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Inside: Insights on three emerging, higher-margin growth areas for compounders.
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Compounding: Higher-Performing Pilot Machine
Series is height adjustable and can process highly filled and viscous materials.
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Compounding: Part 2 of 2 Demystifying Devolatilization
Here are some simple tools to help monitor and optimize your devolatilization process.
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Compounding: Part 1 of 2: Demystifying Devolatilization
Very little has been written about this critical topic, and most of what has been published is theoretical. Here’s some practical guidance to help you better understand the process and improve your operation.
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Nordson Opens Pelletizing, Melt-Delivery Lab in N.C.
Lab has pelletizing line that can operate at rates to 1000 lb/hr.
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Strand Pelletizing: Follow These Steps to Determine Your Water Bath Length
Use heat-transfer equations as a shortcut to get you in the ballpark of how long your pelletizing water bath should be.
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Latest Single-Screw Compounding News And Updates
Compounding: Strand Pelletizers Improve Quality, Ease Handling
Dual-bearing strand pelletizers re-engineered based on field experience and current market demands.
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Maag Americas Names Baumann V.P., G.M.
Machinery vet to head up sales of filters, pumps, pelletizers and pulverizers.
Read MoreInjection Molding: Injection Machine Configured for In-Line Compounding
In-line compounding option for Wilminton Machinery’s MP800 800-ton, medium-pressure injection press can handle up to six components.
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K 2019 Preview: Green's the Theme in Extrusion & Compounding
Themes of sustainability and the Circular Economy will be visible at the booths of many suppliers of extrusion and compounding equipment—film, in particular.
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Extruder Degassing: Is a Central System Right for You?
Centralization vacuum pumps have been used for many decades, most widely used in packaging. For extruder degassing the technology can be useful when several production lines are operated in parallel
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Follow These Guidelines to Select the Right Pelletizing System
Which pelletizing system is right for your application? Is the one you’re using today necessarily the right choice for tomorrow? Here’s is an analysis that can help you decide among the three major options.
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‘Follow the Plan’ When Installing and Commissioning Compounding Lines
A fully operational and documented system doesn’t happen by chance. An efficient, well-designed installation plan, prepared well in advance, will put you on the path to maintaining a timeline and budget.
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K 2016 Extrusion: Speed, Versatility Rule the Day at K
Shorter product runs mean frequent product changeovers for processors, and suppliers responded to these trends across all extrusion technologies.
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New Culture, New Capabilities, New Challenges
Over the last few years, Henkel has not only transformed what its Richmond facility does, but also altered how it operates in terms of culture.
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