Increasingly smaller medical devices require tighter tolerances that make extrusion process control more difficult. Photos courtesy of TEEL PLASTICS INC. As medical devices get smaller and tolerances ...

Image Credit: Kurt Manufacturing; Momentum Industries, LLC. Aluminum extrusion services manufacture aluminum or aluminum alloys into custom and standard profiles and shapes through a process called ...

In past columns, I've written about measurement of the key process variables in extrusion: Melt temperature, melt pressure and motor load . . . the vital signs. However, I shouldn't assume that all of ...

Continuous extrusion encompasses a class of metal forming techniques in which billet or feedstock is continuously forced through a die to produce long-sections of uniform cross-section. Unlike batch ...

Over the past few years, many major developments have taken place in the raffia and woven packaging sector, including advances in resins, increased capabilities of extrusion lines and improvements in ...

Mass-Vac, Inc. has introduced a high-capacity vacuum inlet trap designed for plastic extrusion processes that removes volatile materials which can damage the pump.

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 ...

Using a proprietary process, Microspec extrudes single- and multilumen bump tubing for minimally invasive applications. The proliferation of minimally invasive procedures has prompted engineers and ...

Downstream extrusion equipment is designed to process and finish all kinds of extruded products, including plastic and metal piping, rods, or wires; rubber hoses and gaskets; aluminum and steel; and ...

The hot melt extrusion (HME) process can be employed in the production of a wide range of pharmaceutical dosage forms, including capsules, tablets, lozenges and implants. HME is suitable for both ...