Last month's Simple Science covered heat, the physics division most important to extruders. It's the countable energy that softens the material and makes it extrudable. If you haven't read it, it's ...

Several new trends in the sheet extrusion industry influence the process of specifying and purchasing new sheet systems. The days of the company owner or head buyer requesting a quotation and making a ...

The manufacturing sector continues to face a skilled labor shortage, and nowhere is this more apparent than in specialized fields like metal extrusion. As experienced professionals retire and ...

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 ...