PT ZONE: Extrusion
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Compostable Drinking Straws from PLA
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First Film Based on Nylon 4104/29/2013Plastics Technology
Applications in flexible food packaging, building/construction, medical, more.
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Spartech is now a newly formed business segment called Designed Structures and Solutions (DDS).
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When the new industry term “bioresins” hit the plastics community in the early 2000s, polylactic acid (PLA ) made its way to the top of the list in a class of new plant-based materials.
New Supplier of Pipe Extrusion Equipment4/29/2013Plastics Technology
There’s a new company supplying complete extrusion systems for solid-wall pipe production.
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OVERVIEW:
Extrusion
Extrusion is a continuous process through which parts of a fixed cross-sectional profile are made. Material is fed through a hopper into an extruder, essentially a rotating screw surrounded by a heated barrel, where it is mixed, melted and pumped through a die. The die gives the part its shape. From this zone you link to information on some of the more common extrusion methods, such as film, sheet, and pipe/profile/tubing
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Product Announcements
- MATERIALS: Adhesive Tie-Layer Resins with Over 95% Renewable Content
- 5/28/2013
- EXTRUSION: Small Extruders for Medical Tubing
- American Kuhne Inc. 5/28/2013
- EXTRUSION: Coating Die Is More Robust & Flexible
- Extrusion Dies Industries LLC 5/28/2013
- EXTRUSION: Higher-Pressure Gas Injection For Microcellular Foams
- 4/29/2013
- EXTRUSION: New Cast Film & Sheet Lines
- SML Extrusion Technology Inc. 2/26/2013
