Machine requirements
Continuous material made of plastic is made into pipes, profiles, sheets and film on extrusion lines. During this process, the plastic in granule form is continuously fed to a screw conveyor which is rotating in a heated metal cylinder. The frictional heat works together with the heat applied over the heating zones to melt the granules. The plasticized mass is distributed and formed in the extrusion die so as to produce the correct product contour at the die outlet. The product is then shaped into its exact, final form by calibration and cooling units.
Requirements
- Scalable system for adaptation to the machine configuration
- Simple, intuitive operator interface
- Multilingual operator interface
- Various password levels which can be freely configured
- High-quality temperature control (heating and cooling)
- Recipe management
- Monitoring and documentation of process and quality data
- Integration of external ancillary equipment such as proportioning unit and melt pump