Twin-Screw Demo System for Sheet Extrusion from Undried PET
Leistritz has installed ZSE-27 and ZSE-50 Maxx twin-screw extrusion systems in its Somerville, N.J., process laboratory to demonstrate the energy savings possible by reprocessing undried PET in-line with direct sheet extrusion.
Leistritz has installed ZSE-27 and ZSE-50 Maxx twin-screw extrusion systems in its Somerville, N.J., process laboratory to demonstrate the energy savings possible by reprocessing undried PET in-line with direct sheet extrusion. PET (pellet or regrind) is metered into a corotating twin-screw with multi-stage vacuum venting, followed by a gear pump, screen changer, flexible-lip sheet die, and three-roll stack.
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