plasticizing screw is an ultra-high performance barrier screw, targeted to recovery limited, thin wall processes utilizing polyolefin resins. The innovative barrier screw design of the Xaloy Quantum
I have described a masticator for plasticizing syntheticresin materials and including one or more intermeshing and generally parallel worms adapted to squeeze the plastic material between the lands or threads and grooves of the mating Worms while imparting thereto a compression serving to fluidify and homogenize the plastic mass. It has been recognized that when worm-type plasticizers for extrusion presses and other molding machines requiring a homogenized liquid flow of the resin are used, the development of gases upon plasticization of the resinous material is disadvantageous.
A plasticizing system that combines special component designs and flow surfaces helps injection molders of optical-grade polycarbonate (PC), acrylic, and similar polymers to produce high-clarity, enhanced-quality parts, it was announced today by Nordson Corporation, which will introduce the system at Fakuma 2015