Editor?s note: Chris Rauwendaal is a designer, consultant, and seminar instructor who has written extensively on process engineering and extrusion topics. Part 1 of this article (PM&A Nov./Dec. 2002) ...

From twin-screw extruders for compounding applications to melt filtration products and innovations galore, exhibitors are showing a wide range of extrusion capabilities at this year's NPE. Visitors ...

Figure 1. These examples show the application of die design guidelines. Figure 1 illustrates applications of these guidelines to several different profiles. Figure 2. This is an example of a partition ...

Orlando, Fla. — TWWomer & Associates LLC showed its patent-pending microextruder for the first time at a trade show during NPE2018. Visitors could find the micro yet mighty extruder on the corner of ...

The plastic product manufacturing process uses some variation of the extruder system. Of the different product types, plastic bag manufacturing is one of the most sensitive operations to manage.

SWANY opening new demo center with 3D Systems’ EXT 1070 Titan Pellet printer (formerly Titan Atlas 2.5 HS) to showcase high-throughput production capabilities Companies will jointly develop print ...

Discover how the Thermo Scientific TM Process TM 11 and Process TM 16 extruders can aid in mechanical polymer recycling by helping define the optimal workflow and recycling parameters. Why is it ...

Angel investors understand the high stakes of funding new technologies. The journey is fraught with financial, technical and market risks—but when a groundbreaking well-designed innovation meets the ...

At the 9th Wood Plastic Composite conference, a solid profile was produced during the first presentation of the new fiberex 114 parallel twin-screw extruder. The machine manufacturer and main sponsor ...

Increasingly smaller medical devices require tighter tolerances that make extrusion process control more difficult. Photos courtesy of TEEL PLASTICS INC. As medical devices get smaller and tolerances ...