KraussMaffei Berstorff demonstrates technologically advanced extrusion concepts at the NPE

The trade fair focus of KraussMaffei Berstorff is on first-class extrusion concepts for increasing productivity and flexibility and the optimization of energy efficiency. At the NPE 2012 in Orlando (Hall West (B), Booth 1503), innovations and tried-and-tested success concepts from the areas of compounding, pipe and profile extrusion will be presented.

The effective Internal Pipe Cooling (IPC) system is KraussMaffei Berstorff's answer to increasing demands of the fabricators with regard to productivity increase, reduction in resource consumption and investment costs. "The high demand in North America confirms that we offer our customers a modern and efficient implementation solution for their specific requirements", emphasizes Matthias Sieverding, Extrusion Technology Manager at KraussMaffei Corporation in Florence (USA). The IPC technology shortens the cooling section by up to 40 percent because it uses ambient air, in addition to conventional external cooling, to cool the pipe from the inside. This allows fabricators to dramatically reduce acquisition costs and significantly reduce power consumption. Also on show is the IPC system, which is particularly suitable for thick-walled pipes and for the production of PO pipes ranging from 110 to 2500 mm on the pipe head KM-RKW 34-250-IPC.

At the NPE, KraussMaffei Berstorff will also be exhibiting the KME 125-36 B/R model from the single-screw extruder series with the 36 L/D long processing unit successfully tried and tested worldwide for many years. Machines in this series are ideally suited to processing a large number of PO materials. They impress from a technical perspective with a series of advantages. The barrier screw concept thus guarantees an optimum mixing process and eliminates thermal inhomogeneity. It provides perfect melt homogeneity at a low temperature, ensuring a top quality end product. The 36D single-screw series stands for cost-effective production combined with high specific melt throughputs.

The conical twin-screw extruders are particularly suitable for production in the lower output area and can be used both as mono-extruders as well as co-extruders. From this series, KraussMaffei Berstorff will be exhibiting the KMD 63 K/P model, which is ideal for the use of profile and pipe recipes. The process concept of the single-conical twin-screw extruders guarantees the highest possible melt homogeneity and creates an extremely high-quality end product. Different material types, such as dryblend, granulate or regrind, can be processed without any problems.

A compounding plant with one ZE 60 A UTX twin-screw extruder fitted with the EasyClean module will also be exhibited at the NPE 2012. This design includes several individual components and improved features, which permit the cleaning time at the extrusion plant during product change to be reduced by up to 40 percent. The complete plant has a modular design – a special plant concept from KraussMaffei Berstorff in which the individual components of the line are combined to practical units with the dimensions of a sea container. Apart from considerably reduced assembly times at the construction site, the modular design also guarantees significantly reduced total construction costs because steel construction is not usually required and the provision of a easily converted room is sufficient.

Source: KraussMaffei Berstorff