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 ...

Extrusion technology eliminates manual assembly operations, reduces inventory costs, and enables just-in-time production for ...

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 ...

London Design Festival 09: Heatherwick studio have released more images of their Extrusions exhibition, on display at Haunch of Venison gallery in London. The six extruded aluminium pieces 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 ...

Editor's Note: This is Part 2 of a feature looking at supplier-based, added-value services that are adjacent to aluminum extrusion production. Part 1 evaluated supplier-provided design and engineering ...

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 ...

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 ...

Aluminum-alloy extrusions form everything from cabinets to car chassis. Here are some ways to join them. Chassis are assembled using a combination of robotic MIG and friction stir welding. In addition ...