Jim Callari

Jim Callari Editorial Director

Extrusion

NPE2018 New Technology Focus: Single-Screw Extruders

What's new at the plastics industry's big trade show in single-screw extruders. 

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Film Extrusion

NPE2018 New Technology Focus: Film & Extrusion Coating

Check out what’s new in blown and cast film and extrusion coating at the big plastics industry trade show. 

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NPE

‘Skills Gap’ at Processors Means More Needed from Suppliers

Count screen changer manufacturer High-Technology as among those machine builders providing more intuitive and integrated products requiring less in the way of human intervention.  

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NPE

Investment in People, Technology Drive Growth at PTi

Now 30 years’ old, machine builder develops solutions in tune with sheet processor needs.

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NPE

ENTEK Expands Extruder Lines for Both Small Lot and High Throughput Jobs

New compounding extruders for both quick-change and high-volume applications.

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NPE

Are Blown Film Processors Getting The Biggest Bang for Their Resin Buck?

Decades-old extrusion equipment may be holding some processors back, says Alpine exec Nunes.

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NPE

MachineSense, Siemens Partner on Power Quality Technology

MachineSense Power Analyzer is the first vertically integrated IIoT solution in Siemens’ MindSphere Platform that offers power quality monitoring, energy management, predictive and preventative maintenance and machine utilization as a MindSphere Application. 

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NPE

Trend Watch: Versatility on Display

At NPE2018, look for injection molding exhibitors to showcase their versatility, including new advancements in add-on injection units, foam injection molding, machine design and more.

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Multiscrew

Responding to Challenges, Opportunities Of ‘Booming’ Plastics Market

Coperion sees a trend toward bigger, higher-output systems in polyolefin production, and flexibility in custom compounders. 

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NPE

Microsoft Taps MachineSense for Startup ‘Accelerator’ Program

Initiative will invest more than $500 million over the next two years to help these startups with go-to market strategies, technology and community building.

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Graham Shows Advances in Controls, Extrusion, Blow Molding

New extruders and systems for sheet and tubing along with the first showing of an accumulator-head blow molder.

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Not Running, But Still Pushing Technology Envelope in Film Extrusion

W&H sees options in retrofitting game-changing quick-switch technology.

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Process Cooling
Blending & Dosing