Sheet Extrusion

Packaging

Speed, Flexibility & Customization Spur Success at PS Extruder & Former

Commodore does it all in PS foam extrusion and forming. It builds most of its equipment and all of its tooling and combines that with innovative processing techniques, allowing it to carve a successful niche for itself in a field dominated by much larger companies.

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Film Extrusion

MuCell Extrusion Gains Dow and Styron Film and Sheet Technology

MuCell Extrusion LLC, Woburn, Mass., made two moves last month that further expanded its capabilities in flat film and sheet foaming.

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Sheet Extrusion

Simple, Economical, Manual Roll-Gap Adjustment for Sheet

Processing Technologies International (PTi), Aurora, Ill., has developed and patented a new way to manually adjust roll gap on cooling and polishing sheet roll stands.

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Sheet Extrusion

Nordson: Emerging New Force in Plastics

In a span of two weeks last month, Nordson Corp. spent $400 million to expand its interests in plastics.

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Get Smarter on Extruder Sizes

Processors tend to recommend a much larger extruder than what’s really necessary for the job and the capabilities of the downstream equipment.

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Postconsumer

Extrusion & Compounding at NPE: Advances Push Efficiency Envelope

Blown film towers may have been scarce, but there was no shortage of new technology aimed at helping to make extrusion processors more profitable.

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Sheet Extrusion

Solving 10 Common Challenges In Extruding Thin-Gauge Sheet

Thin-gauge sheet production presents some unique challenges to the extrusion operator, including the following set of 10 commonly encountered considerations

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Film Extrusion

PE/PS Interpolymer Modifies Polyolefins To Process Faster, Thinner, Better

Novel hybrid of polyethylene and polystyrene acts as a processing aid for HDPE, LDPE, and PP.

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Extruder Inspection & Vibration Analysis Detects Problems Early, Prevents Failures

Service is offered to all types of extrusion processors for all of types and makes of extruders and motors.

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Sheet Extrusion

Foaming Developments Aplenty in Extrusion

At NPE2012, Macro Engineering and Technology, Mississauga, Ont., launched new technology to  extrude foamed films in what it describes as an “environmentally friendly process” that uses inert gas as the foaming agent.

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