To expand its series of twin-screw compounders, Coperion has developed a laboratory extruder with a screw diameter of only 18 mm. The ZSK 18 Megalab is designed for developing formulations of plastics compounds, masterbatches, and powder coatings in the test laboratories of production facilities, and for carrying out basic tests and research in universities and research facilities. It offers two particular advantages for these fields of application: With a diameter ratio Doutside/Dinside = 1.55, a specific torque of Md/a³ = 11.3, and a maximum speed of 1200 min –1 it features the same process engineering characteristics as the rest of the ZSK Megacompounder series. Thus the scale-up of an optimized current process or a process developed for new products to production-machine scale presents no problems. Reliable basic tests can be carried out due to its extensive performance range, from batches of 200 g up to a throughput of 40 kg/h.
Hall 5.0, Booth F2
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