PT ZONE: PET Processing - Extrusion
Now You Can Measure Pellet Moisture In the Hopper, in Real TimeTake the guesswork out of drying with new technology. More (+)
'Dryer-less' PET Sheet SystemProcessing Technologies International (PTi), recently took the wraps off its “dryer-less” twin-screw PET sheet extrusion system at its headquarters in Aurora, Ill. More (+)
MOST RECENT CONTENT: PET Processing - Extrusion
Why—and How—to Baseline Your Extruder
7/27/2011Plastics Technology
If you don’t baseline your extruder, then how are you going to set realistic expectations for its performance? Here's how to get going.
New Barrel Heater/Cooler Saves ‘Juice' to Run an Extruder7/27/2011Plastics Technology
New, patent-pending design is said to reduce both radiant and convection heat losses.
DAK to Buy Wellman’s PET Business6/27/2011Plastics Technology
Move follows DAK purchase of Eastman's PET operation.
Dead Screw Talking6/27/2011Plastics Technology
There's a lot you can learn by conducting a post-mortum examination of your screw.
Energy Miser: Reducing Compressed-Air Usage6/27/2011Plastics Technology
Many manufacturing sites operate on the assumption that compressed air is free. Usage is totally uncontrolled, and open air lines cost real money.
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PET Processing - Extrusion
Zone overview hereIn extrusion, most PET is processed into sheet for food packaging applications. The PET sheet is subsquently thermoformed--in some cases in line with the extrusion process--into products such as drinking cups, trays, clam shell containers and the like. Industrial applications for PET include point of purchase signs, display fixures and glazing. Gylcol-modified PET (PETG) is commonly used in sheet structures used to package medical devices because it can stand up to gamma irradiation.
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Product Announcements
- ADDITIVES: Release Agent, Lubricant for PET
- Chem-Trend LP 5/31/2011
- AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT: Gearmotors for Feeders, Blenders
- Process Control Corp. 5/31/2011
- EXTRUSION: Monitor PET I.V. In Real Time
- PTi/Processing Technologies International 4/25/2011
- EXTRUSION: Winding Systems for Sheet
- PTi/Processing Technologies International 3/23/2011
