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Purging Compound Insights And Tips

Topic: Plastics-manufacturing

Why You Should Seal Your Manifolds During Shutdowns

With the price of Production Resins sky rocketing, why wouldn’t you try to reduce your material..

Failure Equals Success When Processing Post-Consumer Recycled Plastics (PCRs)

To paraphrase Thomas Edison when asked how it felt to fail at making a light bulb over 1000..

4 Tips for Easier Start-Ups for Large Extruders

Extrusion is complicated. There are countless variables and different processes, and machine..

Surviving the Rise in Resin Costs: Purging is Your Secret Weapon

The cost of resins has been on the rise since last year, and some production facilities may be..

Easier Super-Engineering Changeovers for Custom Molders

Processing Super-Engineering Resins like PEEK, PEKK, ULTEM, Torlon, PSU or Teflon can be very..

Molding Tips: Check These 5 Common Causes to Solve Parts Sticking

This is a common problem on the production floor. Parts sticking is and can be a difficult..

4 Causes of Flow Lines in Blown Film Extrusion (and One Easy Solution)

Flow lines are one of the most common processing issues faced by blown film extruders. There..

Repro, Regrind, & Processing Defects

Different plant standards now force us to recover as much material as possible. In some cases..

How Downtime is Hurting Your Bottom Line

Downtime is one of the costliest expenses (factors) that a company can have. Machines can get..

3 Questions That Maximize Your Purging Cost Savings

If this past year has taught us anything, it's that there are so many things we cannot control...