Plastics are one of the most widely used materials in the world today. As you go on with your daily routine, you’re handling dozens of items that rely on plastic profile extrusion. These could be ...
Editor?s note: Chris Rauwendaal is a designer, consultant, and seminar instructor who has written extensively on process engineering and extrusion topics. Part 1 of this article (PM&A Nov./Dec. 2002) ...
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 ...
Machinery builders for processing plastics to manufacture medical devices are putting a spotlight on robots and the extrusion of complicated medical tubing this week at MD&M West 2025. Sumitomo (SHI) ...
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 ...
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 ...
Medical device developer and manufacturer Arterex Medical Device Inc. has acquired Xponent Global Inc., a Hudson, Mass.-based medical tubing extrusion supplier, expanding its footprint in North ...
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