Extrusion/Compounding Machinery at K2019 Film/Sheet Extrusion • With the trend moving towards POD lines, India’s Rajoo Engineers will exhibit its Heptafoil sevenlayer blown film line that is able to switch between barrier film and POD processing, with an output of 450 kg/hour. It will also show a twin-screw sheet line for PET.
minimum of 10-15% increase in outputs, depending on materials processed, with up to 30% increase for stiffer materials. • Battenfeld-Cincinnati will display its STARextruder 120 high-speed extruder designed specifically for processing PET sheet. It consists of a single-screw extruder with a central planetary roller section where melted material is rolled out into very thin layers, producing an enormous melt surface for degassing and devolatilisation. The STARextruder can be used to process both non-predried new materials and any kind of recycled materials, as confirmed by the US FDA approval it has received.
Rajoo’s Heptafoil POD line
• Germany’s Kuhne Anlagenbau will showcase a 13-layer triple bubble line double bubble, blown film line, water quench and special tubing line for producing biaxially oriented films for high-barrier food packaging like stand-up pouches, and high-barrier shrink film for fresh meat or cheese packaging, among other applications. A feature of these films is that they can be 100% recycled. • Italy’s multi bubble orientation system specialist Gap will present a transparent high barrier oriented recyclable material. The simultaneous bubble orientation system is available up to 4,000 mm with a capacity of 1,000 kg/hour and offers a solution for high-barrier recycle oriented structure to convert laminate foil to homogenous oriented mono-barrier multifunction materials. Gap will Gap will present a also show a new annular simultaneous bubble microlayer die for performance orientation system multiplication. And to reduce thickness, improve film characteristics and extract the maximum performance from mono material, it will show its Mira Layers. • US-based Addex will launch Phase 2 of its Intensive Cooling technology for cooling the bubble. The patented design change from present-day blown film air rings allows for increases in stability and output. It is part of Addex’s Laminar Flow air ring, auto-profile and IBC systems. Addex boasts a
BattenfeldCincinnati’s STARextruder 120 for processing PET sheet
• Italy’s Amut will demonstrate a running ACS 2000 cast line for stretch film, with five extruders in a seven-layer configuration. It features the patented Q-Catcher control system, which permits previously saved process parameters to be repeated, allowing for film to be reproduced with exactly the same mechanical properties. The line includes the Essentia T-die with die splitter, moveable vacuum box for cleaning without dismantling, jumbo chill roll unit 1500+450 mm diameter and AD Scan thickness control system.
Amut will demonstrate the ACS 2000 cast line for stretch film
• US-based Graham Engineering will exhibit its Welex Evolution sheet extrusion system equipped with the XSL Navigator control system, which was developed for blow moulding and adapted for extrusion lines. An equipment for thin-gauge PP, which can be customised to accommodate widths will be displayed. OCTOBER 2019
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