Method for monitoring and controlling a twin-screw extruder, and twin-screw extruder

摘要

According to the invention, in order to control an extruder (1) including two intermeshing screws (20) for driving a material to be extruded, the following steps are performed while a material to be extruded is being processed by the extruder: constantly measuring the viscosity of the material in the flow of said material in the extruder, and adjusting the extruder in accordance with said viscosity measurement. According to the invention, in order to adjust the extruder in an effective and efficient manner, the rate at which the extruder is filled with material along the intermeshing screws is modified by adjusting, downstream from said screws, a flow cross-section for said material in accordance with the viscosity measurement.