Resources

Books - Professional Organizations - Extruder Manufacturers

Please note that this list of resources is not in any way meant to be complete, the resources are those I have found over the years.  The resources I have found to be useful may not be as useful to you.  They are, however, a starting point for the extrusion information you are trying to find.  The list here will start out with a small number of (relatively) easy to find resources, but may expand to be a more comprehensive list, but with the documents being much tougher to locate. All links will open in a new window.

Extrusion Books:

• Breakfast Cereals and How They are Made, 2nd Edition  
  This book has some basic information about extrusion, especially as it applies to breakfast cereals.  

• Extrusion Cooking 
   A good general text on cooking extrusion.  It hits most of the major subjects.

• Pasta and Noodle Technology
  This is a good book on extruded pasta with limited information on other pasta processes.

• Extruders in Food Applications
  This is a good book on extruded products.  It does cover the concept of Specific Mechanical Energy fairly well.

        Other Books:

• Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles, 4th Edition  
  This book is a good engineering reference for a variety of unit operations.  It does not mention extrusion, but covers engineering subjects involved in extrusion. 

• Food Process Engineering by Dennis R. Heldman and R. Paul Singh
   A good text on Food Engineering.  It does not mention extrusion, but covers engineering subjects involved in extrusion. 

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Professional Organizations:

• AACC International
  This is an organization that is focused on grain-based products.  

• American Feed Industry Association
  This is an industry group that deals with all aspects of the feed industry.  Extrusion is used in pet food manufacturing, fish food manufacturing, and some other specialized applications in the feed industry.

• American Institute of Chemical Engineers
  This is a Chemical Engineering professional organization.  The focus is on chemical processes, part of which includes foods.

• American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
  This is an organization that is focused on Agricultural Engineering, which includes some food processing.

• Institute of Food Technologists
  This is an organization that deals with all types of food technology.

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Extruder Manufacturers:

Baker Perkins (APV)
    Note: they have their extruder parts catalog available at: http://www.extruderspares.com/acatalog/  

Buhler

Clextral

Coperion (Werner & Pfleiderer)

Wenger

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