| Detailed information | 
                    
                                
                    
                      | Original study plan | 
                      Master's programme Polymer Technologies and Science (PTS) 2015W | 
                    
                      
                    
                      | Objectives | 
                      Students should be able to design extrusion dies using analytical methods.
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                      | Subject | 
                      - Compounding and pelletizing
 - Profiles and cables
 - Stretching of fibers and films
 - Flat die design
 - Extrusion of pipes and tubes
 - Polishing and Calendering
 
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                      | Criteria for evaluation | 
                      Participation and final test
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                      | Methods | 
                      Example calculations for the design of extrusion dies
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                      | Language | 
                      English | 
                    
                      
                    
                      | Study material | 
                      Walter Michaeli: Extrusion Dies for Plastics and Rubber, Hanser, 2003  Tim A. Osswald, Juan P. Hernández-Ortiz: Polymer Processing - Modeling and Simulation, Hanser, 2006  Zehev Tadmor, Costas G. Gogos: Principles of Polymer Processing, Wiley, 2006
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                      | Changing subject? | 
                      No | 
                    
                                        
                      | Further information | 
                      Lecture notes are provided via KUSSS.
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                      | Corresponding lecture | 
                      in collaboration with 479PTAMEC1V12 [bzw. 480ADPTPE1V11]: VL Polymer Extrusion and Compounding 1: Process Technologies (3 ECTS) equivalent to 480ADPTPE1K10: KV Polymer Extrusion and Compounding 1 (4,5 ECTS)
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                      | Earlier variants | 
                      They also cover the requirements of the curriculum (from - to) 479PTAMEC1U12: UE Polymer Extrusion and Compounding 1: Process Technologies (2012W-2014S)
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