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Right: Sikora’s Purity Scanner Advanced online pellet inspection system
and is a key supplier to Renault-Nissan-Avtovaz, Volkswagen, Magna, Whirlpool, LG and Candy, is now looking beyond its own borders and has delivered its first shipments to customers in Europe. He said the company is also seeking other forms of cooperation as part of its “Export Boost” strategy, including M&A, production in European manufacturing plants, as well as distributor agreements supplying material from its Russian production sites. Sappi displayed its Symbio
range of 50% cellulose fibre-based concentrat- ed PP compounds, which allow processors and compounders to introduce its lightweight renew- able reinforcements into their own formulations. The Symbio PP concentrates contain 50% cellulose fibre and are well suited to the production of compounds with a final concentration of between 20-30%. Sappi New Business Development Manager Jacob Hartstra said the materials are increasingly being used in hybrid formulations where they can replace either talc or glass. Looking ahead, Sappi is working on develop-
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Schwing offers a variety of cleaning options for compounding system
components
ment of a technology to compress the very low bulk density cellulose fibres into a pellet that can be accurately dosed without specialist feeding equipment. “Normal extrusion lines cannot handle cellulose fibres,” said Hartstra. Schwing Technologies was promoting its
cleaning services for safe removal of polymer and additive contamination from compounding machin- ery parts, including breaker plates and screw elements, without abrasion. “With our user-friendly and precisely controllable systems and our cleaning expertise, we guarantee perfect cleaning results,” said Managing Director Thomas Schwing. “Our
systems do an extremely gentle, energy-efficient and environmentally friendly job of cleaning without adding any chemicals.” Cleaning options include the
Vacuclean vacuum pyrolysis for parts such as pelletising nozzles, screws and screw elements. Innovaclean fluidized bed cleaning for breaker plates and screw elements (which is capable of handling high-temperature plastics such as LCP, PEI, PPS, PI), and the Maxiclean pyrolysis process for large pelletizing nozzles and discs. Schwing offers the services on a 24/7 basis to compounders in Germany and
surrounding countries. Pellet inspection specialist Sikora had a busy
time at the show with Sales Director Holger Lieder reporting growing interest in its online and offline equipment as compounders become increasingly aware of the cost of contamination to their busi- ness. “The [inline inspection] market is picking up,” he said. “Initially we thought we would go to the high price compounders but at the moment we are talking to medium and low price producers.” The company’s Purity Scanner Advanced combines optical and X-ray camera technology to inspect the outside and interior of every pellet produced. Any contaminated pellets are automati- cally rejected. Leider said he is also seeing growing interest in the offline Purity Concept system, which can automate the manual inspection systems used in many compounding plants, speeding up testing and eliminating errors.
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