Thermo Fisher's Dr. Annika Volp shares insights on using extrusion for mechanical recycling of marine plastics, integrating ...

Extrusion is a process used for the creation of fixed cross-sectional profiles. Materials, such as plastic or thermoplastic, are pressed through a die of desired shape and cross-section. Plastic ...

In this month's Best Practices, we turn to extrusion process control — with a side trip to “the cloud.” Oden Technologies Inc., a new supplier of process monitoring and data integration systems, has ...

With its diverse portfolio of polymer testing and sensing equipment, Dynisco is bringing rheology to the masses. Rheology is the investigation of the ­flow and deformation behavior of materials when ...

Plastic is abundant in business and everyday life. You find it as product components, packaging and even in the containers used to ship products. For businesses interested in manufacturing or ...

November is an easy month to write my column, as there is so much to be thankful for, including plastics, despite our myth-understanding detractors. They usually mean well, but often see plastics as ...

Plastic extrusion machines, which are also called plastic extruders, are utilized in a large-scale manufacturing procedure to melt and convert raw plastic into a continuous profile. They consist of a ...