Extrusion International 1-2024

31 Extrusion International 1/2024 Herbold Meckesheim has been part of Coperion's Recycling Business Unit since last year. Together, the Stuttgart-based machinery and plant manufacturer and Herbold Meckesheim provide comprehensive and innovative overall solutions based on the com- plementary and aligned technologies of both com- panies. From mechanical processing, from size reduc- tion, washing, separating, drying and agglomeration of plastics, through bulk material handling, feeding and extrusion, to compounding and pelletizing, the business unit covers the entire process and thus value chain. A global network of engineering sites and ser- vice locations ensures fast order fulfillment, installa - tion and commissioning as well as competent and fast on-site service. Modern test centers for product devel- opment and customer trials round off the portfolio of Coperion's Recycling Business Unit. Herbold Meckesheim GmbH Industriestr. 33, 74909 Meckesheim, Germany www.herbold.com FILM EXTRUSION Latest Version of Multi-Purpose Cast Film Line with New MDO Unit SML has set up the newest version of its multi-purpose cast film line in its Technology Centre. The line is universally applicable and features a number of technical innovations: Above all, a further-developed MDO unit. “Our newmulti-purpose cast film linewill not fail to im - press even long-serving experts. The line has the technical capacity to fulfil almost every customer requirement in cast film production”, Elias Mayrhofer, R&D Engineer at SML, comments with pride. The cast film line is ready for the production of CPP, CPE, Cast-PET, barrier, as well as for mono-oriented films. The application areas are com - prehensive as well: They range from film for metallised and laminated standard food and non-food packaging to easy-to-recycle stand-up pouches of MOPE film and further to label film, and also include technical products like cable insulations and easy-tear MOPP film. Despite its wide functional range, the line can be further optimised for the manufacturing of specialised products – assuring the highest efficiency and maximum quality. Coherent concept “A central characteristic of all of our machinery is the coherent line concept that we continue to develop and optimise,” Elias Mayrhofer states. This is underlined yet again by the modern and clear design of SML’s multi- purpose cast film line, which offers the following techni - cal features: • Five extruders for the processing of PP, PE, PA, PET, EVOH, as well as adhesives • A seven-layer variable geometry feedblock with the possibility of numerous different layer arrange- ments Ömer Ayvacı (right), Chairman of the Board of the Doğa Group, and Mustafa Ergin, who represents Herbold and Coperion in the region