Polymer Packaging Inc. is jumping back into the extrusion business after more than a decade of absence. The Massillon, Ohio-based flexible and protective packaging maker is spending more than $10 ...

The equal channel angular extrusion (ECAE) process has emerged as a versatile technique to enhance the microstructure and mechanical properties of polymers. Through severe plastic deformation, ECAE ...

A polymer extrusion function addresses some limitations of large-format additive manufacturing, and a configurable spindle option introduces possibilities for hybrid manufacturing.

While countless tubes are extruded or injection molded each year, these manufacturing techniques are neither the most optimal nor the most cost-effective methods available to medical device ...

Sometimes inspiration comes from a customer. That is certainly the case for Jim Benton, owner of Poly-Tech Plastic Molding Inc. in Prairie Grove, Ark. A request for a better plastic face shield has ...

New PipeMaster planetary cutters from Conair are designed to produce continuous, distortion-free cuts in extruded PVC and polyolefin pipe in diameters from 0.630 to 24.9 inches and at line speeds ...

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 ...

In Liquid Lace, we're treated to a visual feast as we watch thermal footage of a 3D printer over-extruding hot polymer into a series of coils, cooling as they land. Then, we see how carefully ...