COMPOUNDING: Recycling & Compounding in One Step

Erema in Austria has a new system that combines recycling and compounding in a single step.
New Product Announcements Published: 12/28/2012

More Carbon Nanotube Compounds

The roster of companies supplying thermoplastic blends with carbon nanotubes is upwards of half a dozen and growing.
New Product Announcements Published: 5/1/2009

Extensional-Flow Mixer Lowers Melt Temperatures

Xaloy Inc., Pulaski, Va., has built the first scaled-up, commercial version of a patented extensional-flow mixing device, under exclusive license from Stratek Plastic Ltd. in Wallingford, Conn.
New Product Announcements Published: 6/1/2008

Induction Barrel Heating Tested for Extrusion

WEB EXCLUSIVE Xaloy Inc., New Castle, Pa., recently began extrusion trials of its energy-saving nXheat induction heaters on extruder barrels.
New Product Announcements Published: 6/1/2008

Sheet Extruder Has Mixer In the Middle

A specialized single-screw extruder with a mixing chamber in the middle compounds and extrudes sheet containing up to 70% recycled tire rubber, mineral fillers, long glass, or natural fibers like wood, kenaf, or hemp.
New Product Announcements Published: 12/1/2007

New Mixing Section Blends Painted Regrind

A new mixing section being developed by Robert Malloy, chairman of the Plastics Engineering Dept. at the Univ. of Massachusetts-Lowell, reduces the size of paint particles in reground painted plastics, yielding improved mechanical properties.
New Product Announcements Published: 8/1/2007