PET Processing - Extrusion

How to Collect & Interpret Process Data in Extrusion: Part 1

The first installment of this three-part series focuses on proper use of a data- acquisition system.

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Modular Drying Hopper Is Expandable And Convertible to a Crystallizer

Unlike typical welded construction, bolt-on sections provide flexibility and easier transport and installation.

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K 2016: Day Two Show Report

Plastics Technology Editorial Director Jim Callari discusses extrusion trends at K 2016 in Düsseldorf, Germany.

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Film Extrusion

Help’s On the Way for Sheet Processors

Do you extrude sheet? Are you interested in networking with fellow processors, suppliers and sheet extrusion experts? Maybe you have questions about new-generation materials, or fundamental issues with drying?

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EXTRUSION: Feedblock Fine-Tunes Layers, Balances Velocities

Device is adjustable in-line and is available with larger than usual channel widths to reduce shear stress and interfacial instability.

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Materials

BOPET Films' Growth Prospects Look Very Good

Market demand to be driven by significant use in both packaging and technical applications.

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Multiscrew

K 2016 Preview: Extrusion and Compounding

Regardless of what you might be extruding, the themes of speed and flexibility will loom large in extrusion at the giant show.

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best practices

EXTRUSION: Is Head Pressure Sapping Your Extruder’s Strength?

A redesign of all of the flow paths between the end of the barrel and die may be in order.

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Sheet Extrusion

PTi Breaks Ground on Major Expansion

$10 million investment Illinois HQ to meet growing North American demand for sheet.

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EXTRUSION: Orientation: The Good and the Bad

Depending on what you are trying to accomplish, molecular orientation can have a positive or negative impact on your part. Here’s how to control it.

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