Extrusion

Sheet Extrusion

Why & When Should You Re-Crystallize PET Scrap?

Whether you’re blow molding PET bottles or extruding APET sheet, you’ll produce amorphous scrap in the process. How you handle it will impact your production costs. Re-crystallizing it will help.

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Compounding

Breaking the Downward Slide?

Processing market seems to have stabilized.

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processing tips

EXTRUSION: The Two Main Causes of Screw Wear

Wedging and misalignment are often confused with each other when inspecting a worn screw.

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Thermwood Begins Initial Testing Of New AM System

Testing included initial validation of patent-pending MeltShape Technology, a new technique for enhanced control of layer shape and improved bonding between layers.

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Extrusion

Process Control Corp. Hires New Sales Reps

Process Control Corp., Atlanta, has hired new regional sales peps for the Northeast and Great Lakes regions.

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Blow Molding

Graham Engineering Relocates Rhode Island Operations To Pennsylvania

Ashaway plant relocating to York, Penn. to accommodate ongoing growth.

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sustainability

Novolex Buys Wisconsin Film & Bag

With the addition of WF&B, Novolex is now a $2 billion revenue company with over 5,200 employees and 37 manufacturing locations in North America, including two recycling facilities.

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Film Extrusion

OLED Elements Can Now Be Applied to Film

Create flexible, light-emitting surfaces.

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Postconsumer

Achieving Zero Waste: Two Processors Prove It’s Possible

Working with an Ohio-based recycler, two film and sheet processors go landfill-free.

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‘Wearable’ Machine Sensors Extended to Power Factor & Retrofits

As is often the case with a new technology, customers are dictating how predictive-maintenance sensors will be applied and where they might be headed next.

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Plastics Size Reduction