Reactive extrusion has emerged as a potent tool for improving material properties of common resins. The Cochran research group has used the Haake system to explore impact modification of polyesters ...

The two-step extrusion method was used to manufacture pipe-grade high density polyethylene (HDPE) material from recycled HDPE. With the two-step extrusion method, dicumyl peroxide (DCP) can completely ...

Scientists have developed a vacuum-assisted extrusion method that reduces internal porosity -- by up to 75% -- in large-scale 3D-printed polymer parts. Large-scale additive manufacturing has been ...

Polyolefins are ubiquitous in the plastics packaging and film sector due to their flexibility, thermal stability, low cost, and barrier properties. Alternative recycling methods are emerging that can ...

Margaret J. Sobkowicz Kline, Ph.D. Meg Sobkowicz Kline was born and raised in Massachusetts. During her undergraduate studies at Columbia University she discovered her interest in human impacts on the ...

Additive manufacturing, commonly referred to as 3D Printing, is a technique that is growing in the manufacturing world to make various complex parts and huge designs. What started as a tool for making ...

Bavarian Polymers Inc. CEO Robert Weishaeupl credits the company's new vinyl windows systems and its strategic location near Nashville, Tenn., as a couple of the reasons behind a recent capacity ...

Polymer Packaging Inc. is jumping back into the extrusion business after more than a decade of absence. The Massillon, Ohio-based flexible and protective packaging maker is spending more than $10 ...