Extrusion
TC Transcontinental Installs 'First Ever' BOPE Line in North America
TC Transcontinental Packaging will be installing what it says is the first-ever biaxially oriented PE (BOPE) line in North America.
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Serious About Sustainability? Make Plans to Attend Extrusion 2023
Come to Indianapolis Oct. 10-12 and let us help you fill up your sustainability toolbox.
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Is Your Extrusion Line Due for a Controls Upgrade?
Most processors understand the warning signs that indicate when it’s time to replace items subject to mechanical wear. But they don’t have the same instincts regarding machine control. Here’s some guidance.
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Flexible-Film Processor Optimizes All-PE Food Packaging
Tobe Packaging’s breakthrough was to create its Ecolefin PE multilayer film that could be applied with a specialized barrier coating.
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KraussMaffei Nears Completion of Corporate Headquarters Move
The 185-yr old German maker of plastics processing machinery is shifting to a more than 200,000-m2 greenfield site in Parsdorf.
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Graphene-Enhanced Stretch Film Billed as 'World First'
Thinner, stronger films to be commercialized by Brazil’s Packseven in August.
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Roll Cooling: Understand the Three Heat-Transfer Processes
Designing cooling rolls is complex, tedious and requires a lot of inputs. Getting it wrong may have a dramatic impact on productivity.
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Troubleshooting Screw and Barrel Wear in Extrusion
Extruder screws and barrels will wear over time. If you are seeing a reduction in specific rate and higher discharge temperatures, wear is the likely culprit.
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