In high-speed polyolefin extrusion, the phenomenon of melt fracture—commonly appearing as sharkskin or surface roughness on the finished product—presents a critical barrier to increasing production ...

This text focuses on advanced methods for predicting and avoiding the occurrence of defects in manufactured products. It covers the major manufacturing operations, and considers conventional and new ...

At the end of a tube and pipe extrusion line lies the beginning of a plethora of opportunities to ensure product quality and reduce raw material costs, according to Sikora. And if you don’t believe ...

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 ...

A MIT Media Lab graduate student has developed a tulle-like textile – DefeXtiles - by controlling a common 3D printing defect, the under-extrusion of polymer filament. Jack Forman used a standard, ...

Defects in angioplasty balloon material, which result in product discards, may represent a significant portion of production. Abbas Tcharkhtchi and Erik Andersen Angioplasty balloons are critical ...

Researchers have discovered the primary mechanism driving the extrusion of dying cells from epithelial monolayers. Researchers from the Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore (MBI) at the National ...