Editor?s note: The author, Donald E. De Laney, a consultant in polymer process rheology, worked with GE for 17 years and has worked with Dynisco over the past eight years. The plastics compounding and ...

A presentation at the Leistritz Pharmaceutical-Nutraceutical Extrusion Seminar explained how simulation tools benefit the development process. Twin-screw extruders (TSE) are used in multiple ...

Aluminum is particularly well suited to the extrusion process due to its excellent plasticity at extrusion temperature. Only a minor degree of work-hardening takes place at this temperature and ...

In the early 1950s, manufacturers began using extruded tubing in packaging applications for liquid medicines and cosmetics. By the 1970s and 1980s, extrusion technology had advanced to include ...

It is a problem that has plagued builders and architects since the inception of concrete decks and continues to grow as we build higher and higher—cracks caused by deflection. After witnessing drywall ...

Contradicting the industry trend, Hy-Lite/U S Block Windows recently moved all their Hy-Lite vinyl extrusion purchases and acrylic block manufacturing out of China and back into the United States.