1. WinTXU™ Twin-Screw Extruder Configuration Manager
North American Distributor:
Extrusioneering International, Inc.

2. WinTXU™ Twin-Screw Extruder Configuration Manager
Screw design for co-rotating intermeshing twin screws:
Design/layout elements to align with barrel openings
Document configuration for archiving, reporting

3. WinTXU™ Twin-Screw Extruder Configuration Manager
Limited availability of OEM screw design software
Exco (Coperion), TEX (JSW)
Configured for OEM machines only
Must have graphics, export and archiving capability

4. WinTXU™ Twin-Screw Extruder Configuration Manager
Cost of one screw design ‘error’
Kneading block mistakenly positioned within vent port
Error occurs since graphic image not available
Lost production to identify error
Downtime to reconfigure screw (estimate 4
Cost of materials (scrap produced to identify ‘error’)
WinTXU can pay for itself if one ‘error’ is avoided !

5. WinTXU™ Twin-Screw Extruder Configuration Manager
WinTXU database
All co-rotating intermeshing, modular twin-screws
All barrel types (including custom designs)
All screw types (including custom designs)

6. WinTXU™ Twin-Screw Extruder Configuration Manager
Current extruder database:
Coperion (ZSK, ZSK-SC, ZSK-MC)
Berstorff (ZE, ZE-A, UT)
Leistritz (ZSE, includes HP series)
Theysohn (TSK)
Prism (TSE, KX series)
Buhler
Clextral
Sino-Alloy (PSM)
Farrel (FTX)
Baker Perkins (MP series)
Add your extruder to WinTXU database if not already included!

7. WinTXU™ Twin-Screw Extruder Configuration Manager
System requirements
IBM-PC® (or compatible personal computer)
150MHz processor speed (minimum)
16MB RAM (minimum)
32MB free hard disk space
SVGA color monitor (256 color minimum)
Mouse (or compatible pointing device)
CD-ROM drive (or network connection)
USB port
Microsoft Windows® 95, 98, Me, 2000 or XP
Adobe Acrobat® Reader 5 (or later version)

8. Select extruder manufacturer

9. Select extruder model

10. Select L/D from list

11. …or select custom shaft (specify actual shaft length or number of barrels/spacer plates and let WinTXU calculate length of shaft)

12. Assemble barrels by double-clicking on list or icon (also can drag-and-drop)

13. Assemble screw configuration from component library (either click on component name or drag and drop using mouse)
Inventory feature keeps track of elements on-hand, warning message when you exceed inventory level

14. Cumulative barrel, shaft and screw lengths displayed here
Rotate screws to see animation

15. Input all operating conditions to be stored, printed with screw

16. You can change color coding of elements

17. You can change units used for displaying operating conditions

18. Input all details for die, breaker plate and screens

19. Export screw configuration (with or without operating conditions, with or without element identification) as bitmap images, then paste into any Windows application (i.e. PowerPoint, Word, etc.)

20. Output of Program WinTXU Version 3.0 Date: 08/07/06
Project: Example Screw Summary
Extruder: KWP ZSK-90
Project File: C:\Program Files\example2.XPF
Bore Diameter: mm mm (Nominal)
Shaft Length: mm L/D
Barrel Length: mm L/D
Screw Length: mm L/D
Screw Offset: mm
Configuration Complete
Barrel: Sections Configured L(mm) L/D Ports
01 FEED 3D FP1
02 MAIN 3D
03 MAIN 3D
04 MAIN 3D
05 INJ PLATE IP1
06 MAIN 3D
07 INJ PLATE IP2
08 MAIN 3D
09 MAIN 3D
10 MAIN 3D
11 MAIN 3D
12 VENT 3D VP1
13 MAIN 3D
14 MAIN 3D
Save/export Summary as text file: complete listing of barrel/screw/die configuration (and operating conditions)

21. WinTXU™ Twin-Screw Extruder Configuration Manager
Single-User License
Permanent, single-user license (via USB hardware key)
Database contains up to three extruder models
Fee to add extruders to database
Fee for each additional user license (i.e. additional hardware keys)
Network License
Permanent, password-protected license

22. Export .avi files from rotating screw image
Click on image to see animation
Export .avi files from rotating screw image