Sheet Extrusion

Sheet Extrusion

Transplants: More Evidence of Processing’s Resurgence in U.S.

Three major firms set up first processing operations in America.

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Commodity Resins

Know Your Options for Foaming Sheet

Tandem extrusion of PS is still the standard technology, but new materials options and equipment technology are emerging.

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Multiscrew

Are You a ‘World-Class’ Processor?

Participate in Plastics Technology’s industry-wide benchmarking survey and you might find out.

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Packaging

Processors Align to Offer FFS Solutions

A maker of forming films for packaging and a maker of lidstock films join forces.

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dies

‘Breakthrough’ Tech Allows for Fast Sheet-Thickness Changes

New system uses a single-point adjustment to change the lip gap and modify the lip land length at the same time.

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Sheet Extrusion

EXTRUSION AND COMPOUNDING AT NPE: The Word Is ‘More’

As in speed, power, quality, flexibility, layers, and efficiency. Those are the trends across all extrusion processes.

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Sheet Extrusion

Novel Package Nabs Another Award

Third time Clear-Lam's PrimaPak has been acknowledged.

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Film Extrusion

How to Split & Clean Flat Dies

Notice a drop-off in quality of your flat film or sheet? It may signal that a die ‘split-and-clean’ is due. Here’s how to get going.

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Additives

Are Fillers and Pigments Impacting Your Processing Parameters?

As parts are loaded with higher and higher levels of fillers, pigments, and more, processors don’t always consider the impact these additives have on production.

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Film Extrusion

How Characterizing and Modeling Chemical Foaming Agents Can Help Your Process

Knowing ahead of time what will happen when your CFA produces gas can help you design or improve your process to boost quality and cost effectiveness.

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