Xtruder™ Radial Extruder

The wet mix, which is typically prepared in a kneader, pug mixer or high shear granulator (pharma), is metered into the feed hopper by a feeder or hand fed.

Twin screws transport material into the extrusion zone where tapered extrusion blades wipe material through perforated screens creating cylindrical extrudates of a controlled diameter. The extrudates break off by their own weight and are collected for the next processing step.

Features and Benefits

• Radial extrudate discharge
• Screw transport ensures plug flow operation, first in first out
• Choice of twin extrusion screws to suit process
• Variable shaft rotation speed
• Easy scale-up
• High yield
• Better particle size distribution
• Improved flowability 
• Excellent process repeatability
• Minimal holdup volume
• Bypass feature that allows for pressure relief
• Cooling option for temperature sensitive material

Agricultural Chemicals

LCI’s low pressure extrusion systems are extensively used to produce extruded pesticides in the form of Water Dispersible Granules (WDG) and Water Soluble Granules (WSG). 

Products include:

• Herbicides
• Insecticides
• Fungicides
• Biocides

Commonly extruded pesticides:

• Atrazine Ametryn
• Amicarbazone Carfentrazone
• Chlorimuron Dicamba
• Diuron Flumioxazin
• Glyphosate Isoxaflutole
• Metribuzin Sulfentrazone

Other Products

• Animal antibiotics
• Feed additives (enzymes)
• Tobacco
• Nutraceutical intermediates