Extrusion International 5-2018

PREVIEW 32 Extrusion International 5/2018 Getecha Innovative granulators - Individualisation is the key Getecha has long since evolved from specialist for the granulation of plastic waste to one of the lead- ing suppliers of whole recycling lines. However, at the core of these highly automated systems are always cus- tomer- and project-specifically opti- mised hopper or infeed granulators from the RotoSchneider portfolio of the company. “The customised indi- vidualisation has now become a cen- tral topic for our work in engineering and development. At this year’s Fa- kuma, we will demonstrate how such tailored solutions can look in practice based on current granulators”, says Burkhard Vogel, Managing Direc- tor of Getecha. For this purpose, the plant engineering company from As- chaffenburg in Germany will present its clean room granulator GRS 180 and GRS 300 at its stand. These remarkably slim beside- the-press and central gran- ulators are designed for use in plastic technology production lines, which are subject to increased re- quirements of cleanliness and hygiene. They granu- late up to 35 kg (GRS 180) or 80 kg (GRS 300) of ma- terial per hour, and hardly release any particles (<1,0 μm) due to integrated ex- traction equipment and special technical sealing solutions. A granulator with many options Due to its low-height de- sign, the GRS 180 (type A 5.10.9) has a total height of only 1,050 mm and can be eas- ily positioned under drop chutes, separating drums or large injection moulding machines. Amongst oth- ers, an extremely flat special hop- per forms the constructive basis for this innovative granulator design, in which an automatic dual slide valve system ensures feeding of sprues and scraps without splash back. Here, the gateway function can be designed appropriately in three different cycle versions by means of a toggle key and an integrated easy control. The hopper of the GRS 180 (type A 00246) at the Fakuma stand of Gete- cha is also equipped with this flex- ible gateway function. Here, loading can be performed for example with a sprue picker from the portfolio of Getecha. The feeding process includ- ing the gateway function is regu- lated by a higher control in this case. “This exhibit at our stand is thus also an illustrative example for integra- tion of a hopper granulator into the automated system environment of a customer”, says Burkhard Vogel. The same applies to the third represen- tative of this RotoSchneider series, which Getecha will show at the Fa- kuma: A GRS 300 (type A 00169) for material throughput (sprues, small parts) of up to 80 kg per hour. Photo 1: Powerful and quiet: The central granulator 45090 for throughputs of up to 900 kg/h is one of this year’s highlights at the Fakuma stand of Getecha in Hall A3 (stand 3210) Photo 2: GetechaManaging Director Burkhard Vogel: “The customised individualisation has now become a central topic for our work in engineering and development. At the Fakuma we will show how such customised granulators look in practice”