{"id":185,"date":"2025-03-30T23:08:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T12:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/extrusion-symposium\/?page_id=185"},"modified":"2025-03-31T01:18:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T14:18:42","slug":"pre-symposium-activities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/extrusion-symposium\/program\/pre-symposium-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Symposium Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2699\ufe0f\ud83d\udc68\ud83c\udffb\u200d\ud83d\udd27 Food &amp; Feed Extrusion Technology Course \u2013 Dennis Forte<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udcc5 <strong>Date:<\/strong> Monday 4 \u2013 Wednesday 6 August 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> \ud83d\udccd <strong>Location:<\/strong> CSIRO Food Innovation Centre<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc65 <strong>Presented by:<\/strong> Dennis Forte &amp; Associates in collaboration with CSIRO<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This <strong>3-day short course<\/strong> offers a deep dive into extrusion science and technology for both food and feed applications. It is presented independently by <strong>D. Forte &amp; Associates<\/strong>, who have delivered extrusion training worldwide for over 20 years. The course is <strong>unbiased and not affiliated with any equipment suppliers<\/strong>, focusing on fundamental principles and practical insights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hands-on demonstrations will be conducted using the extrusion pilot plant at CSIRO\u2019s Food Innovation Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Topics include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Extruder configurations (single &amp; twin screw)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Role of rheology in extrusion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Die types, effects &amp; design<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Extrusion chemistry &amp; recipe formulation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Product density control<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Preconditioning for extrusion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Extruder instability: causes &amp; effects<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Equipment wear &amp; troubleshooting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div style=\"display:block;text-align:left\" class=\"nba-block nba-csiro__button wp-block-nba-csiro-button\" data-block-id=\"b1b694fb-6b687550-23bdf510\" data-block-type=\"nba-csiro__button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dennisforte.com.au\/events\/food-extrusion-werribee-kx656-4schz-sg75m-7ympk-fpx2h-ybp2p\" class=\" btn btn--primary \"><span class=\"icon indicator indicator__external-link\" aria-label=\"External link\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\" svg-inline external-link-alt-regular\"><use xlink:href=\"#external-link-alt-regular\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"btn__text\">View Full Course Details &amp; Registration<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Note: This is an independent event, not part of the official symposium program, but may be of interest to participants.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83e\uddea CSIRO Pilot Plant &amp; Lab Facilities Tour<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udcc5 Wednesday 6 August 2025, Afternoon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> \ud83d\udccd CSIRO Food Innovation Centre, Werribee VIC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join us for a guided tour of the pilot-scale <strong>extrusion factory and laboratory facilities<\/strong> at CSIRO. See where extrusion innovations are developed first-hand and get a behind-the-scenes look at our <strong>pilot-scale processing equipment, sensory facilities, product characterisation laboratories<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This tour is available to all symposium attendees and course participants. Further details on timings and registration will be provided closer to the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2699\ufe0f\ud83d\udc68\ud83c\udffb\u200d\ud83d\udd27 Food &amp; Feed Extrusion Technology Course &#8211; Dennis Forte \ud83d\udcc5 Date: Monday 4 \u2013 Wednesday 6 August 2025 \ud83d\udccd [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":211,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nba-redirect":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-185","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/extrusion-symposium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/extrusion-symposium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/extrusion-symposium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/extrusion-symposium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/211"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/extrusion-symposium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/extrusion-symposium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210,"href":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/extrusion-symposium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/185\/revisions\/210"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/extrusion-symposium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/extrusion-symposium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}