REQUIRED RAW MATERIAL The following materials were used in preparation of Poly lacticacid nanocomposites by the use of Titanium dioxide and Azadirachta Indica Neem powder Oil Table3 1 Material used in this project S No MATERIAL 1 Poly lacticacid PLA 2 Titanium Dioxide TiO2 Anatase 3 Azadirachta Indica Neem in powder form 4 Azadirachta Indica Neem as seed oil 3 2 COMPOUNDING OF PLA WITH TITANIUM DIOXIDE AND NEEM 3 2 1 Specifiq Intermeshing Co rotating Twin screw extruder ZV 20 The compounding was performed using an intermeshing co rotating twin screw extruder ZV20 Specifiq Engineering Vadodara India having a screw diameter of 21 mm and barrel lengths of 1200 mm L D 40 Specifiq provides extrusion screws with a modular assembly build of individual screw elements like conveying back conveying kneading and mixing elements The conveying elements are characterized by their length pitch and number of flights Details of Extruder Co Rotating Twin Screw 21 MM 7 5 HP 24 1 SPECIFIQ Used Specifiq 21 mm 24 1 model ZV20 extruder having 2 co rotating intermeshing screws Barrel consists of 1 feed section and 6 barrel sections Sections 4 5 and 6 are vented and plugged Gearbox is belt driven by a 7 5 HP Reliance DC motor with SCR controller 1 feed section with a top mounted K Torn type feeder Includes portable free standing console type panel consisting of 7 Eurotherm model 808 controllers Tag shows maximum screw speed of 600 rpm Table 3 2 Machine specification of Specifiq Co rotating