Compounding

A Billion Pounds of PVC Pellets ... and Still Counting

PVC compounder Roscom credits 40-yr relationship with Italian machine builder Bausano for reaching this milestone.  

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Ultra-High-Shear Mixer

Said to be a more-efficient alternative to colloid mills.  

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PVC

Teknor Apex Acquires Lanier Color, Expands Into PVC Colorants

Teknor broadens portfolio with PVC color concentrates and specialty compounds for building and construction.

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Leistritz Adds Post to Sales Team

Extrusion  veteran joins machine builder as product manager for life science and specialty film applications

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Centrifugal Dryer for Underwater Pelletizing

Units designed to improve reliability, reduce changeover time and improve product quality.  

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best practices

Use These Twin-Screw ‘Tools’ to Improve Quality of Your Color Pigment Dispersions

A twin-screw compounding extruder is a single piece of equipment divided into distinct unit operations. Thinking of each unit operation as part of a toolbox can help determine what can be added or improved to process best-quality color masterbatches.

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Compounding

Ribbon Blenders Now Come with Pressure-Feed Vessels

New option enables 100% discharge of the liquid component through a spray bar and into the blending zone, ensuring even mixing and consistent batches.  

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Modular Feeding System

Gearing units on both feeders to be easily and quickly changed and removed and replaced in just a few steps.  

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Compounding

ENTEK Opens New Plant in Nevada

Builder of twin-screw compounding extruders says it needs extra space to meet demand.  

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Multiscrew

Troubleshooting the ‘Mixing Experience’ in Corotating, Intermeshing Twin-Screw Extruders

The metering equipment, twin-screw extruder and downstream systems all must work in concert to control the properties of the final part and manage the process of mixing.

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