TPT July 2007

P lastic & C omposite T ube: P roducts & M anufacture

Extrusion line specialist with complete lines for plastic pipe

Battenfeld GmbH, Germany, is an extrusion line specialist offering complete lines for the pipe, profile, film and sheet industries. Its product range includes two universal compact lines for the profile industry: the miniBEX for small technical profiles and the winBEX for window main profiles. The company has extended its range by launching techBEX, a standardised Extrusionstechnik

turnkey line for small profiles. More than 30 techBEX lines were sold within six months of launch, including some to new European and Asian customers. The lines are manufactured and assembled in the Chinese city of Shunde. techBEX lines are available with either the BCE 1-45-25 D single-screw extruder for an output of 40kg/h, or the BCE 1-60-25 D extruder for a performance of approximately

› Small profiles manufactured on a techBEX line

60kg/h. The downstream equipment package includes a calibrating table, a belt haul-off, a flying knife cutter, a servo saw and a tip table. Battenfeld Extrusionstechnik GmbH – Germany Fax : +49 5731 27 124 Email : welcome@bex.battenfeld.com Website : www.bex.battenfeld.com Process optimisation on tube and hose extrusion lines There is an increasing demand for a reliable measurement of wall thickness on tube and hose extrusion lines. The aim is to reduce material over-consumption, together with a reduction of start-up scrap and rejected products. Continuous measurement of the relevant data during extrusion is a very important factor. Focused on process optimization, the Sikora X-Ray 2000 is designed for use on tube and hose extrusion lines. For this application an interesting X-ray system is available, where the product is transilluminated by X-ray.

fi The techBEX standard line for technical profiles

Increased worldwide demand for large-sized corrugators Unicor GmbH Corp, Germany, is the manufacturer of machines for the production of corrugated pipes, known as corrugators. Following an order delivery to Australia in March 2007, the company is now represented in the large-sized pipe range on all five continents. The company completed a successful start-up of several production lines, including UC 500 and UC 1200. These corrugators are designed to enable the fastest pipe production and lowest machine failure. There is a growing demand in Australia for high-quality drainage and sewage water systems, with machines designed to meet such requirements. Countries of the southern hemisphere particularly suffer from the effect of water evaporation on the surface or draining in the wrong places following long periods of drought. This effect is caused by the application of open wastewater disposal lines (sewage lines) by trench systems – still a very common problem. The change to closed wastewater disposal lines (sewage lines) by the use of corrugated plastic pipes therefore increases demands of the highest output from pipe producers. In order to face this timely and environmental technological urgency, an increasing number of users have selected this range of corrugators.

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fi Sikora’s X-Ray 2300 measuring equipment for tube and hose extrusion

Unicor GmbH – Germany Fax : +49 9521 956 195 Email : ralbert@unicor.de Website : www.unicor.com

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