Germantown, Wis.-based Sunlite Plastics Inc. is the first company in the world to earn an extrusion accreditation for tubing and profiles from MedAccred, a supply chain oversight program managed by ...

A radar-based system that precisely monitors the quality of plastic sheet extrusion is under development by Germany’s SKZ Plastics Center and two partner companies. The non-destructive and non-contact ...

The continuous production of defect-free profiles with plastic extrusion requires precise technology. The extrusion process creates large axial forces on extruder screws that can damage components ...

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 ...