Lebanon, Ore-based Entek Manufacturing Inc. introduced the first product in a new series of co-rotating twin extruders with an online unveiling of a machine that was three years in the making to ...

German Technology Imports Inc. (Booth N4991): New Giga-34 twin-screw co-rotating compounder. At low speed, it acts as a laboratory extruder; at high speed, it processes pilot-plant-size batches of up ...

A twin-screw extruder can be used as a continuous wet granulator or as a continuous mixer for a wet gelatin mass. Twin-screw extruders, which have found commercial use in making amorphous ...

In the name of saving weight and pushing plastic, it’s nice to see continuous tweaks on 3D printer extruders from folks in their spare time. And to go where no extruder has gone before, [wayne dalton] ...

In the absence of NPE this year because of the pandemic, makers of plastics processing equipment have turned to virtual press conferences to tout new technologies and products. Last month, Conair ...

Wet granulation is a size-enlargement process in which a liquid is used to achieve the agglomeration of solid particles. Agglomeration improves particles' tableting properties by rendering them ...

In a world that’s literally awash in plastic waste, it seems a pity to have to buy fresh rolls of plastic filament to feed our 3D-printers, only to have them generate yet more plastic waste. Breaking ...

I teach a one-day Intro to Extrusion seminar, and many of my participants are new to extrusion. Therefore, I explain the basic principles of screws for thermoplastics. That’s good for the newbies, but ...

High output with optimal energy performance is one of the goals every plastics processor desires to achieve in production. battenfeld-cincinnati supplies the machinery solutions for this purpose, for ...

While single-screw extruders perform the lion’s share of recycling applications, twin-screw machines have a lot to offer recyclers—especially when the goal is a higher-value end product. Are ...