Twin-Screw Showcased in Circular Economy Demo
NPE2024: A KraussMaffei twin will upcycle pelletized blood vials, which will then be overmolded on another press to produce bottle openers.
KraussMaffei (KM) is running its ZE28 Blue Power twin-screw extruder as part of a circular economy demonstration at its booth.
A medical blood vial molded on the machine builder’s PX251 injection molding machine will be pelletized on the ZE28. The compounding extruders will be furnished with KM’s Color Adjust process to to produce KraussMaffei blue. This material will then be sent over to a PX81-180 press with a full side entry robotic cell, where bottle openers will be overmolded.
Also on display is a KMD-114 pipe extruder. While this machine is not running, it is powered to KM’s controls, an iNOEX feeder system and a Sikora measuring system.
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