chapter 1 Historical Overview -- chapter 2 Extruder Design -- chapter 3 Single-Screw Extrusion and Screw Design -- chapter 4 Twin-Screw Extrusion and Screw Design -- chapter 5 Die Design -- chapter 6 Material Handling and Feeder Technology -- chapter 7 Rheology and Torque Rheometers -- chapter 8 Process Design -- chapter 9 Melt Pelletization -- chapter 10 Melt-Extruded Controlled-Release Dosage Forms -- chapter 11 Shape Extrusion -- chapter 12 Film, Sheet, and Laminates -- chapter 13 Melt-Extruded Molecular Dispersions -- chapter 14 Melt-Extruded Particulate Dispersions -- chapter 15 Extrusion/Spheronization -- chapter 16 Twin-Screw Wet Granulation -- chapter 17 Installation, Commissioning, and Qualification / chapter 18 Controls and Instrumentation -- chapter 19 Future Trends.