Wear Parts & Turnkey Plant Services Lab News
Meet Sam Goral – ENTEK’s new Process Engineer
ENTEK is proud to have Sam Goral on board as the newest member of the engineering team. Sam graduated in the spring from Oregon State University with a B.S in chemical engineering and is now working at ENTEK as a Process Engineer. Leveraging his experience in mathematical modelling, programming, chemistry, process control, and experimental design, Sam is already making a difference at ENTEK.
ENTEK provides a full service in-house lab for customers to test their formulations on an ENTEK extruder before they buy a machine. Sam has been busy optimizing customer formulations on the new ENTEK QC3
-43MM extruder in the ENTEK development lab. Sam’s
can-do attitude fits like a glove at ENTEK, and his unique perspective has already helped several customers succeed with challenging material trials.
Replacement Wear Parts Update
A Growing Business -Large Parts for Non-ENTEK Brand Twin-Screw Extruders
In the last issue of Extrusion Solutions (March 2015), we ran a story on how ENTEK has recently expanded its replacement wear parts offerings for twin-screw extruders to include large-size screws and barrels, at sizes up to 250mm. Since then, this business has continued to grow and the company has provided replacement parts at sizes of 133mm, 160mm, and 250mm to numerous compounders running non-ENTEK brand twin-screw extruders.
New QC3 -43MM Twin-Screw Extruder in Lab
We are pleased to announce that we now have our newest twin-screw extruder, the QC3
- 43MM,
up and running in our in- house development lab. Its numerous Quick Change, Quick Clean and Quality Control features make it the perfect machine for running internal and customer trials. Come see this new machine in action!
Interested in Scheduling a Lab Trial?
ENTEK invites you to take advantage of our compounding expertise. We have helped numerous companies bring their ideas to market in areas such as bioresins, wood and fiber-plastic composites, color compounding, and specialty sheet applications, to name a few. If you’d like more information on how to schedule a lab trial for your materials at ENTEK, contact John Effmann at 541-259-1068 or
JEffmann@entek.com.
and manufacturing personnel, and a large state-of-the-art machine shop,” she said. “This is to support all ENTEK operations including the manufacturing of twin-screw extruders and wear parts, as well as the company’s world-leading battery separator production operation, all here at our Lebanon, Oregon headquarters.”
Additional Parts-Related Services
ENTEK provides a variety of additional services to help customers with their replacement wear parts needs, including:
• Cost effective parts stocking programs, customized for specific customer requirements
• Barrel and screw measurement • Screw layout review and optimization • In-plant process training • Machine rebuild services • Control system upgrades • Remote troubleshooting • Maintenance check-ups
All parts are manufactured at ENTEK’s headquarters in Lebanon, Oregon USA. Many parts are in stock, and some are available for next-day shipment.
Tammy Straw, ENTEK’s Business Development Coordinator, said ENTEK has a unique advantage to other twin-screw extruder parts suppliers. “We have substantial internal resources here, including specially-trained engineering
To obtain a quote for replacement wear parts, or to learn more about ENTEK’s aftermarket services, contact Tammy Straw, ENTEK Business Development Coordinator, at (541) 259-1068 or
tstraw@entek.com.
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