Pipe, Profile & Tubing Extrusion
Switch to AC Drives & Save Energy, Maintenance Costs
Smaller, cooler AC packages can be retrofitted to existing lines to slash energy use and maintenance costs.
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EXTRUSION: Why Barrier Screws & Rigid PVC Don’t Always Mix
RPVC’s somewhat unusual melting mechanism makes it unsuited to traditional barrier type designs.
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Teel Plastics: Where Science, Tech, Quality and Innovation Meet
This family-owned custom profile and tubing business controls its own destiny by controlling, well, everything.
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EXTRUSION: Processing Rigid PVC? Know Your Rheology
Before choosing and sizing extruders for running rigid vinyl, it is wise to bone up on the viscosity behavior of the material.
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Check Out the New Purging Compounds Knowledge Center
Get expert advice on how to solve black specks, color streaks and other quality problems.
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Plastics Technology's Drying Supplement
Learn from the experts, including savvy processors, on how to get drying done right.
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Granulate or Shred: Which Makes Sense for You?
That is the size-reduction question confronting many processors today. Look here for some guidance.
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EXTRUSION: Effect of the Screw Flight On Melt Temperature, Energy Use
So-called rules of thumb regarding the design of flight clearance and width do not consider the temperature effect, both from the point of view of melt temperature and energy efficiency.
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PlasticComp Extrudes LFT Pipes & Profiles
The system uses crosshead profile dies to coextrude fiber tows and unidirectional tapes as continuous axial reinforcement in the extruded profile.
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Telltale Temperatures
Here's how to get a 'feel' for a screw design without actually seeing it. And how to use this information.
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