Quality Materials

We carefully choose our suppliers in order to provide our customers with the highest quality screw/barrel/valve substrates. We are proud to offer a variety of metals & surface treatments to stand up to even the harshest plastic processing environments:

Screw Materials

Alloy Steels

4140 Quenched and tempered 28 to 32 RC
4340 Quenched and tempered 28 to 32 RC
N135 Modified
17-4 PH Stainless Steel

Tool Steels

Lescowear™ tool steel through hardened to 60/62 RC
CPM-9V Tool steel, through hardened to 54/55 RC
CPM-S90-V Stainless tool steel through hardened to 54/55 RC
D-2 Tool steel through hardened to 60/62 RC

Super Alloys

Hastelloy®
Monel®
Inconel®

Weld Overlays

Colmonoy 56®
Colmonoy 83®

Additional Plating, Surface Treatments

Chrome encapsulation
Chrome plating root surfaces
Ion Nitriding NITRIDING
Armoloy™ (TDC) Thin Dense Chromium
Flame hardened flight O.D.
Age hardening

Carbide encapsulation

Extreme coatings carbide encapsulation with 2 different coating thicknesses and 3 different finishes available.

Barrel Materials

JP 38 High strength alloy steel

Inlay

Wexco 555™ Nickel chrome corrosion resistance
Wexco 666™ Iron boron genera purpose
Wexco 687XL (patent pending) High speed extrusion and injection molding applications
Wexco 777™ Nickel, chrome, spherical shaped carbide abrasion and corrosion applications
BO-55™ Fluoropolymer applications
CPM-10V® One piece tool steel lined

Valve Assemblies

Design

3, 4, and 6 piece FLUTED DESIGNS
4 piece designs
Locking designs
Ball Check
Smear Tips

Materials

4150 Retainers
17-4 PH Stainless steel retainers
D-2 Tool steel
CPM-9V
CPM-10V
S90V
PM-M4 High speed tool steel
H-13 Heat Treated
H-13 Heat Treated and nitrided
Chrome encapsulated
Hastelloy®
Inconel®
Solid carbide check rings
Carbide inserted front seats and check rings (patented)

End Caps

Alloys

4150 Steel
17-4 PH Stainless steel
H-13 Heat treated
H-13 Heat treated and nitrided

Additional Plating, Surface Treatments

Chrome plated I.D.
Armoloy™ (TDC) Thin Dense Chromium
Nitride
PVD