Extrusion
Medical Tubing: Tinier Than Ever And Much More Complex
Medical tubes are becoming ever smaller and thinner while adding new features like high-tech material combinations, more wire braiding/wrapping, and heat-shrink sheathing for strength and kink resistance.
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Polystyrene Ionomer Extrudes More Easily
Total Petrochemicals in Houston has invented what it calls a “breakthrough resin technology,” believed to be the first commercial styrenic ionomer.
Read MoreSMS GmbH to Sell Two Extrusion Machinery Groups
After selling its Battenfeld injection molding division to private investors in October, SMS GmbH in Germany announced another step in its withdrawal from the plastics machinery fi eld with plans to sell most of its extrusion 大象传媒 to Triton, a European private investment fi rm.
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Extruding Biopolymers: Packaging Reaps Cost Benefit of Going 'Green'
Plastics made from renewable carbon chains, not fossil carbon from oil or gas, are suddenly a solid commercial reality. The draw isn鈥檛 just 鈥済reen鈥 marketing, but the 鈥済reen鈥 of stable prices not linked to petrochemicals.
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Global Competition - Extrusion: Imports Threaten Some Films And Maybe Profiles, But Not Sheet
Global competition from lower-cost manufacturers, primarily in Asia, affects individual extrusion markets differently.
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Stop Black Specks!
Black specks in film or sheet–especially in light-colored or clear plastics–lead to scrap, unscheduled shutdowns, and dissatisfied customers.
Read MoreAmputations and Dust Hazards Draw OSHA's Attention
Last month, the Society of the Plastics Industry, Washington, D.C., alerted members to two new occupational safety initiatives by federal agencies.
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