A new hands-on training event focused on advanced polymer manufacturing will debut this spring as Leistritz Extrusion Technology hosts its first Reactive Extrusion (REX) Workshop in North Carolina.

With its diverse portfolio of polymer testing and sensing equipment, Dynisco is bringing rheology to the masses. Rheology is the investigation of the ­flow and deformation behavior of materials when ...

insights from industryDr. Lucivan Barros & Ron RubinovitzSebior Application ScientistsThermo Fisher Scientific In this interview, AZoMaterials speaks with Dr. Lucivan Barros, Senior Application ...

MarqMetrix probes can be inserted into extruder barrels, enabling continuous monitoring of the extrusion process and allowing for quantitative and qualitative judgments to be made in real-time. PCA is ...

Hot melt extrusion (HME) formulation development depends heavily on choosing the appropriate polymers. This article reviews HME process parameters and highlights three polymers in HME: polyethylene ...

Extrusion is a process used for the creation of fixed cross-sectional profiles. Materials, such as plastic or thermoplastic, are pressed through a die of desired shape and cross-section. Plastic ...

On the right, a vacuum-assisted extrusion is leveraged in large-scale additive manufacturing to reduce porosity in printed parts. The inset image, on the left, is a close-up of the vacuum-assisted ...

A presentation at the Leistritz Pharmaceutical-Nutraceutical Extrusion Seminar explained how simulation tools benefit the development process. Twin-screw extruders (TSE) are used in multiple ...

Plastic recycling plays a crucial role in the transition towards a circular economy, but maintaining consistent material quality remains a major challenge. Recycled polymers often show strong ...