Pipe, Profile & Tubing Extrusion

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Custom Profile House ‘Flexes’ Processing Muscle

Specialty house avoids commodity markets and has entered the proprietary processing business with new product offering.

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New Acetals Star in Gears, Pipes & Hoses

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Ticona Engineering Polymers, Florence, Ky., recently showed off new applications for two of its newest Hostaform acetal copolymers.

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Lab Investment Pays Off For Major Tube & Profile House

Teel started a testing laboratory in 2010 to support quality assurance and new product development and to troubleshoot manufacturing issues as they arise.

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Orient PVC Pipe Without Water

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.

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Extrusion Process Eliminates Assembly of Medical Catheter Shafts

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.

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Pipe Maker Gains Flexibility with Ultrasonic Control System

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.

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Extrusion & Injection Molding in One Automated Process

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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On Site: Pexco Takes a Two-Pronged Approach to Growth

Organic growth and growth via acquisition have combined to make this processor one of the leaders in custom profile extrusion.

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Medical

Internal Air Pressure vs. Vacuum Sizing for Ovality Issues?

To achieve more consistent ovality in an application like medical tubing extrusion, consider vacuum sizing. 

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Why—and How—to Baseline Your Extruder

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.

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