TPT September 2007

Industry News

Battenfeld China celebrates its 10 th anniversary

To celebrate its 10 th anniversary, Battenfeld Extrusion Systems, China (a subsidiary of Battenfeld Extrusionstechnik, Germany), invited 250 visitors from Asia and Europe to an ‘open house’ event. The demonstration, in the company’s own technical lab, consisted of four exhibits: a pipe extrusion line, a profile extrusion line, a thermoforming line, and a blown film line.

During the event, PE-RT pipe with a diameter of 20mm and 2mm wall thickness was manufactured on a complete line at 20m/min. The equipment package included a 60mm single-screw extruder, lattice-basket die, two-chamber vacuum tank, cooling section, belt haul-off, cutting knife and semi-automatic winder, newly developed by Battenfeld China.

The company’s techBEX line for the production of small profiles is available in two standard versions, with a choice of 45mm or 60mm extruders and downstream equipment to match. The line demonstrated featured a BCE1-60-25D single-screw extruder designed for an output of 70kg/h of U-PVC. The downstream package included a 2.5m CT2500/ Vi calibration table, B100E

fi The official opening of the ‘open house’ event at Battenfeld China

› The opening speech from Mr Wolfgang Studener, president and CEO of Battenfeld

belt haul-off, SE50E servo-driven saw, and tilting table. The line reached an extrusion speed of 5m/min with a die supplied by Yuasa Elastomer Products (YEP). Battenfeld Extrusionstechnik GmbH – Germany Fax : +49 5731 27124 Email : welcome@bex.battenfeld.com Website : www.bex.battenfeld.com

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