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5 Industry news


15 Health benefits: advances in medical tubing Developments in medical tubing include highly engineered catheters for advanced treatment, ongoing efforts to recycle PVC products – and several alternatives to PVC COVER IMAGE: SHUTTERSTOCK


25 Flight risk: screws and barrels Repairing and refurbishing screws and barrels, with a good maintenance regime, helps to ensure production efficiency and delay the need to invest in replacement parts


33 Drain time: corrugated pipe Innovations in corrugated pipe include an inline inspection system, a new model to produce larger pipe and an underground drainage system for a sports stadium


37 Tooling skills: die developments Advances in extrusion dies include new technology to make fluoropolymer medical tubes, microduct pipes and coated pipe – and software that cuts die development time


41 European expos show extrusion trends This year’s Plastics Extrusion World Expo Europe – held in Brussels in September – includes a range of technologies and a free two-day conference


48 Extruder of the month: Azek 50 Dates for your diary


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