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 ...

Is extruded aluminum gaining traction as a mainstream OEM choice for designing, engineering, and producing component parts? Plotting progress along a standard change-management trajectory shows the ...

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 ...

Extrusion technology company Entek (Lebanon, OR) recently introduced a software program that allows customers to quickly and easily design screw and barrel layouts for its co-rotating twin-screw ...

During the successful AEC webinar, "It's About the SHAPE: Designing with Aluminum Extrusions," hosted by Design News, there were a number of great questions that we didn't have time to answer. Some of ...

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 ...

Using a proprietary process, Microspec extrudes single- and multilumen bump tubing for minimally invasive applications. The proliferation of minimally invasive procedures has prompted engineers and ...

When choosing the right head and die for your extruder in industrial settings, selecting a well-suited connection type—such as a camlock head—is essential to ensure safe, reliable and effective ...

London Design Festival 09: an exhibition of six extruded aluminium furniture pieces by British designer Thomas Heatherwick has opened at Haunch of Venison in London. Heatherwick's Extrusions series is ...

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 ...