PT ZONE: Pipe, Profile & Tubing Extrusion
Custom Profile House ‘Flexes’ Processing MuscleSpecialty house avoids commodity markets and has entered the proprietary processing business with new product offering. More (+)
New Acetals Star in Gears, Pipes & HosesWEB EXCLUSIVE: Ticona Engineering Polymers, Florence, Ky., recently showed off new applications for two of its newest Hostaform acetal copolymers. More (+)
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Lab Investment Pays Off For Major Tube & Profile House
12/27/2011Plastics Technology
Teel started a testing laboratory in 2010 to support quality assurance and new product development and to troubleshoot manufacturing issues as they arise.
Orient PVC Pipe Without Water12/27/2011Plastics Technology
Spanish pipe maker Molecor Tecnologia will be displaying at NPE 2012 in Orlando, Fla., a new method to orient PVC pipe that is somewhat akin to film-orientation technology.
Extrusion Process Eliminates Assembly of Medical Catheter Shafts12/27/2011Plastics Technology
Putnam Plastics Corp., Dayville, Conn. (putnamplastics.com), has developed new extrusion technology that replaces manually assembled medical guide catheter shafts with a single, three-layer component.
Pipe Maker Gains Flexibility with Ultrasonic Control System11/22/2011Plastics Technology
The recent addition of an ultrasonic gauging and control system is credited by pipe extruder Charter Plastics Inc., Titusville, Pa., with increasing its production flexibility.
Extrusion & Injection Molding in One Automated Process9/28/2011Plastics Technology
A large German manufacturer of hoses, cable ducts, and other extruded automotive components recently expanded its activities into the white-goods appliance sector.
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OVERVIEW:
Pipe, Profile & Tubing Extrusion
Pipe is formed when plastics is extruded through a round shaping die, cooled in a water bath, and either cut and coiled. The most commonly used pipe materials are PVC and high-density polyethylene. Rigid PVC pipe is commonly used in building and construction for drain, waste and vent applications, and is processed on specialty twin-screw extruders; HDPE pipe is used for a wide range of industrial, electrical and drainage applications. Flexible pipe is often considered tubing. Tubing can be used in industrial (hoses), food (straws), medical (catheter) and a variety of other applications. Profile extrusions are typically used for windows, doors, siding and are typically made of PVC.
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Product Announcements
- EXTRUSION: Low-Volume Crosshead Die
- Guill Tool & Engineering Co., Inc. 2/21/2012
- EXTRUSION: Profile Lines for Auto Seals
- KraussMaffei Berstorff 11/22/2011
- EXTRUSION: High-Performance, In-Line Coilers
- Tulsa Power Inc. 8/23/2011
- RECYCLING/SCRAP RECLAIM: Heavy-Duty Pipe Shredders
- Cumberland Engineering Corp. 6/27/2011
- EXTRUSION: On Demand Rotary Cutter
- G.F. Goodman & Son, Inc. 5/31/2011
