Exploring the: Wood & Natural Fiber Compounds Zone
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- Foaming Expands Possibilities for Wood-Fiber Composites
- Over a dozen processors already foam wood-fiber composites and an equal number are experimenting with it. Foaming with wood cuts resin cost and weight in half and brings design advantages. But it also requires particular know-how in materials formul...
Article Published: 7/1/2001
- Die Drawing Makes ‘Plastic Steel’From Wood-Filled PP
- A developer of new plastics technologies is applying low-temperature die drawing to take advantage of a new raw material: expanded, oriented, wood-filled polypropylene (EOW-PP).
Article Published: 3/1/2001
- Get a Stake in PVC Fencing
- PVC fence markets are posting rapid gains, prompting profile extruders to install new machines by the dozens and convert existing plants from pipe and siding production. New players are jumping in, too including makers of wood-filled composites.
Article Published: 7/1/2000
- Wood-Fiber Adds Stiffness and Value To Tight-Tolerance Tubes
- Hollow tubing with a high loading of wood fiber is one of the newest products—and one of the trickiest—in the booming business of wood-filled thermoplastic extrusion.
Article Published: 1/1/2000
- Natural Fibers: The New Fashion In Automotive Plastics
- Lightweight, strong, and low-cost, natural fibers are poised to replace glass and mineral fillers in numerous interior parts.
Article Published: 10/1/1999
- Wood is Good for Compounding, Sheet & Profile
- Extruding composites of wood and plastic has long been a "black art" practiced by a few specialists. But in the past year, this "hidden" market has burst into the sunlight as new producers and new applications sprout up all over.
Article Published: 3/1/1999
