Extrusion International 4-2026

21 Extrusion International 4/2026 cluding two Killion 1.25" extruders, an RDN 2.0 PVS vacuum tank, one Key- ence LS9000 dual axis laser gauge, two Dri Air ARID-X 10 30lb capacity dryers, an RDN 212 belt puller, an Accurate Thermal Systems FTBLL47 uidized bath and a new Mark-10 F1505-IM tensile testing rig. In addition, the test lab permits single and co-extrusion capabilities with its tried-and-true die designs. Access to exotic extrusion processes such as rotary die extrusion of lament and tubular end-products are also available. The addition of the tensile testing rig allows for mechani- cal testing of nished product samples in-house for even faster trial results. Supporting extrusion trials, the test lab also offers extrusion training, die cleaning services, sample inspection, and end-product testing. Guill’s uid - ized bath has a 50°C-605°C tempera- ture range and a working volume of 15.7” x 47.” Customers can test materials, dies and actual extrusion run time… all on Guill premises. Guill Tool & Engineering Co., Inc. Jacob Marcure, Senior Design Engineer jmarcure@guill.com Peter Leary, Technical Sales Engineer, Extrusion Division pleary@guill.com www.guill.com Latest Advances in Stretch Film Production Building on the success of previous generations of SmartCast stretch film lines, SML has now developed the fourth generation of the Smart- Cast Infinity, equipped with the latest advancements: a newly de- veloped nanolayer feedblock for 101 layers. Nanolayer technology is an ad- vanced technology in stretch lm pro - duction to improve lm quality and wrapping application. Nano-layered lm gives stretch lm incredible per - formance despite its thickness. While Nano67 is already an established tech- nology for high-end applications on the market, SML now pushes this tech- nology further. In close collaboration with Cloeren and drawing on the vast experience and learnings of Nano67, we devel- oped a truly unique piece of equip- ment. The new nanolayer feedblock was custom-engineered to meet high- est requirements. This design differs from every previous solution in three key ways: • 101 layers – the highest number count ever achieved in stretch lm • Highest percentage of nano-struc- tured lm in the total lm • Highest number of extruders – the nanolayer feedblock is fed by eight extruders Overall, these features offer higher exibility to inuence lm properties. “Nano101 lets us combine a wider range of functional materials, in differ- ent sequences and at lower percent- ages. While the stretch lms produced on our machinery already exceed the market requirements for elongation, Nano101 focuses on inuencing tear propagation, holding force and punc- ture resistance,” explains Thomas Rauscher, Product Manager at SML. With Nano101, SML now offers two innovative nanolayer technologies as standard: the time-proven Nano67 and the brand-new Nano101. SML Maschinengesellschaft mbH www.sml.at (Copyright: KHP Karin Hackl) Design Engineer Jacob Marcure working in the rheology lab Fluidized bath in the test extrusion facility