Extrusion Asia Edition 1-2018

“Our location in Suzhou has been instrumental to our growth in China,” said Sekaran Murugaiah, Davis-Standard Vice Presi- dent of Business Development, Asia. “For example, one custo- mer has made Davis-Standard their preferred extruder provider due to our regional presence and consistent equipment perfor- mance. We also continually build upon equipment strengths such as our dsX™ product line as well as manufacturing and service capabilities addressing the needs of the Asian market. Chinaplas is an ideal platform for this exchange and we antici- pate another productive show.” The latest dsX flex-pack model is the 300S, which is a single station extrusion and lamination line with benefits specifically engineered for the Asian flexible packaging market. Design of the dsX flex-pack™ 300S is a collaboration between Davis- Standard’s teams in the U.S., Germany and China to ensure that pricing, machine footprint, speeds and output, and the ability to make shorter runs would accommodate demands of converters. In addition, Davis-Standard will offer a tandem con- figuration of this machine called the dsX flex-pack™ 300T for the Asian flexible packaging market. Davis-Standard plans to have its first dsX flex-pack 300S demonstrated during a custo- mer open house in Suzhou in the fourth quarter of 2018. Davis-Standard also anticipates that its new stretch film line with the DS S3 winder will be beneficial to Asian converters. Quality control, versatility and efficiency are hallmarks of this technology. The line offers a compact machine arrangement, ease of servicing, excellent profile control, consistent roll quali- ty and an intuitive control package. It is engineered for produc- ing thin films from 31-to 51-gauge (7.8µ to 13µ) at high speeds. Davis-Standard’s side-by-side DS S3 overlapping winder is essential to this capability. The DS S3 winder enables maxi- mum slit widths for hand-wrap, machine-wrap and jumbo rolls, supporting multiple market segments on one winder. Films discharge out the front of the line to a common side to simpli- fy roll packing and future automation. Cores are also same-side loaded from the back to prevent disruption of packing activi- ties. There is an auxiliary lay-on roll to eliminate top-wind waste during transfer, optimizing roll quality and eliminating outer wrap transfer waste. All features are advantageous for high- grade film operations. Davis-Standard at Chinaplas 2018: Hall 8.1, Booth D19 Davis-Standard2018年国际橡塑展: 8.1号馆，D19展台 57 Extrusion Asia Edition 1/2018 Davis-Standard, LLC #1 Extrusion Drive, Pawcatuck, CT 06379-2313 USA www.davis-standard.com 标准dsX flex-pack™ 300S 的设计是由公司在美国、德国和中 国的团队合作完成的， 其目的是保证价格、占地面积、速度 和产量指标，以及在较短的运行时间内能够满足产品更换要 求的能力。此外，针对亚洲软包装市场，戴维斯标准将提供 前后排列配置的这种设备，命名为dsX flex-pack™ 300T 。戴 维斯标准计划，首台dsX flex-pack 300S在2018年第四季度苏 州的客户工厂开放日进行现场演示。 戴维斯标准同样希望新的拉伸膜生产线及DS S3 收卷机 有助于亚洲的包装印刷加工行业。质量控制，多功能性和高 效率是这种技术的特点。生产线的设备排列紧凑，易于维 护，有着绝佳的断面控制，恒定的膜卷质量和直观的控制程 序包。设计用于高速生产薄型薄膜，厚度量规31-到 51 (7.8µ 到 13µ)。戴维斯标准的DS S3并排式重叠收卷机对于这种应 用场合是必不可少的 。DS S3收卷机可以实现分切宽度最大 化，适合于手动缠绕包装，机器缠绕包装和大卷，用一台收 卷机即可满足多种细分市场的需求。薄膜卷在生产线的前方 卸载出来，到达共同的一侧以简化膜卷的包装和满足未来的 自动化的要求。管芯同样由同一边从后方装入，以避免干扰 包装工作。在换卷过程中，有一条辅助辊清除上部缠绕的废 料，可以优化膜卷的质量和消除外缠绕层的换卷废料。所有 特性都有利于高等级薄膜的加工。 D avis-Standard’s acquisition of Maillefer in 2017 expanded the company’s wire and cable, pipe and tube equipment offering, and added facilities in Finland and Switzerland to better serve customers, including those in China. Wire and cable capabilities include automotive, building wire, coaxial cable, LAN, fiber optic MV, HV and EHV among others. For pipe and tube applications, this includes automotive, heating and plumbing, irrigation, medical, micro-duct, off-shore and cus- tom lines. The Maillefer addition complements Davis-Standard’s presence in China with Davis-Standard (Suzhou) Plastics Pa- ckaging Machinery, Co., Ltd. The Suzhou facility is Davis- Standard’s manufacturing base in China, offering equipment for FPVC medical tubing and co-extrusion applications as well as assembly of electrical control panels, extruders and gear- cases. In addition to manufacturing, Suzhou is home to an R&D labo- ratory to support Asia’s growing medical market. The lab is equipped with technology such as the MEDD extruder (being shown) to test a range of rigid and flexible products as well as FPVC tubing for IV & fluid delivery. Applications include micro- bore tubing, multi-lumen and catheter tubing, endotracheal and tracheotomy tubing, radio opaque tubing, bubble tubing, taper tubing, pipette tubing and multi-layer tubing, among others. The MEDD is specifically engineered for these tight tole- rance applications due to its compact design, energy efficiency and materials versatility. Advantages of this extruder model include linear movement, a replacement feedsection liner, inter- changeable barrel assemblies and Windows ® -based control system.