Extrusion Solutions ENTEK Introduces New QC3
At a press conference at its Lebanon, Oregon headquarters on January 22, ENTEK introduced its new QC3
43MM twin-screw
extruder – an all-new, highly engineered machine that represents the culmination of several years of design and development. ENTEK will display the new machine at NPE 2015 in Orlando, FL, March 23-27 at the Orange County Convention Center.
ENTEK worked closely with its compounding customers and used lean principles to drive the development of the QC3
43MM. The
result is a new co-rotating twin-screw extruder that provides important benefits to compounders, especially “QC3
™”:
• Quick Change: allows for fast, easy screw-set changeovers. New self-alignment feature takes the worry out of installing the screws into couplings, and new design allows screws to only be installed one way – the correct way. Guards come off quickly, and go back on the same way. All necessary tools for changeover and maintenance are mounted at point-of-use on the extruder.
• Quick Clean: New extruder frame design deflects dust and keeps machine clean under the hood, and Stainless Steel and powder-coated surfaces look great today and 10 years from now. Optional device allows for fast, easy barrel cleaning.
• Quality Control: All QC3 ™ twin-screw
extruders are engineeredand built at ENTEK’s headquartersin Lebanon, Oregon U.S.A. Top-quality components manufactured in ENTEK’s shop give years of top-quality performance.
• Better Compounding: Increased production rates (33% higher output shaft torque) with 200HP/1,200rpm motor and increased screw OD/ID for compounding the most challenging formulations.
• Ease of Use: SMART controls feature enhanced graphics, recipe library, trending software, and web-based connectivity for remote troubleshooting.
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www.entek.com FEBRUARY 2015 PAGE 3 43MM Twin-Screw Extruder –
Providing Enhanced Quick-Change, Quick-Clean, and Quality Control Capabilities to Compounders
“All of these benefits were things that our customers communicated to us that they wanted,” said John Effmann, ENTEK Extruders’ Director of Sales & Marketing. “Their challenge to us was to design and build a twin-screw extruder that solved these problems, made their lives easier and increased their productivity. This machine answers those needs. This is a machine designed for customers looking for the highest productivity, versatility, utilization and quality.”
The QC3 43MM twin-screw extruder features a 43mm barrel bore
diameter, which is a new size for ENTEK machines. “Our research has shown that this size is the most common for general material compounding applications,” said Effmann. “We will continue to provide the industry with our complete range of machines, which run from 27-133mm sizes. For now, the QC3
43MM is the only
ENTEK twin-screw extruder with these new features, but we will phase in these design changes to our other machines as well.”
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