Extrusion International 5-2023-USA

53 Extrusion International 5/2023 Various rotors from Herbold Meckesheim granulators will be available to view at the booth. Smart Solutions For More Efficiency In Classic Compounding Tasks At Fakuma, Coperion will also present versatile and efficient uses of its ZSK and STS twin screwextruders as well as its feeding and conveying technologies in clas- sic and forward-looking compounding tasks. Coperion technologies are ideally suited for manu- facturing demanding compounds such as bioplastics. Due to the number of possible base polymers and the variety of recipes, bioplastics manufacturing creates very high demands upon compounding technology. Coperion has already supplied numerous systems for the production of bioplastics. The company’s compre- hensive process expertise is leveraged to design each process step such that the required mechanical prop- erties of bioplastic end products are achieved. Representative of its first-class compounding tech - nology and process solutions, Coperion is showing the preconfigured ProRate PLUS feeder in size S with integrated refill system at its Fakuma booth. This con - tinuous-operation gravimetric feeder from Coperion K-Tron is very robust and stands out with a good price-performance ratio. This single screw feeder is an especially economical solution for reliably feeding free-flowing bulk materials. Coperion K-Tron has also expanded the ProRate PLUS feeder line with a PLUS- MT twin screw feeder especially for feeding powders. Coperion www.coperion.com Herbold Meckesheim GmbH www.herbold.com Fakuma: Stand A6-6312 Herbold Meckesheim granulators are characterized by a very efficient mode of operation, in particular due to the cutting geometry of the rotors (Photo: Herbold Meckesheim, Meckesheim/Germany)