Extrusion International 2-2018

PREVIEW 66 Extrusion International 2/2018 Maag announced that it will be exhibiting at the upcoming PLAST Milan. Maag will be showcasing a variety of its market-leading products and process- es for the plastics industry, including: PEARLO ® Underwater Pelletizer: The high- performance underwater pelletizing system from Maag for making spherical pellets. It combines technologies from Gala and Au- tomatik for efficient and flexible use in challenging applications with throughput of up to 36,000 kg/h. Compact and modu- larly designed, it requires only a very small footprint in production. Electronically con- trolled EAC technology guarantees precise feed of the pelletizing knives during op- eration, thereby ensuring long run- times free of interruptions with consistently high pellet quality. extrex® x6 class Gear Pump: This new and unique melt pump design delivers the needed volu- mettric efficiency at the highest counter pressures and with the low- est amount of shear stress. This results in a reliable and gentle transfer, boosting and metering for a wide range of thermoplastic polymers, with no ad- verse effects on product quality. EBG Belt Conveyor Pelletizing System: The belt conveyor pelletizing system EBG is specifically de- signed for the compounding of water-sensitive or highly filled (>60%) or fragile products. One of its advantages is the easy handling for start up and line cleaning because of lightweight design and mesh belt quick exchange. It is perfectly dedicated for production of brittle highly filled compounds because of reduced stretching and stress on strands and active conveying from extrusion die to pellet- izer intake. The belt system prevents strand break- ages by continuous take up without any strand de- flection. Claudio Bonafede, General Manager: “We are hap- py to show our recently developed and advanced pelletizers for the plastic processing industry dur- ing Plast Milan. In addition to our Maag products, in hall 15, booth C32, Ettlinger who recently joined the Maag family, will be displaying performance- enhanced melt filter type ERF350, introduced to the market at the end of 2017. It reliably filters plas- tic melts with impurities such as paper, aluminium, wood and elastomers or plastics that do not melt. Impurity levels as high as 18% can be removed with extremely low melt losses. Designed for high efficiency, it achieves a maximum throughput of 3800 kg/h, depending on the type of melt and de- gree of impurities as well as the selected filtration rating. It is suitable for all commonly used Polyole- fins and polystyrenes as well as a large number of engineered plastics such as styrene copolymers, TPE and TPU.” Products and Processes for the Plastics Industry Maag Pump Systems AG www.maag.com Hall 13, booth B31 Maag Automated Underwater Pelletizer