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Increased Production by Creative Packaging

An old process required frequent changes of coiled material with small 600 foot reels that had to be manually changed every 10 minutes and then disposed of.   The coiling process also created waste as often material crossed over itself and created deformities. Hi-Tech Extrusions created larger reusable wooden reels that holds up to 18,000 feet

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Increased Production by Creative Packaging

Summary: Hi-Tech Extrusions, known for its innovative solutions in custom-engineered thermoplastic profile and tubing extrusions, took an antiquated, labor-intensive coiling process and transformed it into a model of efficiency and sustainability. By introducing larger, reusable wooden reels that hold up to 18,000 feet of material and implementing automatic payoff equipment, Hi-Tech Extrusions not only increased

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Hi-Tech Extrusions Streamlines Inventory Management with Real-Time Automated Solutions

Summary: Hi-Tech Extrusions, an industry leader in custom-engineered thermoplastic profile and tubing extrusions, leveraged their advanced vendor management software to solve a pressing inventory challenge for a large OEM manufacturer of garage doors with multiple locations. By setting up an automated, real-time inventory and production scheduling system accessible across all locations, Hi-Tech Extrusions empowered the

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Hi-Tech Extrusions Illuminates the Path to Success with Customized Frosted, Flame-Rated Materials for LED Lighting Manufacturer

Summary: Hi-Tech Extrusions, a leading provider of custom-engineered thermoplastic profile and tubing extrusions, helped a large OEM LED Lighting Manufacturer overcome their specific light transmission challenges. Faced with the need for particular light transmittance levels in multiple colors, Hi-Tech Extrusions employed their research expertise in material properties to deliver a custom frosted flame-rated material. This

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Hi-Tech Extrusions Optimizes Truck Door Assembly with Innovative Clip-on Co-Extrusion Seals

Summary: Hi-Tech Extrusions, an expert in custom-engineered thermoplastic profile and tubing extrusions, transformed the manufacturing process for an OEM Truck Door Manufacturer. Facing challenges with their two-part side seal door assembly made of aluminum and EPDM that led to premature wear and damage to the doors, the manufacturer reached out for an innovative solution. Hi-Tech

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Extrusion Methods

By plasticizing, there are dry extrusion and wet extrusion processes and by pressurizing there are continuous and intermittent extrusion processes Continuous production yields a high efficiency, simple operation for a wide range of applications, such as tubing extrusion, sheet/film extrusion etc. Profile Extrusion The Profile Extrusion process, such as drinking straws and medical tubing, is manufactured

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Uses of Plastics Extrusions

Plastics extrusion is a high volume manufacturing process that melts and forms raw plastic material into a continuous profile. Plastic extrusion is a process that creates two-dimensional shapes on length providing the third dimension tubing, edging, moldings fence, deck railing, window frames, weather stripping, adhesive tape and wire insulation and similar products in continuous lengths

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The Extrusion Process

In the plastics extrusion process, raw thermoplastic material, or resin, is gravity fed from a top mounted hopper into the barrel of an extruder. Additives, such as colorants and UV inhibitors, in either liquid or pellet form are often used and can be introduced into the resin below arriving at the hopper. The process has much in common with

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