In the plastics industry, twin screws are at the very heart of the extrusion process that transforms raw materials into rigid PVC pipe or profile. These highly engineered components are integral to ...

Aluminium extrusions are created through a precise manufacturing process that shapes aluminium by forcing it through a die ...

WAUCONDA, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) and its research and education organization, the ET Foundation, have released the Call for Entries for the 2025 Student Aluminum ...

Guill Tool & Engineering has developed a reciprocal tubing die design. Unique features eliminate the need to weld or otherwise join sections with different profiles together. Traditional tip-and-die ...

Extruded products constitute more than 50 % of the market for aluminium products in Europe of which the building industry consumes the majority. Aluminium extrusions are used in commercial and ...

Editor's Note: This is Part 2 of a feature looking at supplier-based, added-value services that are adjacent to aluminum extrusion production. Part 1 evaluated supplier-provided design and engineering ...

Continuous manufacturing of amorphous solid dispersions in a twin-screw extruder is well-suited to quality by design processes such as defining design space. The continuous process of hot-melt ...

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) ...

Angel investors understand the high stakes of funding new technologies. The journey is fraught with financial, technical and market risks—but when a groundbreaking well-designed innovation meets the ...

Today’s sophisticated catheters have become modern marvels of advanced design and polymer technology. These devices are used to perform an ever-increasing number of the minimally invasive surgeries ...