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Plastic & C omposite Tube: Products & Manufacture
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Battenfeld Extrusionstechnik 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
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 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:
Website:
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.
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.
Unicor GmbH – Germany
Fax: +49 9521 956 195
Email:
Website:
Extrusion line specialist with complete lines
for plastic pipe
fi The techBEX standard line for technical profiles
› Small profiles manufactured on a techBEX line
fi Sikora’s X-Ray 2300 measuring equipment for
tube and hose extrusion
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