Extrusion

Extrusion

Proprietary Tech Creates Stable Machining Grades of Polyolefin Stock Shapes

Quadrant will roll out an entire family of such materials within the next two years.

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Film Extrusion

How to Collect and Interpret Process Data in Extrusion: Part 2

In this second of three installments, the focus is on the crucial element of melt temperature.

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sustainability

Decking Producer Becomes Supplier of Recycled Pellets

Composite decking manufacturer Trex expands from using recycled LLDPE internally to also supplying recycled pellets to others. It found the commercial recycled plastics market to be a journey full of both rewards and challenges.

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Medical

Suppliers Team to Run Precision Teflon Tubing at Medical Show

Apart from the triennial K Show, extrusion system suppliers don鈥檛 operate lines at trade fairs that much anymore.

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VIDEO: Predict Failure, Maintain Success

Is it still a repair if you fix the machine before it breaks?

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VIDEO: Extrusion Still Mixes Art and Science

On many extrusion shop floors, there鈥檚 likely a more experienced staffer who can tell something鈥檚 amiss with a line using only the instrumentation God gave him or her.

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plant tour

Extrusion Powerhouse Does It All

Tekni-Plex has evolved into a technically diverse global supplier of a wide range of extrusions for a host of markets, many of which are regulated.

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Don’t Build In Melt-Temperature Variations

It’s not unusual for polymer to exit the extruder with a uniform melt temperature, only to be fouled up by downstream flow pipes and the like. Here’s how to avoid this.

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Medical

Processing/Workplace Safety Tips for Fluoropolymer Medical Tubing

Here's what you need to know and running these emerging materials for medical tubing.

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Godwin Named President, CEO of Battenfeld-Cincinnati

New executive has been with extrusion machine builder since 1999.

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Process Cooling
Plastics Size Reduction