1. Avoid mechanical installation issues 1.1 Follow alignment guidelines 1.1 Avoid excessive overhung loads 1.1 Prevent thermal expansion issues 2. Select correct and compatible materials of construction 3. Optimize your process design to reduce wear 3.1 Understand your process 3.2 Conduct pilot plant trials 3.3 Examine details 3.3.1 Axial pressure generation 3.3.2 Cross channel pressure gradients 4. Wear and Process Design 4.1 Case Study One - Groove Feed Optimization 4.1.1 Balance solids conveying rate and melting rate 4.1.2 Solution - Reduced high pressure in the solids conveying region 4.2 Case Study Two - Smooth Bore localized wear issue 4.2.1 Identified melting issue with barrier design 4.2.2 Poor lubrication combined with a side load 4.2.3 Corrected the issue with a design that matched the melting characteristics of the resin.
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