machinery | Maintenance
Right: Krauss- Maffei Ber-
storff’s new BPC Touch control
supports the company’s Plastics 4.0 integrated
service tools
energy savings. The KraussMaffei group is grouping its solutions for intelligent machines, integrated production and interactive services under the banner “Plastics 4.0.” Fröse says the company is creating innova-
tive interactive services that can be flexibly tailored to specific customer requirements. He adds that its Advanced Process Control provides users with efficient tools designed to substan- tially increase machine availability. Products within the Interactive Service portfolio include remote service; screen recording (videos of operating and functional sequences that can be exported to KMB experts for target-oriented support); and Instant Help offering direct access to extruder-specific operating manuals, spare parts lists and terminal diagrams.
Addressing wear Jayadeep Gowda, Senior Manager Technical Services at Steer, says periodical checks are imperative for proper maintenance and ensuring any extruder delivers its optimum output. “We recommend a check-list of tools that should be readily available with compounders,” he says. “These maintenance tools make maintenance work on twin-screw extruder platforms quick, easy and hassle-free.” Steer’s own set of TSE maintenance tools include
wear limit gauges, shaft cleaning tools, internal element cleaning tools, shaft rollers, shaft drive spline nuts, shaft holding fixtures, shaft pulling tools, manual element removal tools and shaft stacking tools. “Such tools must be available with compounders all the time
to attend to any maintenance issue,” says Gowda. The wear limit gauge is designed with an inside
diameter bored to the recommended minimum diameter for a specific model. If an extruder element has worn too much, it will slide into the tool. Each gauge is engraved with the extruder model. Extruder shafts can checked for residual polymer using shaft cleaning tools. These closely match the shaft profile and help with easy removal of any residual or degraded polymer. Each tool is designed with a gentle taper of hardened steel cleaning teeth with brass ends to prevent damage to the shafts or elements. The internal elements can be cleaned regularly using table top and hand-held model tools. Both designs produce faster results than traditional wire brushes. “Time and again, it must be ascertained whether the
extruder shafts are correctly configured,” says Gowda. He points out that if not checked before the extruder is started, they can lock up and break either the shaft or elements. Shaft rollers allow shafts to be easily rolled
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