Multiscrew
Wood-Plastics Composites Done Right
Mixing and extruding wood fiber in a plastic matrix is technically demanding. It requires careful attention to formulation, drying, and extrusion temperatures
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Powder Injection Molding Helps PTI Thrive in Specialties
“We like challenges. We like to do things that other people are scared to do.”
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New WPC Materials Producer Up and Running
Some 18 months in the making, Polymera Inc. last month announced that its 160,000 ft² production plant is officially open for ´óÏó´«Ã½, with annual capacity for 60 million lb of wood/plastics composite (WPC) compounds.
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Extruding Drug-Impregnated Film & Rod
The lines between polymer and pharmaceutical processing continue to cross.
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Veteran Compounder Is Now Sold on Twins
Since 1967, FD Plastics in Leominster, Mass., has been supplying processors with color concentrates made with single-screw extruders.
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Two machine builders, each with more than 60 years’ experience in compounding, have united to furnish continuous mixing equipment.
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Compounder’s Low Headroom Doesn’t Stunt Its Growth
With careful planning and the use of bulk-bag discharging and conveying equipment, The Plastics Group of America was able to accommodate its latest expansion on one level of its 60,000-ft² building.
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A Pioneer in ‘Clean Compounding’
When Plastics Color Corp., based in Calumet City, Ill., established a new compounding plant in Southern California, the firm decided this couldn’t be an ordinary color/additive masterbatch facility.
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