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Since the founding of Extru-Tech, Inc., our company and our cooking/
extrusion equipment have been built on rock-solid technology, makingExtru-

Because of that focus on listening to issues important to our clients, we
believe this new Extru-Technician Reader’s Choice series is oneof the best
response methods for addressing the critical issues that today’s manufacturers
face. This will bethefirst of many Reader’s Choice issues. n
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Tech, Inc. a world leader in providing extrusion solutions. We have listened to our clients and designed solutions that exceeded their expectations.

You asked,

Preconditioning

Today we continue with the samebasic principles, enhancing that original, sound technology by usingthemost current engineering techniques to surpass ever-changing market needs. You see, we realized longago that through direct communications with our clients, we managed to get it right the first time.

The main purpose of preconditioning is to
simplify the extrusion process, providing a
uniform and consistent flow to the extruder.
This happens when a homogenous final
product is formed from a mixture of two or
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elcome to the first Extru-TechnicianReader’s Choiceissue,specifically devoted to answering the many excellent questions fromour faithful readers.You asked via our survey … and now we respond!

eduction is thename of the
sustainability game—and what
better place to start than on the
manufacturing floor with tools you already use
as apetfood producer. Whether you’relooking
to cut down on waste, reduce wear or lower
your carbon footprint, Extru-Tech Inc. has the
sustainable, environmentally friendly solution.

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wrench to show up?

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e’ve all heard it: Everything was fine
until someonefiguratively threw a
wrench into the well-oiled machine.
Unfortunately,wehavealso seen it happen
much too often. Theequipment/process appears
to be running well, the production scheduleis
tight, and thethoughts go to, “It’ll be OK to delay
addressing thosepesky maintenanceschedules
and wear part rotations for abit longer.” Well,
the obvious reason to address themaintenance
schedulesis that soon the machine willstop
running well and,in some cases, will not run at all.

Preconditioning: more efficient,
less contamination
Why wait for the
Sign of the time
(replacement time, that is)
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Ofall the processingissues that our service
department encounters that begin with, “We have

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