Show review | 2016
After 10 days, 17 halls and more than 3,250 exhibitors, K2016 is over. Here is our review of some of the highlights for pipe and profile extruders
Finished in 10 days: K2016 show review
Visiting 3,250 exhibitors – or even a small proportion of them – in the 10 short days of K2016 was never going to happen. Consequently, there are always information gaps that need to be filled in afterwards. One of these is to process the mass of information on
the latest product launches – from new pipe grades to the latest extrusion systems. Here, we round up some of the new technologies from the show of interest to pipe and profile extruders. It’s not an exhaustive list: plenty of other introductions – from screenchangers to control systems – will form part of special features in forthcoming issues.
Hose control A new die head from KraussMaffei Berstorff helps manufacturers of rubber hoses increase productivity and product quality while reducing raw material consumption.
The die head incorporates an X-ray measurement system from Sikora, which feeds into KraussMaffei
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Berstorff’s closed loop control system to maintain accurate wall thickness automatically – rather than manually readjusting the head. The system constantly measures the wall thickness,
eccentricity, and outer diameter of the rubber hoses, then adjusts the hydraulic wall thickness centring device exactly to a hundredth of a millimeter by means of digital controllers. Automatic radial centring significantly reduces the
adjustment effort at start-up and during production – in terms of both time and material consumption. The die head is available for hose diameters of 3 to 100mm. “The system is suited to manufacturers who want to
produce hoses with a uniform wall thickness reliably over a long period, with high quality,” said Peter Roos, managing director of KraussMaffei Berstorff. He said the saving in material consumption was
“several percent” – with larger hoses benefiting from greater savings.
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numbers were up around 5% to 230,000 at K2016
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