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: Adjust Chill-Roll Height with a Simple Ratchet

A ratchet-activated height-adjustment device raises and lowers the cooling and polishing rolls relative to the sheet die.
New Product Announcements Published: 11/3/2012

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: 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: 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: Entry-Level, Fixed-Point Web Gauging

The new fixed-point 8000-F web-gauging system is described as a cost-effective, entry-level version of the TDi family of distributed measurement and control systems from NDC Infrared Engineering Inc., Irwindale, Calif.
New Product Announcements Published: 7/27/2011

ADDITIVES: Release Agent, Lubricant for PET

Contains no solvents, silicone, or halogens, and can be removed with water.
New Product Announcements Published: 5/31/2011

AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT: Gearmotors for Feeders, Blenders

They are both brushless and encoderless for far superior reliability and performance and longer life.
New Product Announcements Published: 5/31/2011