Increasing fuel efficiency is the goal of every major automaker these days, as the 2025 Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards creep ever closer. To that end, lightweighting has been the name ...

Purging the blow molding machine on the shop floor will ensure efficient performance and a better end product. While there are some differences between standard and custom blow molders, the blow ...

Plastic extrusion operators are manufacturing workers that feed, calibrate, monitor and maintain extruding machines. These machines play an important role in the automotive, construction and aerospace ...

As window profile extrusion moves towards greater use of recyclables and fillers, KraussMaffei Berstorff has responded with coextrusion models where a parallel twin-screw extruder can extrude profiles ...

Over the past few years, many major developments have taken place in the raffia and woven packaging sector, including advances in resins, increased capabilities of extrusion lines and improvements in ...

Downstream extrusion equipment is designed to process and finish all kinds of extruded products, including plastic and metal piping, rods, or wires; rubber hoses and gaskets; aluminum and steel; and ...

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 ...

Plastic extrusion machines are becoming increasingly essential in manufacturing due to their efficiency, flexibility, and superior product quality. These machines melt raw plastic and shape it into ...

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 ...