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event preview | Compounding World Asia 2015


Speakers lined up for the third day of the Compounding


World Asia 2015 conference include (from left to right):


Frank Lechner, Corrado Moneta, Montree


Pleekhunt,


Adam Dreiblatt and Alexander Datzinger


more details, contact the conference organiser Giulia Esposito at ge@amiplastics.com, tel: +44 117 314 8111.


Optimized compounding The opening paper on Thursday 8 October, the third day of the Compounding World Asia conference, will be given by Frank Lechner, who is head of process technology at leading twin-screw extruder manufacturer Coperion. The global company is headquartered in Germany, where Lechner is based, and also operates a manufac- turing plant in China as well as facilities in the USA. His talk will be on process optimization, focusing on


techniques and options for more profi table twin-screw compounding. Coperion is a pioneer in twin-screw extrusion going back to its days as Werner & Pfl eiderer, and it has more than 12,000 installed compounding systems worldwide.


Lechner has been with the company for 14 years and


The conference venue is the conveniently located Grand Copthorne Waterfront hotel


is now globally responsible for the process department for compounding and extrusion, so he is well placed to provide practical advice for optimizing operations. The next presentation will address the important subject of improving the energy effi ciency of compound- ing lines. It will be given by Corrado Moneta, technical sales manager at ICMA San Giorgio, an innovative twin-screw extruder manufacturer headquartered in Italy. His talk will provide useful tips on reducing energy


consumption to deliver production cost savings and reduce the environmental impact of compounding operations. Moneta will discuss where energy is consumed and lost in the extrusion process. He will examine how the components, confi guration and settings of a compounding extrusion lines can be selected to maximise effi ciency. Last but not least, he will cover the important role of maintenance. Montree Pleekhunt of PTT Global Chemical will then


provide a user’s perspective with a presentation on ‘the effective management of compounding facilities to support materials research and development’. Based in Thailand, PTT is a leading oil refi ning and petrochemi- cals company in Asia, producing a range of polymers including polystyrene, HDPE, LDPE and LLDPE. Pleekhunt is senior researcher at PPT with responsi-


bility for the company’s polymer compounding and processing technologies and for its development facilities. He will provide his perspectives on the equipment, staffi ng and scheduling requirements for effi cient compounding R&D operations, including tips on maximising the fl exibility of extrusion lines. The next speaker will be Adam Dreiblatt, director for


process technology at CPM Century Extrusion. The company has its headquarters and a manufacturing base in the USA, plus it also manufactures compound- ing lines in China through its Ruiya operation. Dreiblatt has contributed some very well received


articles to Compounding World, including one on safety tips for compounders, plus a series on understanding and combating corrosive, abrasive and adhesive wear in extruders. He is also well known for his educational seminars and webinars covering the practicalities of twin-screw extrusion. At the Singapore conference, Dreiblatt will speak about optimizing screw confi gurations for twin-screw compounding extruders. He will provide practical tips on selecting and arranging screw elements for improving the volumetric capacity and the effi ciency of melting, mixing and pumping. The fi nal presentation at Compounding World Asia 2015 will look at pelletizing, a critically important step in the production process that governs pellet quality. It will be given by Alexander Datzinger, head of sales at


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