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  1. snowrocka

    foam extrusion and mold?

    hey, yes it was. But after the closure of the biggest surfbblank manufacturer Clark Foam, because of environmental and health issues, new core-materials are on their way. Most of the companies use EPS now, just a few still use PU. XPS is not used that often because of the outgasing. greetings
  2. snowrocka

    foam extrusion and mold?

    Thx, but I know that EPS is also used as a packaging material, that they use those machines there and also how they work. I spent already two days on the net searching for methods, prices etc., otherwise I wouldn't post in here. The thing is the difference between EPS and XPS, so expanded and...
  3. snowrocka

    foam extrusion and mold?

    Hello, I have a kind of fundamental question or maybe just an error in reasoning? :) Is it possible to extrude PS into a mold and let it expand in there to get a XPS foam in surfboard size with the same quality of an XPS block? Then the extruder would have to portion the material, maybe over...

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