EXTRUSION: Die-Flow Simulation ‘in the Cloud’

Plastic Flow, LLC , Hancock, Mich., has just released a Pay Per Execution (PPX) version of its extrusion die design software, polyXtrue.
New Product Announcements Published: 7/31/2012

EXTRUSION: Screen Changer Controls Allows Total Process Integration

Screen-changer controls enable complete integration of the extrusion process.
New Product Announcements Published: 7/31/2012

EXTRUSION: Film Gauge Measures Total and Barrier-Layer Thickness

New Model 8000 gauging system for multilayer blown film from NDC, Irwindale, Calif., can quickly determine both the profile shape and average thickness of both the total web and critical barrier layers.
New Product Announcements Published: 6/25/2012

EXTRUSION: World’s Tiniest Blown Film Line

Labtech Engineering from Thailand (which has several U.S. distributors) displayed at NPE2012 what it says is the world’s smallest, fully functional blown film line, equipped with a horizontal extruder.
New Product Announcements Published: 4/29/2012

EXTRUSION: Compact Coex Line for Medical Tubing

A new coextrusion line from American Kuhne, Ashaway, R.I., features one 12-mm and two 16-mm microextruders mounted on a common base.
New Product Announcements Published: 4/29/2012

EXTRUSION: Modular Roll Stack

Battenfeld-Cincinnati USA (formerly American Maplan Corp.), McPherson, Kans., has developed a highly efficient roll-stack concept to complement its line of single-screw extruders for sheet.
New Product Announcements Published: 3/28/2012

EXTRUSION: Thickness Scanner Is Precise, ‘ Eco-Friendly’

New ULO (Ultra-light O-frame) scanner from Scantech Americas, Gaithersburg, Md., features a compact frame and x-ray sensor and a host of energy-saving features.
New Product Announcements Published: 3/28/2012

EXTRUSION: Low-Volume Crosshead Die

Designed for micro-extrusion applications.
New Product Announcements Published: 2/21/2012

EXTRUSION: New Source for Blown Film Systems

Kuhne GmbH blown-film technology will now be available to North American processors through sister company American Kuhne, Ashaway, R.I.
New Product Announcements Published: 2/1/2012

EXTRUSION: IBC System Reacts Fast, Saves Resin

New Digital Internal Bubble Cooling (DIBC) system from Addex Inc., Stoughton, Mass., is said to deliver the fastest reaction time in the industry to ensure precise bubble control, helping processors to speed product changeovers and significantly red...
New Product Announcements Published: 2/1/2012