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 ...

The latest version of polyXtrue software for the design of polymer extrusion dies has several new features, announced Plastic Flow. PolyXtrue software provides engineers insight into the performance ...

A new technical conference dedicated exclusively to the science and optimization of extrusion processing will debut this summer as the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Extrusion Division launches ...

Extrusion Dies Industries LLC (Booth N4661): Flat dies for film, sheet, coating extrusion. Now offering complete component integration between extruder and downstream, such as flat die, gauge profiler ...

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 ...

With the installation of a new extraction system, the SKZ Plastics Center in Würzburg has successfully completed the ...

Metallurgists and materials engineers might work in larger extrusion companies, focusing on alloy development, heat treatment processes, and failure analysis. These positions typically require ...

MADISON, WIS.(May 10, 1:15 p.m. ET) — Strandex Corp., which develops wood-plastic composite technology, is investing in its extrusion tooling operation and a new patented puller speed control for ...

Two examples of how nanotube-filled polymers (thin rod in left photo; small disk in right photo) avoid swelling seen in traditional polymers. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and ...

Figure 1. Various interactions take place during the extrusion process. A combination of these interactions can result in material degradation.Figure courtesy of Chris Rauwendaal and Rauwendaal ...