Extrusion International 5-2018

33 Extrusion International 5/2018 Getecha GmbH www.getecha.de Super tangential inlet The RS 2404 B1 is designed for a sig- nificantly higher hourly throughput of up to 160 kg and can be seen at the stand of Getecha. It is a hopper gran- ulator, which is specifically tailored to the use in blowmoulding plants – the B in the product name is representa- tive for this. Burkhard Vogel explains the technical special features of this exhibit: “At customer’s request, this granulator was equipped with a stronger drive (now 7.5 kW), a seg- mented die-cast rotor with 3 x 2 rotor blades in offset arrangement as well as a super tangential housing feed. It is thus perfectly equipped for the granulation of large-volume blow- moulded parts like for example 5 li- tre bottles.” The fans integrated in the hopper thus cause an additional air flow in the grinding chamber and make sure that the spray arresters re- main closed and no ground material splashing back can escape. Material from all directions Getecha will present its central gran- ulator RS 45090 as a clearly visible eye-catcher at its Fakuma stand in Hall A3. This powerful standard ma- chine is suitable for throughput rates of up to 900 kg/h and works with a granulator housing which is charac- terised by very effective sound insu- lation. However, despite its addition- al insulation, it is very compact due to its drive, which is repositioned at the top and integrated into the housing, and only requires a small footprint. In Friedrichshafen, Getecha shows the RS 45090 with a feeder at the rear consisting of two rollers rotat- ing in opposite directions for pulling in entire sheets, blanking skeletons and edge trims. “This means that the customer can feed foil from the unwind stand of the granulator as well as missing parts via the hopper”, Burkhard Vogel explains. Further- more, visitors of the Fakuma exhibi- tion will learn that this granulator can also be upgraded with a second bypass hopper attached to the side for feeding tubing and profiles as well as with a third bypass hopper for the plate material feed. Equipped like this, a single RS 45090 can cover the workload of three smaller granu- lators. In addition to the sturdy stat- ics of the granulator, the basis for this performance capacity is its powerful 5-blade rotor and the usage of two stator blades in the grinding cham- ber. Not least, this granulator sets standards also with regard to main- tenance: A hydraulic opening mecha- nism provides easy access to hopper and screen rocker, and an electrically monitored rotor locking guaran- tees maximum safety during routine blade changes. Speedy removal The plant engineering company from Aschaffenburg will show its solutions again for automated extraction tech- nology at this year’s Fakuma. This time, the fast sprue picker GETpick 500 for sprues weighing up to 250 g will be exhibited amongst others. Extraction cycles of less than 1.5 sec. can be realised with this. The GETpick 500 from Getecha has a light carbon fibre tube in the Y-axis and provides three operating programs. Hall A3, Booth 3210 Photo 3: Space-optimised: At the Fakuma 2018, Getecha will show amongst others the clean roomgranulator GRS 180 with low-height design. It has a total height of just 1,050 mm Photo 4: The RS 2404 B1 is designed for an hourly throughput of up to 160 kg and can be seen at the Fakuma stand of Getecha. This hopper granulator of the mid-market range is tailored to the use in blow-moulding plants Photo 5: With the fast sprue picker GETpick 500 from Getecha for sprues weighing up to 250 g, extraction cycles of less than 1.5 sec can be realised