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Processing of engineering plastics
Toothbrushes, plastics panels for cars, anchor bolts, cable insulations, shoe soles, gaskets, window profiles, packagings – the list of ordinary everyday products whose raw materials were processed with Coperion machines or systems from Coperion, could be continued endlessly.
The co-rotating ZSK twin screw extruders from Coperion, formerly Werner & Pfleiderer, are the world’s most frequently used extruders for the production of engineering plastics. Every one of our systems features smoothly interacting process steps and gentle handling of the product with maximum productivity.
The quality of the end product is always the center of focus of our compounding plants: From dosing, through raw materials feeding, conveying, melting, dispersing, homogenizing, devolatilizing, pressure build-up, filtering and pelletizing, we adapt every process step exactly to the requirements of the plastic. This makes the processing plants constructed around the ZSK twin screw extruder the optimal solution for the production of engineering plastics – from simple coloring and alloying of base polymers to the mixing of organic and inorganic filling and reinforcement materials.
| Other areas of application for our twin screw extruders |
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| Production of nanocomposites by mixing layer silicates into PP or PA |
| Gentle mixing of micro hollow glass spheres into PP, PA etc. |
| Production of long glass fiber compounds by the direct method |
| Mixing of wood fibers into thermosplastics |
| Dewatering of wet bulk materials with up to 60% moisture |
| Devolatilization of polymer solutions with a solvent content of up to 80% |
| Recycling of PET bottles or PA carpet fiber waste |
| Processing of high temperature polymers such as PEEK |
| Filtration of PC melt for optical applications |
| Production of high-filled compounds |
| Production of foamable polystyrene EPS |
