Xaloy® Fusion™ Design Barrier Screw

Increase Production Lower Melt Temperature

Improve Product Quality Lower Drive Motor Load

The proprietary Xaloy Fusion™ screw allows you to increase production and improve product quality in many
process applications. Its design is the combination of proven barrier screw technology and a low shear metering
section that provides chaotic mixing, reduced melt temperatures and improved throughputs.

Which materials? Which processes? How it works; Using our proven

The Xaloy Fusion™ screw has already proven to The Xaloy Fusion™ screw is available for the
barrier design technology
deliver benefits in processing:
following processes:  eparation of melted polymer from unmelted
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HDPE LDPE
resin protects the melt from additional shear
LLDPE MDPE Blown Film
PET PLA  ecombination of melt streams for
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Sheet Extrusion
PP homogenization in a short metering section
Blow Molding
 inal melting is completed by means of second
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Profile barrier section designed for multi-cycle
Pipe chaotic mixing

For other process applications, consult us Diameters available: 1.5” to 10”

for a screw design recommendation. (3.81 cm to 25.4 cm)

Barrier section Transition Barrier, undulating profile

Melt and meter Homogenize Intensive, chaotic mixing

1 2 3

The Xaloy Fusion™ Screw

3.5" x 24:1 rates and melt temperatures at 100 and 125 RPM at various
headpressures while processing 65% virgin / 35% regrind of a .35 MI HDPE

400
Throughput Rate (kg/h)

Melt Temperature (C˚)

350
332 329 125 RPM
300 326 307
250
and

2642 60 249 235

100 RPM
200
206 213
195 200 Melt T emp.
150
100 Melt temperatures at the
125 RPM data points
50
0
100 150 200 250 300 350 400
Output Pressure (bar)
 Xaloy® Fusion™ Design Barrier Screw
Power Efficiency Performance Benefits
Our worldwide presence includes sales and service offices located in the United States, Europe, Thailand, Japan, China and India and
a global network of agents geographically positioned to serve customers throughout the world.

Output and Power Efficiency on 3.5” (88.9mm) x 24:1 L/D

(90% LDPE and 10% LLDPE)
lb kg Lb Kg
800 363 20 9 RATE

Power Efficiency (hr/hp)

18.5 (8.39)
700 318 18 8
Typically, .5 to 1.0 MI LD/LLDPE blends require
600 272
16 7 7 to 8 lb/hr/hp to process effectively.
Output (/hr)

13.5 (6.12)
11.7 (5.3) 14 6
500 227
10.1 (4.58) 12 5
400 181
8 4 LB/HR/HP
300 136 6 3
The Fusion™ Screw was able to process slightly
200 91 4 2
more than 10 lb/hr/hp due to the efficient use of
100 45 2 1 available HP.
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30 60 90 120
Screw Speed (rpm)
Power Efficiency Comparison
lb kg
14 6 150 Fusion™ Screw
Power Efficiency (hr/hp)

141%
145
The Fusion™ Screw also features the added
% of improvement

12 5 136%
134% 140 benefit of energy cost savings through more
10 5 135 efficient use of available horsepower.
130
8 4 Barrier w/UCC
131% 125
6 3 120 Resulting Overall Benefits
• More lbs/hr/hp
4 2 115
110
• Controllable melt temperatures
2 1 • Reduced energy costs
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0 0 100 % of improvement
25 50 75 100
Screw Speed (rpm)

Temperature Profile
(for processing a .35MI HDPE)
F C
450 240
Temp.

Nordson recommends that a “hump” type barrel

400 210
zone temperature profile be used to optimize
350 180 the performance of the Fusion™ Screw. Make
120F Z1=350F Z2=460F Z3=440F Z4=420F Z5=400F sure that you request the best temperature
50C Z1=175C Z2=240C Z3=225C Z4=215C Z5=205C profile from your Nordson representative for
your resin and process.

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Feed Barrier Section Metering Fusion™ Mtg.
Note: This profile typically will produce a 410-420 (210-215°C) melt against a 3500 psi head pressure.

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Printed in USA
8/2016