EDI Advances Newsletter

Most Recent Issue

Volume 19 - 2010

• PS Foam Board Innovation Yields Big Increase in Extruder Uptime
• Improved Coating Makes Die Lips Sharper, More Wear-Resistant
• EDI Rheology Lab Is Key to On-Target Performance of Your New Die
• Increasing Demand for Hot Melts
• Slot Dies Increase Accuracy and Output in Hot Melt Adhesive Coating

Past Issues

Volume 18 - 2009

• Microlayer Advances Boost Performance of Barrier Packaging & Stretch Film
• Many Additions to EDI Process Lab are Available to Customers
• New Die Coating Withstands Most HCI Acid Attack from PVC
• On-Site Servicing of Die Systems Boosts Extrusion Up-Time

Volume 17 - 2008

• Acquisition of QMI Helps EDI Provide Innovative Products and Services
• EDI Promotes Top Executives After 5 Years of Success
• Liberty Dies Offer New Capabilities in Slot Die Coating
• Redesign of EDI Website Reflects Expansion on Many Fronts
• EDI Joins a New Era of Innovation in Solar Systems for Electricity

Volume 16 - 2007

• EDI at K 2007: New Products and Services for Every Customer
• New EDI Sales Manager for Europe and Mideast
• EDI China Opens as Full-Service Rework and Customer-Support Center in Shanghai
• Motorized Dual Deckle Automates Width Changes and Reduces Downtime in Extrusion

Volume 15 - 2007

• Die Innovations Are Key to ‘Next-Generation’ Barrier Packaging
• Coating Simulation Pinpoints Ideal Slot Die Setup
• Rheology:  Key to Optimizing Your Die’s Performance
• EDI Receive Patent for Contour Die & UltraLip Scrapper

Volume 14 - 2006

• At NPE 2006: ‘Great Leap Forward in Productivity’ for Users of EDI Dies
• ‘Layer Multiplier’ Better Coextrusion at Lower Cost
• Total Die System Concept Will Debut at NPE 2006
• Contour Die:  Now Standard for Film and Available for Sheet

Volume 13 - 2006

• A Die That Looks Like No Other Bids to Transform Extrusion Through Sheer Productivity
• Lip Coatings Enhance Film and Coatings and Reduce Downtime
• New Die Systems Speed Shift to Lean Manufacturing by Cast Film Producers

Fall 2004

• Transformed EDI Presents Wealth of New Technologies and Resources for Customers
• EDI in Germany:  Full Service and Support for European Customers
• To Prolong Life of Lip and Flow-Channel Surfaces, Many Options Are Available

Spring 2004

• Improved FastGap System Needs No Lubrication
• EDI Expands Service in Europe by Creating German Subsidiary
• Pliant Cites Productivity Boost with New Contour Die
• Developments in Flat Dies for Extrusion Coating

Winter 2003

• Ultracoat V Die Achieves New Level of Precision in Slot Die Coating
• Dual Deckle Surpasses Expectations in Film
• Troubleshooting Autoflex Dies
• EDI Responds to Survey with New Systems that Speed Die Cleaning Dramatically
• Technologies for Optimizing Production of Cast Film

Summer 2003

• At NPE 2003:  Broadest Array of EDI Innovations Ever Presented at a Show
• First ‘Constant-Deflection’ Die with Fully Streamlined Flow Will Make Debut at NPE 2003
• New Concept in Lip Adjustment Doubles Speed and Thickness Range of EDI’s Autoflex System

Summer 2002

• Boltless Die Clamps and Releases Die Halves in Seconds, with No Need to Torque Body Bolts
• Dual-Deckle Autoflex Coating Die Makes Converter Frantschach Even More Versatile
• Die Advances Streamline Extrusion of Siding and Other Vinyl Products
• Coverters Use Slot Die Systems to Transcend the Limitations of Conventional Roll Coating

Fall 2001

• EDI at K:  ‘Maximizing Extruder Uptime’ with Service and Die Designs
• For Gage Industries, Products Switches Are Fast and Easy with Accuflow Feedblock
• Advanced Software Streamlines Die Production and Performance
• Feedblock Innovations Expand Versatility in Coextrusion

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Winter 1999

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Fall 1998