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We live in the world where almost everything is made from plastic. Let’s say that you wake up in the morning for brushing your teeth. You use toothbrush which is made from plastic extrusion machines. When you open water tab, the pipe is also made from plastic extrusion process.

What is plastic extrusion exactly? Plastic extrusion is the process to change raw material from plastic into different shape of products. The extrusion will pass melted process until it will be shaped into various products like fence, pipe, wire insulation, tubing, deck railing and many more. The processes of these plastic extrusions are changing raw material into small beads. Common people know this term as resin. That’s why you can find additive can be mixed with resin. It can be in pellet or even liquid form. For melting this resin, the temperature must be 392°F to 527 °F. It really depends on the molten plastic and type of polymer. In order to avoid overheating, people will melt gradually and use control heater zones. The intense pressure will create certain product quickly. Even when the heaters have been shut off, there is still heat atmosphere which can be used for melting product which only need lower friction and pressure inside the barrel. For sure that cooling fan must keep running just to make sure the heat is not above the required standard.

With such method, plastic extrusion company can recycle plastic products quickly. The process is quite simple and can create various different forms. Plastic product is quite durable and not easy to break out when it falls down. The benefits of plastic cause people tend to buy this material. There are several extrusions like single extrusion, tubing extrusion and coextrusion. You just need to know your product shape to be produced.