New 90-mm Extruder from Davis-Standard Enhances Capabilities of Conair Tech Center

EA new 3 1/2-inch (90mm) Davis-Standard extruder recently installed at the Conair Technical Center in Pittsburgh, PA, is now available for in-house and customer trials. The extruder is being used for developing and testing new downstream equipment designs. Specifically, it enables Conair to support trials for larger tubing and profile applications, and those with higher output requirements.

"We've had a long-standing relationship with Davis-Standard and a mutual respect for each other's capabilities in the industry. This extruder is a welcomed addition to our lab," said Ernie Preiato, Vice President of Applied Products for Conair. "In addition to testing new downstream equipment, we'll be using this extruder for customer demonstrations, product development and prototyping."

Conair's technical center is widely used by the company's engineers, as well as customers. It is also available to Conair's OEM partners, like Davis-Standard, who want to take customers to the facility. With the technical center, Conair has created a plant-like setting that not only houses the new extrusion line, but also working injection molding machines, a central chilled-water temperature control system, central materials handling system, a scrap reclaim lab and drying technology lab. This unique facility enables Conair engineers to work with new equipment in a real-world setting before it is released to field trials. Customers use the facility to enhance existing products, improve output rates or product tolerances, and develop new products for prototype samples before going to production. According to Preiato, the facility enables customers to have time for "pure development" which is often hard with the production deadlines that exist in a typical plant environment.

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