Extrusion International 4-2018

33 Extrusion International 4/2018 The plastic market is currently asking for more and more complex, faster, smarter, and better-quality solutions in extrusion plants. This involves op- timization of devices, materials, pro- cesses, and technologies. High-quality products can be obtained from cheap raw materials, thanks to refined pro- cessing and innovative solutions in filtering and in screen changer tech- nology. Due to the special Gorillabelt T screen changer technology and design, only dirt, impurities and plastics sticking onto the filtering screen surface are discarded. During cleaning, material loss is irrelevant. Cofit International has designed and engineered Gorillabelt T – its most innovative automatic and continu- ous screen changer for plastic – with the aim of guaranteeing a series of important advantages for enhancing the performance of the production line as follows: • production of excellent quality ma- terials with zero or extremely low lev- els of impurities; • use of smart raw materials, e.g. highly-contaminated post-consumer plastic, up to 10% of contamination level; • extrusion of most thermoplastics, in- cluding PET; • increase of output rates and auto- mation level, easily programmable and user friendly controls; • zero polymer loss during the clean- ing cycle; • reduction of: personnel costs in- volved in manual operation, main- tenance interventions, energy con- sumption, personnel involved, system shut-downs; • 24/7 uninterrupted production, with no interruptions or downtimes. Cofit Gorillabelt T operates at high process parameters: temperature up to 300 °C, pressure up to 300 bar, out- put rates up to 3.000 kg/h. It’s specifi- cally suitable for filtering up to highly- contaminated thermoplastics, e.g. agricultural or building films or post- consumer materials, and it can easily manage any kind of pollution: metal, wood, paper, textile fibers, unmolten plastic, aluminum, sand, and more. The production executive can rely upon permanent remote assistance service via Gorillabelt T screen chang- er LAN connection, provided an exist- ing Internet access. Through a spe- cial Remote Assistance module, any process failure can be easily assessed and fixed, as well as control software quickly updated. Besides minimizing downtimes, the Remote Assistance ensures utmost production efficiency and optimized intervention times. Gorillabelt T is the first step towards Industry 4.0 – ready extrusion pro- ject. The screen changer has been designed in compliance with the most advanced automation trends and data exchange procedures in manu- facturing technologies. According to Industry 4.0 model, Gorillabelt T screen changer will communicate and cooperate in your smart factory with your extrusion systems components. Gorillabelt T is a patent pending pro- duct. Cofit International (Italy) Via J. F. Kennedy 9 , 20023 Cerro Maggiore (MI) - Italy www.cofit.com