Extrusion moulding is a manufacturing process used to make pipes, hoses, drinking straws, curtain tracks, rods, and fibres. Manufacturing (from Latin manu factura, "making by hand" is the use of tools and labor to make things for use or sale A pipe is a tube or hollow cylinder used to convey materials or as a structural component A hose is a hollow tube designed to carry Fluids from one location to another The drinking straw is a device used for transferring a Liquid - usually a drink from one location to another (such as from a cup to your mouth A curtain (in the US also known as a drape or drapery) is a piece of Cloth intended to block or obscure Light, or Drafts, or In Geometry, a rod is a 3- Dimensional Solid (filled cylinder. Fiber or fibre is a class of Materials that are continuous filaments or are in discrete elongated pieces similar to lengths of thread.
The machine used to extrude materials is very similar to an injection moulding machine. Injection molding (British moulding A motor turns a screw which feeds granules of plastic through a heater. The granules melt into a liquid which is forced through a die, forming a long 'tube like' shape. A die is a specialized Tool used in Manufacturing industries to cut shape and form a wide variety of products and components The shape of the die determines the shape of the tube. The extrusion is then cooled and forms a solid shape. The tube may be printed upon, and cut at equal intervals. The pieces may be rolled for storage or packed together. Shapes that can result from extrusion include T-sections, U-sections, square sections, I-sections, L-sections and circular sections.
One of the most famous products of extrusion moulding is the fiber optic. An optical fiber (or fibre) is a Glass or Plastic fiber that carries Light along its length
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