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Extrusion Excellence: This Year's Top Stories
Revisit the year’s most popular articles on extrusion technology and processes, showcasing innovations, best practices, and the trends that captured the plastics processing community’s attention.
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Leading Cast Film Processor Adding Blown Film Capacity
Malpack adds two multilayer blown film lines for agricultural, stretch hood and shrink films.
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Materials Suppliers Team on PFAS-Free Solutions
Baerlocher PFAS-fee process aid passes muster in resin manufacturer’s testing on production-sized blown film line.
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How to Decrease the Extrudate Temperature in Single-Screw Extruders
In many cases, decreasing the discharge temperature will improve product quality and perhaps even boost rate. Here are ways to do it.
Read MoreNew Owners for Alpha Marathon
After bankruptcy, new group purchases intellectual property and forms Alpha Marathon Film Extrusion Technologies.
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In Memoriam: Blown Film Specialist Eric Hatfield
Advocate of MDO technology and die design succumbs to Parkinson’s disease.
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Latest Film Extrusion News And Updates
W&H Expanding Office, Warehouse in Rhode Island
Expansion said to strengthen support and foster further growth in North America, says builder of film extrusion and converting equipment.
Read MoreENTEK Gets Conditional Commitment from DOE for Battery-Separator Plant
New plant will strengthen and onshore the lithium-ion battery cell supply chain.
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Recycled PE Grades With Up to 100% PCR for Shrink Films
Dow’s new Revoloop grades was a collaboration with European shrink film manufacturer RKW Group.
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Reifenhauser Stakes Claim to 'World's First' 18-Micron MDO Blown Film
Five-layer structure, to be displayed at drupa 2024 printing show, reportedly provides 25% material savings over current standard.
Read MoreBlown Film Lines Are Fully Customized
NPE2024: Systems can be furnished for single- to nine-layer for barrier applications.
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Single-Inlet Plenum Air Ring Improves Gauge Control
NPE2024: New design also eliminates multiple hoses to clean up production area.
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Masterbatch Creates Cavities, Helping Film Processors Boost Sustainability, Recyclability
Additive technology creates air pockets in film during orientation, cutting down on the amount of resin needed while boosting opacity, mechanical properties and recyclability.
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Deflection Elbows Eliminate Streamers for Large Film Processor
New elbows eliminate troublesome streamers to increase productivity at leading blown film processor.
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Novel Air Ring Solves Gauge Variations for Film Processor
Crayex installs Addex gauge-controlling air ring built for rotating/oscillating dies on a problematic line and notices dramatic improvement in thickness variations.
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Breaking News From NPE2024
Here is a firsthand report of news in injection molding, extrusion, blow molding and recycling not previously covered.
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Follow These Tips to Fire Up Your Cold Blown Film Line
Firing up a cold blown-film line after a shutdown involves multiple pieces of equipment that all interact. Here’s a look at those components individually and some best practices on how to get your line up and running as quickly and safely as possible.
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See a 7-Layer Stretch Line Controlled by AI
Colines producing high-tech stretch film on a line with an artificial intelligence control package.
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