Extrusion

As an experienced and respected thermoplastic extrusion and lamination company, Bixby International delivers innovative custom solutions to our customers in spec and on time. Together with an experienced and dedicated manufacturing team and state-of-the-art equipment, our processes are established, controlled, and monitored to quality specifications from start to finish. The combination of our Team’s expertise with our clients' experience and vision allows us to utilize this cooperative knowledge and our manufacturing flexibility to rapidly provide product solutions and take your project from ‘Concept-to-Commercialization’.

Simple graphic drawing of cast extrusion process

CAPABILITIES

  • Up to 72"(~192cm) wide film or sheet
  • Gauge range: 0.003” to 0.250”
    (0.0762mm to 6.35mm)
  • Coating gauge range: 0.001” to 0.008”
    (0.0254mm to 0.2032mm)
  • Texturizing of materials
  • In-house slitting 
  • Diverse extrusion screw and die designs 
Simple graphic drawing of tandem extrusion process

CAPABILITIES

  • Up to 72"(~192cm) wide film or sheet
  • Gauge range: 0.003” to 0.250”
    (0.0762mm to 6.35mm)
  • Coating gauge range: 0.001” to 0.008”
    (0.0254mm to 0.2032mm)
  • Texturizing of materials
  • In-house slitting 
  • Diverse extrusion screw and die designs 
Simple graphic drawing of coextrusion process

CAPABILITIES

  • Three-layer coex laminates up to 36” wide
  • Coex laminates can be extrusion laminated onto other substrates 
  • Gauge range: 0.001” to 0.100”
    (0.0254mm to 2.54mm)

 

Lamination

In addition to the above extrusion capabilities, we also offer a variety of lamination processes. The versatility of these lamination capabilities combined with our decades of experience processing a broad selection of substrates and materials allow Bixby to deliver innovative custom solutions to our customers in spec and on time.

Simple Drawing_Extrusion_Tandem(72)

CAPABILITIES

  • Up to 72"(~192cm) wide film or sheet
  • Gauge range: 0.003” to 0.250”
     (0.0762mm to 6.35mm)
  • Coating gauge range: 0.001” to 0.008”
     (0.0254mm to 0.2032mm)
  • Texturizing of materials
Simple Drawing_Extrusion_CoEx(72)

CAPABILITIES

  • Three-layer coex laminates up to 36” wide
  • Coex laminates can be extrusion laminated     
      onto other substrates 
  • Gauge range: 0.001” to 0.100”
      (0.0254mm to 2.54mm)

Additional Lamination

RELATED MATERIALS

Bixby has experience processing nearly every commercially available thermoplastic family. Additionally, we work with specialty, custom, and developmental polymers and formulations, hot melts, and tie layers. These can be extruded as monolayer film and sheet or combined with other substrates for the manufacture of custom laminations.

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...and custom development projects!

Extrusion line running with semi-transparent film

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