Increasingly smaller medical devices require tighter tolerances that make extrusion process control more difficult. Photos courtesy of TEEL PLASTICS INC. As medical devices get smaller and tolerances ...

UZWIL, SWITZERLAND — Bühler Group, a global leader in processing equipment for food, feed and advanced materials, is launching its new generation of extrusion systems, the Nutrex 7 Series.

Earlier this year, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington, announced that it took delivery of the second generation of its ShAPE, or Shear Assisted Processing and Extrusion, ...

insights from industryDr. Annika VölpApplication SpecialistThermo Fisher Scientific In this interview, AZoM talks to Annika Völp, process application specialist at Thermo Fisher Scientific, about twin ...

The hot melt extrusion (HME) process can be employed in the production of a wide range of pharmaceutical dosage forms, including capsules, tablets, lozenges and implants. HME is suitable for both ...

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 ...

We have a fascination with gloss. Think of shining shoes, polishing apples for the teacher, don’t touch my car, squeaky-clean and more. Somehow, shiny noses are the other way around, which is why we ...