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 ...

The big driver in producing film by the blown film process is evolving technology fueled by market demands for increased outputs, and extended flexibility of applications. Add to this reduced film ...

Commercial purge compounds (CPCs) were originally designed and marketed to the injection molding industry, which remains the dominant process for CPC usage. Today injection molders are aware of the ...

Millad NX8500E clarifying agent permits extrusion-blow molding of polypropylene for glossy, glass-clear containers with little yellowness. Processors can save energy with cycle-time reductions, lower ...

Blow molding machinery maker Kautex Maschinenbau has turned out what it says is the biggest ever blow molded nylon liner for a hydrogen fuel cell tank. The 320-liter tank is more than 2 meters long ...

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 ...

Producing balloons used for angioplasty catheters calls for tubing that has more stringent requirements than that used for other uses, such as catheter body or strain relief. To ensure that the proper ...

Aluminum is particularly well suited to the extrusion process due to its excellent plasticity at extrusion temperature. Only a minor degree of work-hardening takes place at this temperature and ...