Costs of changing colors, on-going reduction in batch sizes, optimized cleaning and the use of color pigment carriers are all factors to be considered when coloring profile extrusions. Here cost cutting potential exists. Bolta is one of the first companies in the plastics industry to deploy Novopearls, a wax-based micro-granulate.
A ZSK twin screw extruder from Coperion GmbH, Stuttgart/Germany, formerly Werner & Pfleiderer, will soon go into service in Uganda for the production of pre-gelatinized matooke flour from non-storable plantains, also known as green or cooking bananas.
During the Interplastica Symposium "Coextrusion of PVC window profiles" at the Moscow Exhibition Center on January 25, 2012, KraussMaffei Berstorff will provide information on intelligent extruder concepts together with different and premium quality coextrusion solutions for economical window profile extrusion.
The first die from a new PVC extrusion die series made by battenfeld-cincinnati, Bad Oeynhausen/Vienna, specially impressed its long-standing customer InstalPlast, Lask, Poland with an improvement in pipe quality.
With its holistic concepts for reducing energy consumption on extrusion lines, battenfeld-cincinnati, Bad Oeynhausen/Vienna not only meets processors’ demands for highest possible energy efficiency in production, but also faces up to its responsibility for sustainable management of global resources in view of the rising total energy demand worldwide.
The German company Ensinger GmbH has placed an order with Coperion GmbH, Stuttgart/Germany, formerly Werner & Pfleiderer, for a twin screw extruder of the new ZSK Mc18 series.
Borouge, a leading provider of innovative value creating plastics solutions, has ordered a complete polyolefins (PO) pipe extrusion line from KraussMaffei Berstorff for its new Innovation Centre in Abu Dhabi.
Producers whose Reifenhäuser thermoforming sheet line is equipped with a REItruder can reduce their raw material costs by more than 40 percent by adding mineral fillers.
KraussMaffei Berstorff presents new vacuum degassing system for granular or powdered fillers.
Processors working with natural fiber composites (NFC) face the ongoing problem of excessive wear, which shortens the service life of the extruder’s plasticizing unit.
battenfeld-cincinnati delivers leading solutions for large-diameter pipe extrusion up to 2,500 mm in diameter.
There is an increasing global market for high-quality cast films - both mono- and multi-layered.
