Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is now operating another Coperion line at its Krefeld-Uerdingen, Germany, location, making significant steps toward a new throughput range. With this technology, constructed around the high-performance ZSK 92 Mc18 twin screw extruder, Lanxess is producing demanding compounds at throughputs never achieved before. To reach such high output and maintain high product quality, Coperion equipped the entire system with special features that ensure a high degree of automation.
Coperion has designed this compounding line as a complete turnkey solution for Lanxess — from engineering to commissioning. From state-of-the-art raw material feeding, to conveying, compounding, pelletizing and classifying technology, Coperion seamlessly synchronized every one of the system’s process steps with each other and logistically integrated them into one steel construction, forming the basis for the compounding system’s fully automated operation. Following a short startup process, its high performance capacity can be fully exploited. Moreover, Coperion designed this compounding line for Lanxess to make optimal use of available space and to assure good accessibility to individual components, as well as short walking distances for operating personnel should be ensured.
Every key component of this complete solution comes from Coperion’s own development and manufacturing, including the ZSK 92 Mc18 high performance extruder with its high 18 Nm/cm3 torque, which plays a significant role in the high throughput targeted for reinforced polyamides.
Source: Coperion
