Tecumseh, Mich. — Blow molding machine builder Uniloy Inc. launched sales of a new all-electric continuous extrusion shuttle machine to produce bottles, containers and technical parts The UCS.E is a ...

A new invention from the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) could soon help manufacturers ...

Many consumer products are packaged in tubes or bottles where product application involves pumping the product through a nozzle. Such products tend to be shear thinning products where the viscosity ...

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 ...

The material extrusion process using a heated syringe in additive manufacturing offers the advantage of fabricating various materials with a single device while being cost-effective due to the ease of ...

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 ...

A presentation at the Leistritz Pharmaceutical-Nutraceutical Extrusion Seminar explained how simulation tools benefit the development process. Twin-screw extruders (TSE) are used in multiple ...

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 ...

Broomfield, Colorado-based Ball Corp. is launching a new impact-extruded aluminum bottle line it says “provides a circular solution to plastic pollution.” Available in different shapes and sizes, the ...