Provided are extrusion tools such as extrusion dies or portions thereof having a surface with at least one coating thereon, and methods of forming the same are disclosed. The at least one coating is formed from a composition that is a metal aluminum nitride or carbonitride with particular characteristics such that the amount of aluminum varies within the coating between a coating outer surface and an intermediate thickness within the coating. The resulting coatings have tailored physical and performance characteristics that result in improved wear and extrusion performance.

In one embodiment, a method of forming an extruded board includes mixing a resin and a foaming agent, melting the mixed resin and foaming agent to form a uniformly colored extrudate, differentially expanding voids formed from the foaming agent within the uniformly colored extrudate by passing the uniformly colored extrudate through a breaker plate, forming a board with the differentially expanded voids and uniformly colored extrudate, and forming lightened portions on an outermost surface of the formed board.

A method of increasing the lubricity of an extrusion component, the method comprising: functionalizing a surface of a wall of an extrusion body with PDA material to form a PDA treated surface; coating the PDA treated surface with a lubricious material; and heat treating the wall of the extrusion body for a time and a temperature sufficient to cause the lubricious material to adhere to the PDA material, and for the PDA material to adhere to the wall; wherein the surface of the wall is optionally oxidized prior to the functionalizing. Also an extrusion component comprising: an extrusion body comprising an inlet face and an outlet face, the body comprising a base structure comprising an internal wall defining at least a portion of an extrusion pathway from the inlet face to the outlet face, wherein at least part of the internal wall comprises a lubricious coating that defines at least part of the extrusion pathway.

The extruder screw comprises a screw body (2) coated by an external functionalization coating (4), and also at least partially coated by a wear detection-quantification coating (5) arranged between the external surface (3) of the screw body (2) and the external functionalization coating (4), and detectable with respect to the external functionalization coating (4).

A barrel with a corrosive resistant material having a first end and a second end spaced apart from one another. The barrel also has an outer surface and an inner surface spaced apart from one another. The outer surface and the inner surface extend between the first end and the second end. The barrel includes at least one notch extending from the outer surface to the inner surface. The at least one notch is filled with the corrosive resistant material from a base end of the notch to the outer surface. The barrel further includes a passage extending through the corrosive resistant material inside of the at least one notch.

An extruder barrel of an extrusion assembly that is separable into at least two portions to completely view a bore defined by the extruder barrel. The extruder barrel includes a first barrel portion that defines a first cavity. The extruder barrel also includes a second barrel portion that removably engages with the first barrel portion and defines a second cavity. The extruder barrel also includes a bore that is collectively defined by the first cavity of the first barrel portion and by the second cavity of the second barrel portion. The extruder barrel also includes a set of connectors that operably engages the first barrel portion and the second barrel portion with one another.

Disclosed herein are new injection molding-coating devices for the continuous manufacturing of coated pharmaceutical tablets comprising one or more active pharmaceutical ingredients and one or more excipients. Also disclosed herein are methods for the continuous manufacture of coated pharmaceutical tablets using these new devices for the purpose application in the pharmaceutical and drug manufacturing industries.

The extruder screw comprises a screw body (2) coated by an external functionalization coating (4), and also at least partially coated by a wear detection-quantification coating (5) arranged between the external surface (3) of the screw body (2) and the external functionalization coating (4), and detectable with respect to the external functionalization coating (4).

A method and an apparatus (1) for the production of a compound used for the manufacture of an article made from rubber or a pneumatic tire by a continuous mixer (2) divided into a mixing section (MS) wherein the mixing of the components of the compound being processed exclusively takes place; a reaction section (RS) located downstream of the mixing section (MS) wherein a mild reaction of the compound being processed is activated; wherein, the reaction section (RS) is heated to increase the temperature of the compound being processed in relation to the temperature of the compound being processed within the mixing section (MS); and a cooling section (CS) located downstream of the reaction section (RS) and cooled to reduce the temperature of the compound being processed down to a temperature that will inhibit further development of the reaction that takes place within the reaction section (RS).