For the milk puffs, the Cornell scientists use lactose hydrolyzed skim milk powder—where the lactose is converted into simpler sugars. A slurry containing the powder is then processed using a ...

Editor?s note: The author, Donald E. De Laney, a consultant in polymer process rheology, worked with GE for 17 years and has worked with Dynisco over the past eight years. The plastics compounding and ...

Increasingly smaller medical devices require tighter tolerances that make extrusion process control more difficult. Photos courtesy of TEEL PLASTICS INC. As medical devices get smaller and tolerances ...