Extrusion

Making Gains in the Drain Game

AWD blends extrusion and thermoforming technologies with plenty of home-brewed equipment and processes to keep water away from where it isn’t supposed to be.  

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Extrusion

Ether-Based TPUs for Broad Range of Industry Applications

BASF’s Elastollan 1400 TPU series can be used for applications ranging from railway pads, hoses and profiles to show soles.

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Extrusion

2025 Extrusion Conference Shifts to Standalone Event in Boston

The annual technical conference organized by Plastics Technology magazine was scheduled to co-locate with the PTXPO trade show next March. Both events will now occur independently.

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‘Revolutionary’ Extrudable PPS for Sustainable Piping

Syensqo’s Ryton PPS XE-5000NA boasts exceptional chemical and permeation resistance.

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best practices

Part 2 Medical Tubing: Use Simulation to Troubleshoot, Optimize Processing & Dies

Simulation can determine whether a die has regions of low shear rate and shear stress on the metal surface where the polymer would ultimately degrade, and can help processors design dies better suited for their projects.

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Sheet Extrusion

How to Decrease the Extrudate Temperature in Single-Screw Extruders

In many cases, decreasing the discharge temperature will improve product quality and perhaps even boost rate. Here are ways to do it.

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Insight Polymers & Compounding Unveils New Conductive Products Line

The new conductive products line will also be produced for injection molding and extrusion.

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dies

Medical Tubing: Use Simulation to Troubleshoot, Optimize Processing & Dies

Extrusion simulations can be useful in anticipating issues and running “what-if” scenarios to size extruders and design dies for extrusion projects. It should be used at early stages of any project to avoid trial and error and remaking tooling.  

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Film Extrusion

New Owners for Alpha Marathon

After bankruptcy, new group purchases intellectual property and forms Alpha Marathon Film Extrusion Technologies.  

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Extrusion

PCE Adding Space to Help European Suppliers Enter US Market

‘Nesting strategy’ aims to provide established European companies with economical entry to U.S. market.  

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