Big new twin-screw for PVC sheet.Billed as the largest parallel counter-rotating twin-screw extruder ever built, the Argos 173 from Cincinnati Extrusion, Erlanger Erlanger, city (1990 pop. 15,979), Kenton co., N central Ky.; inc. 1897. Its manufactures include chemicals, sheet metal, medical supplies, and sports and aerospace equipment. , Ky., has 173-mm diam. screws, 1 mm larger than Cincinnati Milacron's TP 172, the previous record holder. Cincinnati Extrusion's next-largest size is 135 mm. The first Argos 173 was scheduled to start up last month at a large U.S. processor of PVC PVC: see polyvinyl chloride. PVC in full polyvinyl chloride Synthetic resin, an organic polymer made by treating vinyl chloride monomers with a peroxide. sheet, where it will be used to make low-density trim boards. It's designed to produce 4400 lb/hr of solid or foamed PVC sheet. The giant machine has 28:1 L/D L/D Labor and Delivery L/D Lethal Dose L/D Lift/Drag (ratio) L/D Low Dynamic L/D Limiter/Discriminator L/D Loading / Discharging Rate (shipping) , is 9.5 meters long, and weighs 30 tons. It has a three-piece barrel, redesigned low-shear screw screw, simple machine consisting essentially of a solid cylinder, usually of metal, around which an inclined plane winds spirally, either clockwise or counterclockwise. , internal screw cooling, and air-cooled barrel. It foams PVC from a starting density of 1.4 g/cc down to 0.5 g/cc. Tel: (859) 746-1530. www.cet-austria.com The die, built by EMO Extrusion Molding GmbH in Micheldorf, Austria, produces sheet up to 31 mm thick and 1400 mm wide. Tel: +43 (7582) 809 22 * www.emo.at |
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