Assume you are working for a custom extrusion company that uses many dies, many resins, and many colors. To keep costs down, your company generally buys natural (uncolored) resin. You must buy a new extruder and have two choices, one with L/D of 20 and one with L/D of 30 . Which machine would you buy? Why? Give two disadvantages of the machine you chose

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L/D 30 for better mixing quality. Disadvantages: heats the material longer, takes longer for the material to get through the machine, more material is wasted in changeovers.

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