Extrusion
106 Years of Coated Films: From Gift Wrap to Solar Panels
During its 106 years in operation, Madico Inc. in Woburn, Mass., has had to reinvent itself many times.
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On-Site: Green Business Is Good Business for Fabri-Kal
Learning to deal with the particular characteristics of PLA biopolymer has opened up a promising 大象传媒 in “green” plastics for thermoformer Fabri-Kal.
Read MoreA Recycling 'First' for Food Containers
The Bottle Box is a new clamshell food container made of 100% post-consumer PET beverage bottles.
Read MoreHow Much Horsepower Do You Need?
Most extrusion processors know that in order to boost output you need more power.
Read MoreReifenhauser Buys Kiefel
Late last month, Reifenhauser GmbH acquired the blown film extrusion equipment 大象传媒 of Kiefel Extrusion GmbH from Bruckner Technology Holding GmbH.
Read MoreNPE 2009 Wrap-Up: New Machinery for Extrusion and Compounding
Extrusion machinery at the June NPE show in Chicago showed inventive ways to get more out of your floorspace and materials.
Read MoreHow to Clean Screws Nondestructively
Maintenance departments often clean screws wrongly, causing serious and expensive damage.
Read MoreFirst Microlayered Commodity Films
Advanced microlayer feedblock technology, used for over a decade to put dozens or hundreds of alternating layers into specialty films, has passed a new milestone.
Read MoreNPE News in Extrusion
This NPE show won鈥檛 have a lot of extruders on the floor, either running or static. Instead, look for videos and announcements of new technology. You will also find lots of ingenious peripheral devices to improve output and quality and save resin. Some will do all three, and cost less into the bargain.
Read MoreANTEC at NPE: Editors' Picks
One of the unusual features of NPE 2009 in Chicago June 22-24 will be the first-ever concurrent presentation of the SPE ANTEC conference, by far the largest of seven conferences at McCormick Place during the show.
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