TPT January 2020

T E CHNOLOG Y

Sikora gives world premiere of Centerwave 6000 at K trade fair in Germany

SIKORA, a manufacturer and worldwide supplier of advanced measuring and control technology, gave a world premiere of the Centerwave 6000 at the K trade fair for plastics and rubber last year. The Centerwave 6000 is used for dimension measurement of hose and tubes of up to 1,600mm diameter, and also defines the intensity and speed of radiation travelling through the material. “The Centerwave 6000 does not only impress because of its dimensions,” said Christian Schalich, head of the sales business unit for hose and tube at Sikora, “but also because of its benefits resulting from the technology used for the extrusion process.” “Furthermore, the device auto- matically determines the exact refractive index,” said Mr Schalich. “And the operator benefits from a system that, integrated in the line, delivers reliable and reproducible measurement values directly after start-up.” During K 2019, the company also premiered the Purity Concept V, an optical laboratory testing system for plastic material. Customers were invited to bring pellet samples to be inspected and analysed directly at the booth. “Real pellet tests are the best way to prove that a system works and gives information on the advantages that one can achieve,” said Hilger Groß, business development and area sales manager for plastics at Sikora. The company also showcased its Planowave 6000, a non-contact measuring system that is used for non- destructive thickness measurement during the extrusion of plastic sheets, as well as the X-ray-based laboratory device Purity Concept X for the inspection of metal inclusions in coloured pellets that would be invisible with optical systems. “The Purity Concept X is especially predestined for sample inspection of black and coloured material. Among others, we can see application possibilities for semiconductor material which is used for the insulation of HV cables. Metallic contamination in pellets, for example, resulting from metal abrasion in the extruder, are reliably detected and comprehensively

The Centrewave 6000

continued: “Quality requirements with regard to material purity are increasing. Online inspection and sorting is therefore gaining further significance. The Purity Scanner Advanced is in its class the most efficient sorting system available on the market.”

analysed,” explained Mr Groß. Finally, at the Sikora booth was the Purity Scanner Advanced for optical online inspection and sorting of plastic material, which combines X-ray technology with up to four black and white and/or colour cameras, ensuring the detection of metallic contamination inside the pellet, colour deviations as well as black specks on its surface. Mr Groß

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