"When business is a little slow" and "When we're busy hiring" are two of the most common answers we hear to the question "What is the right time to train?". The problem with both of these answers is that the…

In our last post we explained the purpose of the compression zone of extruder screw. Now we will look at the next zone - the metering zone. Plastic Travel in the Metering Zone In the metering zone, the plastic melt…

This is a short extrusion training tutorial on the basics of how plastic is melted in the single screw extruder. Let's talk about the compression zone. Most of the melting of the raw material from solid plastic particles to plastic…

In this blog post, we'll focus on the extrusion process. Specifically, we will look at pressures, temperatures, heating and cooling inside the extruder barrel. Proper temperature and heating control of the plastic inside of the extrusion barrel is very important…