A selection of the best machines for turning your failed prints and scrap plastic into new 3D printing filament.

Recycling plastic into filament normally involves chopping it into tiny pieces and pushing it through a screw extruder. [JRT3D] is taking a different approach with PetBot, which cuts PET bottles into ...

Austrian plastics machinery manufacturer MAS Maschinen-und Anlagenbau Schulz GmbH says its new 110 compact extruder is on the verge of launching. According to the company, the new extruder combines ...

The plastic product manufacturing process uses some variation of the extruder system. Of the different product types, plastic bag manufacturing is one of the most sensitive operations to manage.

Equipment the companies will show at the October event in Germany include a filtration compounder, mechanical dryer, granulator and more. Coperion's ZSK FilCo filtration compounder. German equipment ...

Thermoplastic pipe extruder Ipex USA LLC acquired Silver-Line Plastics Corp., which manufactures pipe at four U.S. sites. Founded in 1962, Asheville, N.C.-based Silver-Line produces a broad range of ...

ALPHARETTA, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pexco LLC, a leading North American specialty plastics extruder, is pleased to announce the acquisition of American Extruded Plastics, Inc. (AEP) and American ...

Despite being a readily-available source of useful plastic, massive numbers of disposable bottles go to waste every day. To remedy this problem (or take advantage of this situation, depending on your ...

Compounder Star Plastics has installed a new twin-screw extruder at its Ravenswood, WV, facility, the first phase of a more than $5 million investment in 2022 to support current and new customers. The ...

Extruder Intek Plastics, based in Hastings, MN, has acquired injection molding company Five Star Plastics, located in Eau Claire, WI. Both companies are family-owned. Intek said that the acquisition ...

Angel investors understand the high stakes of funding new technologies. The journey is fraught with financial, technical and market risks—but when a groundbreaking well-designed innovation meets the ...