Compounding
Bay Plastics Offering Free Pelletizing Trials
Lab trials and offers two types of extruders, two models of pelletizers, and manual strand or auto strand pelletizing capabilities.
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Twin-Screw Feeder Ideal for Hard-to-Handle Materials
Twin-screw gravimetric feeder features a horizontal agitator so that the two screws are always filled with material.
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Inline Ultra High Shear Mixer
Designed to deliver exceptional dispersion, emulsification, and homogenization at high throughput.
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What to Know About Your Materials When Choosing a Feeder
Feeder performance is crucial to operating extrusion and compounding lines. And consistent, reliable feeding depends in large part on selecting a feeder compatible with the materials and additives you intend to process. Follow these tips to analyze your feeder requirements.
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ENTEK Expanding in Machinery, Battery-Film Processing
Showcases new plant to support machinery business, announces plans to build bigger compounding extruder and lays out strategy to build two new battery-separator plants.
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How to Configure Your Twin-Screw Barrel Layout
In twin-screw compounding, most engineers recognize the benefits of being able to configure screw elements. Here’s what you need to know about sequencing barrel sections.
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Improving Twin-Screw Compounding of Reinforced Polyolefins
Compounders face a number of processing challenges when incorporating a high loading of low-bulk-density mineral filler into polyolefins. Here are some possible solutions.
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Dual-Shaft Mixers Are Versatile, Powerful
Mixer series reportedly powerful enough to batch dispersions, suspensions, and emulsions with viscosities up to several hundred thousand centipoise.
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The Path to Pellet Perfection
In underwater pelletizing, numerous variables in the equipment, process and material affect pellet shape, consistency and quality factors such as fines. Defining the “perfect” pellet depends on the conditions of end use, and achieving that ideal requires understanding of the causes of imperfections.
Read MoreNanopowder Screw Coating for High-Wear Applications
Coating option for tops of feedscrew flights also showcased.
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