event preview | Compounding World Congress 2015
The speaker line up for the fi rst day of the Compounding World Congress 2015 includes (from left to right): Thomas Winkelmann; Andrea Altenhein; Dr Christian Frank; Timo Mäkelä; and Jens Dietrich
economies, but also in established markets. Krauss- Maffei Berstorff is an active player in this sector with its “ready to connect” modular compounding lines, including systems that are built within frames to fi t in a sea container for ease of shipping.
Improving pellet quality The fi nal session of the Compounding World Congress will focus on the ultimate product of the compounding process – the plastic pellet – and how to improve its quality. The fi rst talk on this topic will be given by Andrea
Altenhein, application engineer with Automatik Plastics Machinery and Maag Pump Systems. She will discuss how the various processing steps downstream of the extruder can infl uence product quality. Her presentation will examine various melt fi ltration,
pressure generation, pelletization, cooling and drying options for different resin types. For example, moisture sensitive resins, abrasive materials or fragile formula- tions require special treatment after they have left the extruder die. The next talk will examine an innovative system for
detecting impurities inside plastic pellets or on their surface. Sikora’s Purity Scanner combines X-ray technology with an optical system to identify pellets with metallic and organic impurities as small as 50 µm and then separate the contaminated pellets. Dr Christian Frank, member of the executive board
at Sikora, will discuss the development of the scanner, which handles throughputs up to 2,000 kg/hour and can
Site visit to HPF / Quarzwerke
Conference attendees will have the opportunity to visit HPF The Mineral Engineers, a division of Quarzwerke, on the afternoon of Tuesday 21 April, before welcome cocktail reception and registration session that take place that evening. Coaches will take participants from Cologne to the HPF facility in
nearby Frechen. There will be opportunities to tour the R&D laborato- ries, hear a company presentation, and attend a networking break. HPF produces a range of high-performance mineral fi llers including
cristobalite, kaolin, wollastonite and mica. One of its latest launches is Silatherm, a mineral additive for heat-conductive compounds.
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be integrated into existing feeding systems. The system was originally developed for Maillefer Extrusion and this company’s process specialist Timo Mäkelä will discuss its application. The conference will conclude with a presentation by Jens Dietrich, the managing director of ROC Optical Control. He will discuss novel technologies for the online colour measurement of plastics pellets as they leave the compounding line without the need to produce test plaques. The presentation will also examine techniques for the automatic sorting of plastics pellets to ensure high levels of quality control.
More information
The Compounding World Congress 2015 is sponsored by HPF The Mineral Engineers, ICMA San Giorgio and Imerys Graphite & Carbon. In addition to the high-level
Congress 2015
The international conference on business strategies, innovative additives and process optimisation for thermoplastics compounders
conference sessions, the event will feature an exhibition area that will host displays from more than 25 exhibitors and will be used for networking during the registration
periods, refreshment breaks, and the evening cocktail reception (please note that
Fax back to: +44 (0) 117 311 1534 or Email:
kl@amiplastics.com
the exhibition will only be open to conference delegates and speakers).
Exhibitors that have already booked places at the Compounding World Congress 2015 include: 3M / ESK Automatik Plastics Machinery Brabender Buss C.H. Erbslöh Colloids DuPont Feddem Gala Georg H. Luh Glunz Grolman HPF / Quarzwerke ICMA San Giorgio IMCD Imerys Graphite & Carbon JSW Japan Steel Works Mayr Nordson BKG PolyAd Services Polycompound Polytechs Reduction Engineering Total Cray Valley Velox. For more information about participating in the Compounding World Congress as a delegate, exhibitor or sponsor, please contact the conference organiser Kat Langner at
kl@amiplastics.com, tel: +44 (0)117 314 8111. You can view the complete conference programme along with booking details at:
http://bit.ly/CWC15B
www.compoundingworld.com
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