Extrusion

Extrusion

Insight Polymers & Compounding Unveils New Conductive Products Line

The new conductive products line will also be produced for injection molding and extrusion.

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Medical Tubing: Use Simulation to Troubleshoot, Optimize Processing & Dies

Extrusion simulations can be useful in anticipating issues and running “what-if” scenarios to size extruders and design dies for extrusion projects. It should be used at early stages of any project to avoid trial and error and remaking tooling.  

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Film Extrusion

New Owners for Alpha Marathon

After bankruptcy, new group purchases intellectual property and forms Alpha Marathon Film Extrusion Technologies.  

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Compounding

PCE Adding Space to Help European Suppliers Enter US Market

‘Nesting strategy’ aims to provide established European companies with economical entry to U.S. market.  

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Sheet Extrusion

Banach to Lead Cast Film, Sheet, Coatings at Reifenhäuser

Flat film and sheet veteran has worked for both suppliers and processors.  

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Why Are There No 'Universal' Screws for All Polymers?

There’s a simple answer: Because all plastics are not the same. 

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Film Extrusion

In Memoriam: Blown Film Specialist Eric Hatfield

Advocate of MDO technology and die design succumbs to Parkinson’s disease.  

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Former PLASTICS CEO Radoszewski Joins Pipe Maker

Plastics and pipe industry veteran joins Lane in newly created role.  

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Machine Builders, Compounder, Processor Combine on Balloon Forming Technology

US Extruders partners with Colin Sutherland, Poba Medical and Compounding Solutions on turnkey balloon tubing extrusion and balloon forming technology.  

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In Single Screw Extruders, Mixing Starts in the Melting Process

While the melting process does not provide perfect mixing, this study shows that mixing is indeed initiated during melting.  

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Blending & Dosing
Plastics Size Reduction