Machinery builders for processing plastics to manufacture medical devices are putting a spotlight on robots and the extrusion of complicated medical tubing this week at MD&M West 2025. Sumitomo (SHI) ...

Editor?s note: The author, Donald E. De Laney, a consultant in polymer process rheology, worked with GE for 17 years and has worked with Dynisco over the past eight years. The plastics compounding and ...

ORLANDO, FLA. (April 1, 8:45 a.m. ET) — Novatec Inc. (Booths 2829, 7747) — known for its dryers, loaders and conveying systems — is expanding into complete extrusion downstream equipment for profiles, ...

Figure 1. Various interactions take place during the extrusion process. A combination of these interactions can result in material degradation.Figure courtesy of Chris Rauwendaal and Rauwendaal ...

Machine sales across the board in pipe and profile extrusion are looking up, spurred by end-markets getting healthy again. Building construction is the hottest market; wood fiber composites the ...