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About Flite Technology Inc.
Founded in 1981, Flite Technology is the premier designer, manufacturer and rebuilder of feed screws and barrels for the plastics, medical, rubber and food industries. In addition to supplying feed screw, barrels and machine components, the Company is the exclusive source of a proprietary line of patented, highly accurate screw and barrel wear instrumentation devices.
The Flite Technology client list includes a diverse group of companies ranging from start-up ventures to Fortune 500 corporations. All receive the same innovative service and personal attention that is Flite Technology.
If your looking for a competitive advantage, advanced technology, and cost effective pricing, Flite Technology can provide the resources and expertise your business needs to meet the demands of today and tomorrow.
Customer Service: Whether your business is plastic, rubber or food processing or reselling processing equipment, our barrel/cylinder experts can help you select the right product for your specific needs.
Flite Technology has earned the reputation as an innovator and industry leader in the manufacturing of precision single and twin feed screws and barrels. Whether it's new, a rebuild, or a repair, you can be confident the quality and performance will be unsurpassed.
About WEXCO CORPORATION:
Established in 1975 for the sole purpose of manufacturing high-performance bimetallic plasticating cylinders for plastic injection and extrusion machinery, WEXCO has grown into a highly respected and capable supplier to the plastic industry, both in the U.S.A. and internationally. You will find their cylinders pumping plastic all over the world, from North and South America to Europe, Asia, and Australia.When cylinder performance and long service life are important, customers all over the world specify WEXCO brand cylinders.
For 28 years, WEXCO's singular mission has been to produce the best-performing plasticating cylinders at a fair price, and they will vigorously continue to carry out that mission in the future.
WEXCO's Production Facilities and Capabilities
A well-equipped, modern 48,000 square foot (4460 m2) factory located in Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.A., serves as company headquarters and self-contained design and production facility that allow WEXCO to maintain full control over all vital manufacturing functions.
There they deep-hole drill cylinder sections up to 160 inches (4 meters) long and up to 15 inches (381 mm) bore diameter, and they straighten their cylinder tubes to a much tighter tolerance than required by industry standards.
WEXCO spin-cast cylinder bore lining alloys in their own custom-designed furnace, and carefully finish the cylinder bore by employing a super-precise honing process. Wexco's state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment allows them to produce high-performance plasticating cylinders up 293 inches long (that over 24 feet, or 7,44 m).
Unlike some of their competitors, they do not have to leave critical manufacturing processes (such as deep-hole boring and straightening) to outsiders.
WEXCO's diverse "World-class" capabilities:
WEXCO's capabilities range from producing plasticating extrusion or injection cylinders of simple design to the most complex, including parallel "twins" (meshing and non-meshing), and special cylinders for rubber or metal molding processes.
Whether you are looking for a replacement plasticating cylinder to mount to a domestic or foreign-made extruder or injection press, or whether you need a vented cylinder, or one that has I.D. grooves or O.D. spirals, WEXCO can fill your needs!
Are you looking for a cylinder to process corrosive or abrasive resins? Or one with a cooling jacket or copper wrap? Or do you require a stainless steel cylinder for a food processing application? Or Inconel protection against corrosive resins? Need I.D. grooves or O.D. spirals? Looking for a competent manufacturer to produce a "pin cylinder" for rubber molding? Cylinders with taper lock- or gate flanges?
WEXCO can do it!
Whether you call them plasticating "barrels" or "cylinders", WEXCO is your best source for the finest high-performance products. Their modern manufacturing facility is dedicated to produce nothing but high-performance plasticating cylinders for rubber and plastic processing applications and they have earned a "world-class" reputation for consistently producing high-quality products and for delivering on-time, as promised!
Wexco's primary products are "standard" and customized high-performance, spin-cast bimetallic cylinders in all shapes and sizes to fit any plastic or rubber processing machinery made anywhere in the world.
In addition to their after market sales through a worldwide network of distributors, including plasticating screw manufacturers, they also routinely sell their bimetallic cylinders directly to plastic processing machinery builders (OEMs) that offer high-quality, high-performance equipment. These include many of the major machine builders based in the U.S.A., Canada, Japan, and Europe.
And for cylinder repair and bore relining, Wexco offers a variety of partially-finished cylinder "blanks", finished cylinder liners, and "as-cast" liners to established machinery rebuilders and cylinder relining services. If you are a processor looking for reputable machinery rebuilding or cylinder relining services, call us for the names of companies that utilize WEXCO's semi-finished cylinder products.
With WEXCO's many years of experience in producing the finest bimetallic cylinders for plastic and rubber processing machinery, it should be no surprise to learn that they are heavily involved with machine and equipment builders that are working on the next generations of plastic, rubber and metal molding equipment, including magnesium molding.While many of these new processes and the manufacture of related equipment are subject to terms of licensing and confidentiality agreements, contact us to relay your interests and we will forward them to the appropriate license holders and business partners.
WEXCO delivers! Their unwavering corporate mission for superior service is reflected in the effort and expertise they employ daily in the production of the finest high-performance bimetallic cylinders available anywhere - on time, every time!
Their fast deliveries on made-to-order bimetallic cylinders are envied by competitors and are well known throughout the plastic processing industry in North America and elsewhere!
WEXCO delivers as promised!