B&H Tool Co. LLC of San Marcos, Calif., is gaining market traction in designing and engineering precision tooling for plastics extrusion applications. For its flow analytics process, the B&H team uses ...

Figure 1. These examples show the application of die design guidelines. Figure 1 illustrates applications of these guidelines to several different profiles. Figure 2. This is an example of a partition ...

Guill Tool & Engineering has developed a reciprocal tubing die design. Unique features eliminate the need to weld or otherwise join sections with different profiles together. Traditional tip-and-die ...

Editor?s note: Chris Rauwendaal is a designer, consultant, and seminar instructor who has written extensively on process engineering and extrusion topics. Part 1 of this article (PM&A Nov./Dec. 2002) ...

Aluminum extrusion is a process used to create metal forms used in various industries, including transportation and construction. A preheated aluminum metal cast, or billet, is forced through a ...