United Feed Screws supplies specialized equipment for polymer processing, producing extrusion machinery, hardened-bore barrels and feed screws while also restoring existing production equipment. Based in Akron, the company brings more than 50 years of combined industry knowledge to hands-on troubleshooting, including laser borescope alignment for extruder barrels up to 30 feet long. Its refurbishment work can return worn equipment and components to service while helping limit downtime and reduce replacement costs.
W-J IncorporatedFounded in 1972, privately held W-J Incorporated is a Solon, Ohio manufacturer known for extending the working life of equipment used by plastics and rubber processors. Its 42,000-square-foot U.S. plant produces and restores feedscrews and barrels, while its engineers also help customers assess equipment problems in the field.SOLON, OH
Advanced Feedscrews, IncAdvanced Feedscrews, Inc. is a New Castle, Pennsylvania machine shop specializing in new and rebuilt feedscrews and barrels for plastic and rubber extrusion and injection. Its hands-on owners stay closely involved, allowing the medium-sized shop to address problems and provide answers with few management layers. The company makes screws up to 12 inches in diameter and 32 feet long, and can design them for specific materials and processes.NEW CASTLE, PA
Rubber City Machinery CorporationFrom its 100,000-square-foot Akron headquarters, Rubber City Machinery Corporation rebuilds polymer-processing machinery, bringing mills and presses back to original specifications. Since moving into the facility in March 1985, RCM has kept rebuilding, redesigning, testing and fabrication under one roof, supported by 40 overhead cranes. The company also supplies replacement parts and provides certified equipment appraisals, with President George B. Sobieraj holding Certified Senior Appraiser status under USPAP.AKRON, OH
Precision Feedscrews, IncFamily-founded in 1986 by Jim and Eileen Fagan, Precision Feedscrews remains a Fagan-led Pennsylvania manufacturer serving the plastics, rubber, and food industries. Drawing on more than 50 years of feedscrew experience, the company is known as a service operation as much as a maker of new extruder and injection-molding feedscrews, with screw rebuilding available when extending an existing part’s life makes more sense.NEW CASTLE, PA