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: Chris Rauwendaal is a designer, consultant, and seminar instructor who has written extensively on process engineering and extrusion topics. Part 1 of this article (PM&A Nov./Dec. 2002) ...

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 ...

Polyvinyl chloride pipes have become the backbone of modern plumbing, drainage, and irrigation systems worldwide. Understanding the intricate manufacturing process behind these ubiquitous construction ...

Cincinnati Milacron Extrusion Machinery (Booth S1702): Parallel twin-screw extruders including model with 115-millimeter screws and a pipe head and die set from Midwest. TC86 conical twin-screw with a ...

In the early 1950s, manufacturers began using extruded tubing in packaging applications for liquid medicines and cosmetics. By the 1970s and 1980s, extrusion technology had advanced to include ...

TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Molded Devices, Inc. (MDI), a provider of high-precision, value-added plastic component manufacturing solutions for medical and non-medical applications, today announced ...