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 ...

Editor?s note: Charlie Martin is general manager at American Leistritz Extruder Corp., Somerville, NJ. Twin-screw extruders have been used for many years to compound all types of fibers into plastics ...

Leistritz has added a continuous twin screw extrusion system that continuously mixes and conditions gel-mass formulations designed to replace previous upstream batch processing methodologies.

Improved characterization of twin-screw extrusion enables increasing use in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Twin-screw extrusion, a continuous mixing process, is gaining acceptance for producing ...

This content was paid for by an advertiser and created by Crain's Custom Content. In the ever-evolving world of plastics processing, staying ahead of the curve requires more than just experience—it ...

The parent of twin-screw compounding extruder maker CPM Extrusion Group has purchased Extricom GmbH, a German company that makes a 12-screw extruder known as the RingExtruder. The RingExtruder was ...

Used for producing pasta, plastics, and more, extrusion is a widely used technique to combine and shape materials. Now, researchers report using twin-screw extrusion–where two solid reactants mix via ...

Plastics are widely used across industries thanks to their low corrosiveness, slow decomposition, and malleability. However, these same properties that make plastics so versatile also contribute to ...

Australian metal 3D printer manufacturer Titomic has entered into an agreement with German international metal parts manufacturer C.A .PICARD. Together the partners will produce prototype 3D printed ...

The Energy 11 Twin-Screw Extruder can be configured for various applications experienced in current battery research and development. The horizontally split, completely ported barrel enables flexible ...

The Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology, (Fraunhofer IWU) in Chemnitz, Germany, has developed the first prototype of its Screw Extrusion Additive Manufacturing (SEAM) system ...