Custom Plastic Extrusion from Prototype to Production
With over 75 years of extrusion experience, Teel partners with customers to develop custom plastic extrusions for technically demanding medical and industrial applications. From product development through high-volume, scaled manufacturing, Teel combines engineering expertise, advanced polymer science, and precision manufacturing to deliver repeatable quality and tight tolerances.
What Plastic Extrusion Services Does Teel Offer?
Teel provides complete extrusion support from concept through production.
Capabilities include:
- Custom medical and flexible tubing
- Pipe extrusion
- Thin-wall and thick-wall extrusion
- Coextrusion and multilayer extrusion
- Multilumen tubing
- Paratube and mandrel extrusion
- Custom tooling development
- Secondary finishing services, such as drilling, chamfering, cutting, and more
Whether developing a new product or scaling an existing design, Teel builds extrusion processes for long-term consistency and production efficiency.
What Markets Does Teel Serve with Plastic Extrusion?
Teel manufactures custom plastic extrusions for customers operating in regulated and industrial markets around the world. Many applications require highly engineered components with tight tolerances, consistent quality, and dependable long-term production.
Markets served and product types offered include:
- Medical device components
- Medical packaging
- Water treatment piping and tubing
- Industrial piping systems
- Flexible PVC products
- Film cores
- Filtration products
- Food dispensing
- Cosmetics packaging
- Industrial equipment
What Plastic Materials Can Teel Extrude?
Teel not only extrudes a vast array of materials but offers expertise on material selection for product performance, manufacturability, durability, and regulatory compliance.
Teel processes more than 50 thermoplastic resins, including:
- Polyethylene (PE)
- Polypropylene (PP)
- TPU and TPE
- PVC
- FEP
- Polycarbonate
- PETG
- Nylon
- ABS
- PEEK
- PEBA
- Custom polymer blends
Material capabilities include:
- Medical-grade materials
- High-temperature polymers
- Sustainable resin options
- Bio-based materials
- Phthalate-free plasticizers
- Custom formulations
When standard materials do not meet application requirements, Teel can also help develop proprietary compounds to achieve specific performance characteristics.
What Plastic Extrusion Sizes and Configurations Can Teel Manufacture?
Teel’s flagship manufacturing facility is equipped with more than 30 extrusion lines with a range of sizes for both small, precision components and larger extruded products.
Manufacturing capabilities include:
- Extrusion lines from 1.0″ to 3.5″
- Outside diameters from 0.025″ to 10″
- Single-layer extrusion
- Multilayer extrusion with capacity for up to seven layers
These capabilities allow Teel to manufacture complex plastic extrusions with the dimensional consistency and repeatability required for high-performance applications.
How Does Teel Maintain Precision During Extrusion?
Teel’s engineering-driven manufacturing is supported by:
- Custom tooling design
- Flow modeling
- Inline dimensional measurement
- Statistical Process Control (SPC)
- Automated processes and robotics equipment
- Validated manufacturing procedures
These systems help maintain tight tolerances while improving production efficiency and repeatability.
Does Teel Offer Clean Room Extrusion?
Yes, Teel offers ISO Class 8 clean room capacity for extruded products that require controlled manufacturing environments, such as sensitive medical components.
Clean room extrusion capabilities include:
- Multiple extrusion lines
- Secondary operations
- Packaging
