Extrusion International USA 6-2019

Extrusion International 6/2019 ccagmbh.de hoch5.com Innovation is our Passion CCA offers different adjustable calibration sleeves to optimize your plastic pipe production – from 14 up to 2,600 mm pipe outside diameter. Discover now the individual solution for your needs: • conventional • 2-point adjustment • 1-point adjustment • 4-point adjustment Thickness, Grammage and Density Measurement During the extrusion of plastic sheets, nothing should be left to chance. The PLANOWAVE 6000 measures on- line, directly after the start-up of the line, the thickness as well as the grammage and density of sheets and thus, ensures the compliance with specifications. It is suitable for the measurement of any type of plastics, for example, PVC foam, transparent plastics made of PMMA and PC as well as common technical plastics such as PE. The innovative measuring principle based on millimeter wave technology enables the integration of the system at the hot and cold position in the line and, therefore, is predestined for a continuous and reliable quality con- trol of sheets. A transceiver, which is traversing over the sheet, sends and receives frequency modulated millime- ter waves. From the runtime difference, the thickness of the sheet is precisely determined, independent of mate- rial and temperature of the sheet. A calibration on the material is not needed. The PLANOWAVE 6000 directly measures through the sheet, making it especially interesting for products, whose material structure does not show homogeneity over the sheet width. This inhomogeneity is shown online by the system. The measuring values are visualized in real-time and in correlation with the segment width of the dies at the monitor of the processor system ECOCONTROL 6000 and can be used for an automatic thickness control. A graphi- cal visualization with extensive trend and statistics func- tions are also available. This way, the operator receives a broad overview about the process. SIKORA AG www.sikora.net PLANOWAVE 6000 measures the thickness, grammage and density of plastic sheets