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TWS is the UK's leading manufacturer and refurbisher of screws and barrels used in the Plastics, Rubber & Feed Industries.

Established in 1983 TWS has over 30 years experience in the manufacture, refurbishment and repair of feedscrews and barrels used in the following industrial process, Extrusion, Injection Moulding, Blown Moulding, Compounding and Recycling.

TWS can manufacture extruder screws and barrels to be a direct replacement to the original manufacturers parts, we can also refurbish screws and barrels and bring them back to their original tolerances.

Our company aim is to provide a first class service to all our customers large or small, we work with many customers to build up an understanding of their individual processing needs, this generally leads to TWS having a digital library of their parts on our database and an understanding of the lifespan of their consumable parts hopefully leading to less downtime and costly breakdowns.

Based in Rochdale just off the M62, means we are ideally situated to service the needs of our customers the length & breadth of the UK & beyond.

Please find below the products and services we specialise in.

 

Screw Manufacture

Screw Manufacture

TWS manufactures screws for the Plastic, Rubber & Feed industries and for the following process Extrusion, Injection moulding, Blown Moulding, Compounding & Recycling.
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Barrel Refurbishment

Barrel Refurbishment

Barrel Refurbishment

TWS can refurbish single extrusion barrels by honing oversize & then matching the screw to the barrel.
For injection moulding barrels a short barrel sleeve is generally the best method of refurbishment.
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Grooved Feed Liners

Grooved Feed Liners

TWS can manufacture new nitrided grooved or plain feed liners, the grooves can either be straight or spiral, plain feed liners can be bimetallic offering a greater life span.

 

 

Barrel Manufacture

Barrel Manufacture.

TWS manufactures Barrels for the Plastic, Rubber & Feed industries and for the following process Extrusion, Injection moulding, Blown Moulding, Compounding & Recycling.

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Barrel Re-sleeves

Barrel Resleeves

TWS can resleeve Injection moulding barrels in the worn working area generally 5 x the diameter.

  • Nitrided liners.
  • Bimetallic liners.
  • Tool Steel Through hardened liners.
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Pressing Services

 

Pressing Service

TWS has a press specifically built to to press screws from barrels and barrel / Feed liners from their housings.

  • 150 Tonne purpose built press
  • Stuck with burnt material
  • Foreign object jamming screw in the barrel
  • Seized due to incorrect alignment
  • Barrel liners from there housing

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Screw Refurbishment

Screw Refurbishment

Screw Refurbishment

TWS can refurbish worn screws from the Plastics, Rubber & Feed industries, we can refurbish screws from 25mm Ø up to 450mm Ø & 6300mm long.

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Tie Bar Repair

Tie Bar Repair

Tie Bar Repair

TWS is the UK's leading Tie Bar repairer & manufacturer, we can normally turnaround a repair in 5-10 working days.

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Site Services

Site Services

Please take a look at our On Site Services
  • On-site wear measurement including report 
  • On-site wear measurement and manufacturing dimensions (Digital copy of drawing held in our secure database)
  • Barrel and Gearbox alignment (Laser)
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