Eye Protection

Modified on Sunday, 01 February 2015 11:37 PM by mpieler — Categorized as: Extrusion Hints

Eye protection
Vol. 23 #2, Oct. 1996

Always wear eye protection when standing near a pressurized die. Don't be fooled into thinking polymers are too viscous to "splash" out of die running at steady state.

Air pockets from a screen change or decomposition gasses from a hot spot can expand rapidly when exiting a die spraying hot polymer several feet through the air.

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