Sheet Extrusion

screws

Sizing the Barrier Gap

Here’s a less complex way to properly size the barrier gap for barrier screws.

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Testing

NDC Moving HQ to Ohio

California location to become the web process solutions tech center.

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Thermoforming

Former Has a Full-Blown Focus on Sustainability

Shepherd Thermoforming’s operation has spared millions of PET bottles from death by landfill. It also has taken steps to slash its own energy and water consumption.

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Research Reaffirms FDA Rules for Virgin PET Cap as Barrier

Study refutes previous research that raised doubts over V-PET’s effectiveness as a functional barrier layer when coextruded with R-PET.

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Thermoforming

Global Packaging Giant Sets Sights on U.S.

Well established in other parts of the world, Greiner Packaging is bringing its wide array of food-packaging technologies to the U.S. market.

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processing tips

How to Collect and Interpret Process Data in Extrusion: Part 2

In this second of three installments, the focus is on the crucial element of melt temperature.

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VIDEO: Predict Failure, Maintain Success

Is it still a repair if you fix the machine before it breaks?

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VIDEO: Extrusion Still Mixes Art and Science

On many extrusion shop floors, there’s likely a more experienced staffer who can tell something’s amiss with a line using only the instrumentation God gave him or her.

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best practices

Extrusion Powerhouse Does It All

Tekni-Plex has evolved into a technically diverse global supplier of a wide range of extrusions for a host of markets, many of which are regulated.

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Godwin Named President, CEO of Battenfeld-Cincinnati

New executive has been with extrusion machine builder since 1999.

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Plastics Size Reduction