Overview
This course will be presented in English.
A Unique Approach to Applied Extrusion Training
We have been presenting “Food and Feed” Extrusion courses in Australia and internationally since 1996. That course, while very practically oriented, is dominated by lecture-style presentations, supported by a single practical demonstration.
This “applied” extrusion course, which we have presented in Thailand since 2011, takes a different approach, providing participants with an understanding of the theory of the extrusion process, combined with pilot plant exercises demonstrating how the principles are applied across different products and extruder types.
Introductory sessions cover relevant extrusion theory, followed by discussion in which the product formulation, and screw configuration/ process parameters are “designed”. Then we go to the pilot plant and make the product – running the formulation with the designed screw profile.
While a limited number of specific products can be made during the program, the range is selected to demonstrate the principles and issues involved across the range of types of extruded products – including expanded snacks and breakfast cereals, pastas and third generation snack pellets, textured vegetable proteins, pet foods and aqua-feeds. Five different products are made on three different types of extruder (long barrel single screw, twin screw, and collet extruders) during the three-day course.
Aim
Engineers, technologists, and scientists involved in the extrusion of products such as expanded snacks and breakfast cereals, pet foods and aquaculture feeds.
Topics covered include —
- Principles of extruder configurations (single and twin screw)
- Role of rheology in extrusion
- Die types and effects, die design
- Ingredients used in extrusion
- Causes and effects of extruder instability
- Screw, barrel, and die-plate wear
Exercises in product formulation, screw configuration and process design include:
- Textured vegetable protein, TVP (similar operation to pet/fish feeds)
- Direct expanded breakfast cereal
- Third generation snack pellet
- Co-extruded expanded snack
- High moisture meat analogue
These exercises are chosen to reflect the range of processes/ configurations used across both human food and animal/fish feed applications.
Registration
47,000 Thai Baht per person
Registration fees are fixed in Thai Baht, but may vary in other currencies according to fluctuations in exchange rates.
Registration fees include presentation handouts directly related to the course, as well as lunches, morning and afternoon teas.
REGISTRATIONS CLOSE 28 June 2024
To book places at the course, use the link below to access the registration form.
We will confirm your registration and send an invoice for your registration fees. Fees must be paid prior to the course.
OUR CANCELLATION POLICY
Fees, less a 15% handling charge, will be refunded if participants cancel their registration prior to the closing date for registrations. Fees will not be refunded after that date, but a substitute participant will be accepted at any time.
We reserve the right to cancel or postpone the course if necessary (e.g. due to insufficient registrations). In this case a full refund of fees will be available. Dennis Forte & Associates liability is limited to the registration fee only, and Dennis Forte & Associates cannot be held liable for air fares, accommodation, or other related expenses.
Course presenter
The main presenter is Mr Dennis Forte, a chemical engineer with extensive experience in extrusion processing and die design, including breakfast cereals, extruded snacks, pasta, and confectionery. Dennis has worked with a wide variety of companies using extrusion technology.
