Extrusion

NASA Uses Polyimide to Study Insulation of Electric Engines in Aerospace

NASA’s use of Aurum PI showed properties that make it a candidate for electrical wiring for future aerospace transportation.

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Troubleshooting Flow Surging in Single-Screw Extruders

Surging can cause lower production rates, higher scrap rates, material degradation and higher labor costs. Here is a guide to troubleshooting this problem.

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Brewer Chooses Quick-Change Flexibility to Blow Wide Range of PET Beer Bottles

Beermaster Brewery found a “universal” stretch-blow machine from PET Technologies enables multiple changes per day among four sizes of beer bottles.

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Additives

Broad Line of Chemical Foaming Agents for Range of Applications

Reedy Chemical Foam’s Safoam RAZ additives are offered in masterbatch and powder blends along with customization.

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Nolan Strall to Step Down as President of KraussMaffei in the US

Brett Greenhalgh will take over for Strall as the leader of KraussMaffei Corp. in America effective Sept. 1.

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Deflection Elbows Eliminate Streamers for Large Film Processor

New elbows eliminate troublesome streamers to increase productivity at leading blown film processor.  

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Recycling

NPE2024 Wrap-Up: Sustainability Dominates Show Floor News

Across all process types, sustainability was a big theme at NPE2024. But there was plenty to see in automation and artificial intelligence as well.  

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processor's edge

Novel Air Ring Solves Gauge Variations for Film Processor

Crayex installs Addex gauge-controlling air ring built for rotating/oscillating dies on a problematic line and notices dramatic improvement in thickness variations.

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Extrusion

Understanding the Incumbent Resin Effect

When you are looking to replace an existing resin with a new one, in trials sometimes the “incumbent” resin will cause gels and other defects. Here’s what to look for.  

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Tight-Tolerance Molder Dips Toe in Extrusion Waters

Midwest Precision Molding brings extrusion capacity in-house to assist a customer that was having a sourcing issue with its existing overseas suppliers.  

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