This book presents basic information on extrusion technology and is accessible to professionals without an engineering degree. Written for extruder operators, supervisors, and technical service professionals, but also for newcomers to the industry and students, it introduces the process, the machinery and general information on process control, materials, and trouble shooting.

The second edition is extended to cover high-speed extrusion, how to reduce material cost, efficient extrusion, purging and product changeover, how to reduce energy consumption, new developments in extruder screw design, and more.