New extruder for WPC market newcomers

Battenfeld-Cincinnati (resulting from the recent merger of Battenfeld Extrusionstechnik, Cincinnati Extrusion and B+C Extrusion Systems (Foshan) Ltd together with American Maplan Corporation) has announced a new extruder for newcomers to the wood plastic composites (WPC) market. The company has traditionally favoured conical counter-rotating screw extruders for WPC, and this is no exception.

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“The wide range of outputs of the conical counter-rotating machine, from 90 to 275 kg/h, makes it possible to extrude a great variety of different profiles with only one machine – an attribute frequently demanded especially by newcomers,” says the firm.
Known as Fiberex K72, the new model was demonstrated in April at the AMI WPC conference. It produces pre-blended compounds as well as agglomerates and the resins can be PVC, PE or PP. It comes with closed-loop screw core tempering, AC drive and a vacuum unit with twin filter as standard.