Pipe, Profile & Tubing Extrusion

Extrusion Firms Combine on Novel Catheter Shafts

Adam Spence and Microspec combine to offer catheter shafts that are more efficiently produced and mechanically sound

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Dual-Strand Profile Line Gives Extruder Twice the Output

Steady growth in product demand and a full manufacturing floor required profile extruder Intralox to get creative when it needed to upgrade its equipment.

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best practices

Inline Inkjet Printer Keeps Pace With Speedy Wire & Cable Processor

Huber+Suhner is outfitting its six high-speed extrusion lines with new high-speed, continuous inkjet printers.

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SPE Extrusion Holding Two Single- and Twin-Screw Minitecs

Twin-screw extrusion theory, principles, tips and practices covered in Detroit, with a single- and twin-screw seminar planned for Georgia.

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NPE

NPE2018 New Technology Focus: Pipe, Profile, Tubing

Check out what’s new in pipe, profile and tubing extrusion.

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sustainability

Nordson Expands Worldwide Capabilities for PPS Business Unit

Parent firm establishing Polymer Processing Systems group as global ‘go-to’ source for multiple components required by companies across the plastics manufacturing value chain.

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Graham Shows Advances in Controls, Extrusion, Blow Molding

New extruders and systems for sheet and tubing along with the first showing of an accumulator-head blow molder.

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NPE

Milacron Is ‘Going Big’ at NPE2018

Milacron is emphasizing large-tonnage injection presses, enhanced customer service to maximize their uptime, and speed—both speedy delivery of parts and suppies, and products that speed up production for their customers.

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best practices

Extrusion: Why There Are No Truly Universal Dies

Flow characteristics of different polymers vary considerably. So while adjustment features are available, for the most part dies must be designed for an individual polymer.

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Sheet Extrusion

Extrusion/Compounding at NPE2018: More…More…More!

More speed, flexibility and robustness. Across a gamut of extrusion applications, machine builders are introducing new machinery, components, and systems to dramatically raise the bar on productivity.

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Blending & Dosing