Should Employees Train at Home?

Salaried employees are much more likely to train outside of the office since they can pick locations/times which are much more convenient for themselves. Question: How common is it to have employees take the online training at home? My Response: Salaried employees tend to be more motivated to train on their own time. If the […]

Purging Co-Extrusion Dies…

When using mechanical purging compounds to purge co-extrusion dies, it is important to not purge all the extruders through the die at once to prevent excessive die pressure buildup. Question: I have been told “For co-extrusion it is important to purge from first to last and not all at once”. Could you explain this? My […]

Fill Time Monitoring…

The fill time is not expected to vary much form shot to shot. Typically, large variations indicate a parameter change or a change in machine performance. Question: We are using fill time as one of the process outputs for monitoring the process consistency. There is hardly any change which is showing variations. My Question is it a […]