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- New Device Senses Extrusion Melt Pressure Directly
- A new type of melt-pressure sensor from Dynisco Plastics, Franklin, Mass., is said to be the first such device to sense pressure directly, without using mechanical structures or liquid-fill media.
Article Published: 11/3/2012
- ISO Poly Avoids Economic Woes With High-Value Films
- Positioning itself on the high end of the blown-film market helped insulate this blown film processor from the recent economic downturn.
Article Published: 10/26/2012
- Stop Those Drooling Dies
- Die drool, or plateout, can cause a host of problems for extrusion processors. Here is how to stop the problem before it starts.
Article Published: 10/26/2012
- Understanding Gravimetric Blender Accuracy & Payback
- Accuracy is one of the least understood aspects of blending. The differences between batch and continuous blenders, how blend accuracy is calculated and controlled, which blender type is more accurate, how much accuracy is really required, and how p...
Article Published: 10/26/2012
- ‘Light’ Grooves Offer Big Boosts in Film Processing
- Blown film is main target for technology billed as an option to smooth bore feedthroats in extrusion.
Article Published: 10/26/2012
- Gloucester & Dolci Share Stretch-Winding Technology
- Gloucester Engineering Co., Inc., Gloucester, Mass., and Dolci Extrusion S.r.l. of Italy have announced that they will share winding technology so that each firm can offer the other’s winders for cast stretch film.
Article Published: 10/1/2012
- Sheet Processor Adds Former for R&D
- Industrial sheet extruder Premier Material Concepts (PMC) has added a thermforming machine to its Findlay, Ohio, plant to allow it to conduct performance tests on new sheet products and to offer prototyping services for thermoformers.The forming mac...
Article Published: 10/1/2012
- Cloeren Breaks Ground on Plant Expansion
- Leading flat-die and feedblock supplier Cloeren Incorporated recently broke ground on a multimillion-dollar expansion of its Orange, Texas, Plant 2 site that will add about 37,500 ft² to the facility.
Article Published: 10/1/2012
- Speed, Flexibility & Customization Spur Success at PS Extruder & Former
- Commodore does it all in PS foam extrusion and forming. It builds most of its equipment and all of its tooling and combines that with innovative processing techniques, allowing it to carve a successful niche for itself in a field dominated by much l...
Article Published: 9/29/2012
- Novel Materials Stretch Process Capabilities
- The potential for new or unusual materials to broaden the application potential of standard plastics processes was explored in a number of papers at April’s SPE ANTEC conference in Orlando, Fla.
Article Published: 9/28/2012
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