EXTRUSION: Higher-Pressure Gas Injection For Microcellular Foams

Applicable to extrusion and blow molding operations.
New Product Announcements Published: 4/29/2013

EXTRUSION: New Cast Film & Sheet Lines

SML rolled out three new products at its Innovation Days 2012 open house, held late last year at its headquarters in Austria (U.S. office in Ft.
New Product Announcements Published: 2/26/2013

EXTRUSION: Device Captures Airborne Particles From Blown Film Extrusion

Future Design Inc., Mississauga, Ont., has been awarded a patent on its Saturn Evacuation System (SES), which reduces airborne contamination that fills the plant during the blown film process.
New Product Announcements Published: 1/29/2013

AUXILIARIES: Blenders Handle Difficult Scrap

Two new solutions from Conair, Cranberry Township, Pa., are designed for use with its TrueBlend line of blenders to allow feeding thin, flaky regrind without repelletizing.
New Product Announcements Published: 12/28/2012

EXTRUSION: Optical Non-Contact Sensor For Sheet, Thick-Film

New OptiMike OM190 optical micrometer from NDC, Irwindale, Calif., provides direct, non-contacting, single-sided thickness measurement for sheet, foam, and thick films.
New Product Announcements Published: 10/1/2012

EXTRUSION: Extruder Minimizes Heat Losses And Air Currents in Process Area

New Backdraft extruder from American Kuhne, Ashaway, R.I., has a reverse-air cooling system suited especially to blown film that removes heat and undesireable air currents from the extrusion area for optimum bubble stability while also improving ene...
New Product Announcements Published: 8/28/2012

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: 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: 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