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Strategically Manage Pressure to Help Ensure Quality in Co-Rotating Twin-Screw Extrusion
Pressure measurement provides an invaluable window into any extrusion process, but it must also be strategically managed at every stage of the process to ensure a quality part is being extruded.
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New Machines, Spare Parts and Auxiliaries for Compounding
NPE2024: ENTEK displaying a range of products at the May show.
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Equipment for Compounding, Reactive Extrusion, Devolatilization, Foaming and Direct Extrusion
NPE2024: Leistritz to focus on advances made via twin-screw extrusion.
Read MoreTwin-Screw Showcased in Circular Economy Demo
A KraussMaffei twin will upcycle pelletized blood vials, which will then be overmolded on another press to produce bottle openers.
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Configuring the Twin Screw Extruder: Part 4
For many compounding operations, material is fed to the extruder at the feed throat. This is the case when feeding a single polymer or a blend of polymers mixed with solid additives. Some ingredients, however, present a challenge in feeding. Here’s how to solve to them.
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Program Helps Compounders Configure Screw, Barrel Layout
New software from ENTEK is said to make it easier for compounders to design their own screw and barrel configurations.
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Latest Multiscrew News And Updates
Peak Performance Gets ISO 13485:2016 and 9001:2015 Certifications
Toll and custom compounder gets certified less than a year after it produced its first pellet.
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Compounding: Closed-Loop System for Coex Film Reclaim
New system permits reclaim of multi-layer production scrap at rates up to 100%.
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Nordson Opens Pelletizing, Melt-Delivery Lab in N.C.
Lab has pelletizing line that can operate at rates to 1000 lb/hr.
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Compounding: More Digital Solutions Come to Compounding
New GUI, ‘smart machine’ features, user friendly app highlight Coperion’s display at K 2019.
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Compounding: Revamped Line of Compounding Twins
Third-generation iMAXX twins are easier to clean and maintain, and are more energy efficient to boot.
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Compounding: Quick-Color-Change Lab Twin
Throughout the exhibit, KraussMaffei ran nine different liquid colors, changing at the push of a button, to demonstrate time- and process-saving technology.
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Featured Posts
How to Configure Your Twin-Screw Extruder: Part 3
The melting mechanism in a twin-screw extruder is quite different from that of a single screw. Design of the melting section affects how the material is melted, as well as melt temperature and quality.
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How to Configure Your Twin-Screw Extruder -- Part 2
Follow these tips to configure your twin-screw elements to promote feeding and solids conveying.
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How to Configure Your Twin-Screw Barrel Layout
In twin-screw compounding, most engineers recognize the benefits of being able to configure screw elements. Here’s what you need to know about sequencing barrel sections.
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Improving Twin-Screw Compounding of Reinforced Polyolefins
Compounders face a number of processing challenges when incorporating a high loading of low-bulk-density mineral filler into polyolefins. Here are some possible solutions.
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10 Ways to Improve Twin-Screw Compounding Performance
There are many techniques known to operators and plant engineers for increasing the performance of a twin-screw compounding extruder.
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LFT-D Thrives in Automotive and Other Durables
Teijin Automotive acquires its 10th direct long-fiber thermoplastic system as demand for this technology soars.
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