Extrusion: Film & Sheet

Classroom discussions addressing such topics as co-rotating and counter-rotating twin-screw extrusion technology and screw design and process techniques will be supplemented by hands-on operating sessions.

Although the increase was moderate compared with Q1 of this year, Q2 is the fifth consecutive quarterly year-over-year increase in plastics machinery shipments.

Seal-and-peel lidstock from KM Packaging (Peterborough, United Kingdom) addresses brands’ move out of plastic food trays.

When an extrusion system is taken apart, there is a lot of sticky stuff, and it seems logical to remove it. Here are some techniques and tools you may want to consider using to do that; under certain circumstances, though, you may want to do...

Patented Feed Enhancement Technology increases material intake capacity in the processing of feed-limited products by up to three times, resulting in increased throughput.

The classic radiator grille will be obsolete in electric drive train cars, opening up numerous design, customization and functionality possibilities.

The information- and graphic-rich 1-page PDF from the Flexible Packaging Association (Annapolis, MD) captures the essentials from a recent 194-page report.

The five new Torayfan white-pigmented, metalized biaxially-oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films are available in sealable and non-sealable versions and a variety of heat-seal strengths.

According to the British Plastics Federation, 69% of all plastics-related British trade is completed within the European Union (EU). Failure to secure a trade deal with the EU would see a dramatic increase to both the cost of imports and exports.

With a new design and greater efficiency, the U.S.-made industrial chillers offer 40- to 60-ton capacity and variable-speed drive technology.