Chromium Carbide 66-68
Molybdenum Carbide 72-77
Tungsten Carbide 72-77
Vanadium Carbide 82-84
(Source: Crucible service center)

Iron Carbides are formed during Heat Treatment of steel. During Heat
Treatment there is a phase transformation. This Phase
Transformation results in a hard structure called Martensite or Bainite.
There are some alloying elements like Chromium, Nickel etc which
retard the transformation and these elements are called as Austenite
Stabilizers. Regions of this form the sites of initiation of the abrasive
wear. To reduce or to eliminate this retained Austenite, the steels are
subjected to Cryogenic Treatment.

Fig. 1 Microstructure of SISI M62 and Wr5

-: An Experiment :-

WR5 and AISI M62 with chemistries as shown in table-3 are considered. The wear test samples of both steels were subjected to hardening
and tempering. The achieved hardness of WR5 and AISI M62 were 61 and 63 RC respectively. The microstructure photos of both the steels
were captured using Light reflected microscopy as shown in fig.1. The Abrasive wear resistance of the material was evaluated using Dry
Abrasion Tester as per ASTM G 65 standard practice as shown in fig.2. The load applied and the speed were identical during the test for both
considered tool steels.
Table-2 Materials considered for experiment

WR5 (Wt. %)
1.8
5
1.4
9

As shown in fig.3, the mass loss recorded in AISI M62 was more compared to WR5. This shows that abrasive wear resistance of WR5 is more
than that of AISI M62. Though the hardness was comparable, the alloy carbides made the difference in the mass loss. From these it is evident
that hardness of steel only cannot be the index of Abrasive wear resistance of the material.
Shafts, Screw Elements and Barrels & Liners.
AMERICA
AMERICA

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STEER’s Elements & Components - A GLOBAL CHOICE


The EPZ Specialists
Exemplifying Engineering Excellence

7. Application Development Center


8. Application Development Center
9. Mr. Joe Mattingly briefing the visitors
10. The elegant conference room
11. Picture frames - EPZ
12. Picture frames - Extruder
Answer for ET 6 QUESTION YOU

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