Exploring the: PET Processing - Extrusion Zone
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- New Barrel Heater/Cooler Saves ‘Juice' to Run an Extruder
- New, patent-pending design is said to reduce both radiant and convection heat losses.
Article Published: 7/27/2011
- DAK to Buy Wellman’s PET Business
- Move follows DAK purchase of Eastman's PET operation.
Article Published: 6/27/2011
- Energy Miser: Reducing Compressed-Air Usage
- Many manufacturing sites operate on the assumption that compressed air is free. Usage is totally uncontrolled, and open air lines cost real money.
Article Published: 6/27/2011
- Look Before You Leap: When Direct Extrusion Makes Sense
- The process offers great opportunities to extrude a better product at less cost, but it’s not for everyone. The formulation, product mix, and anticipated volumes must be carefully assessed to determine whether DE is the preferred manufacturing metho...
Article Published: 6/27/2011
- Dryers Use Less Energy to Dry PET
- Novatec Inc., Baltimore (novatec.com), is introducing two patented dryer control technologies intended to cut energy costs for processors of PET.
Article Published: 12/13/2010
- NPE News Wrap-up: Resin Dryers
- At least 16 companies introduced new dryers at the big show in Chicago. The new models span a range of drying technologies, but most sport features that save space and cost and make the dryers simpler and more reliable.
Article Published: 10/1/2010
- Genpak Pioneers in PET Foam Sheet
- Soon after Genpak LLC launched its line of CPET trays for commercial baking in the early 1990s, the firm chose foamed PET as its next R&D target.
Article Published: 5/27/2010
- Sustainability Drives Innovation at Leading RPET Processors
- Two Southern California processors have boldly gone where no one has ever gone before.
Article Published: 1/1/2010
- On-Site: Green Business Is Good Business for Fabri-Kal
- "We tend to jump on things early," says John Kittredge. "F-K has been a pioneer in a number of things. Our earliest example was converting HDPE margarine tubs to ABS. After that we were a leader in thermoforming polypropylene, and then APET." Now it...
Article Published: 12/1/2009
- Shining Opportunities In Solar Films
- Photovoltaic markets are growing explosively, and so are opportunities for specialty film producers. Solar cell and module production, which was forecasted to grow at 50% a year for the next few years before the recession hit, is now expecting sligh...
Article Published: 2/1/2009
