Extrusion
Seeking Hot Niches for Special Films
When Ajedium Film Group’s (www.ajedium.com) extrusion machinery arrives this November, the Newark, Del., start-up company plans to make “film structures that don’t exist today, out of any resin that is melt processable at up to 800 F,” says Richard Giacco, majority owner.
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They Hit the Market Running
Three years ago, when Martin Grohman and Michael Hurkes started Correct Building Products in Biddeford, Me., it wasn’t so much a start-up as a rocket launch.
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Prevent Streaks & Specks From Vented Extruders
With vented extrusion, small amounts of melt can hang up on the screw and degrade, eventually resulting in streaks or specks that hurt the appearance of the extruded product.
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Spartech Spreads "POP" Culture
“Continuous improvement” is not just a buzzword at Spartech Corp., the St.
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How to Get Peak Performance & Efficiency Out of Your Extrusion Line, Part I
A lot of things must be in place to achieve what I like to call efficient extrusion.
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Modest Investment, Big Payoff For Blown Film Plant
In blown film, there is certainly more than one way to skin a cat.
Read MoreExtrusion & Thermal Properties: Not Just for the Lab Guys
Do you really need to know how thermal properties of polymers affect extrusion?
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Profile Maker Runs Lean & Fast
In the early 1990s, as competition heated up in European PVC window markets, many European processors looked to U.S. markets for growth.
Read MoreFilm Extruder Tries Do-It-Yourself Electric Power
One of the country鈥檚 largest makers of stretch film and bags, the Sigma Plastics Group based in Lyndhurst, N.J., has embarked on an experiment in generating its own electricity.
Read MorePlastics Training Enters Virtual Reality
Plastics processors are discovering two employee training programs initiated this year that offer instruction in a “virtual” space, where the student can interact with the instructor and course materials via a satellite dish or the internet.
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