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have captured a substantial market share in the past years in
the area of decking and their share in the segment currently
has two-digit growth rates.
The planetary roller extruder system features good mixing
prop-erties, short residence times and high surface renewal.
battenfeld-cincinnati is the only manufacturer that produces
all machine components in a
grinding process and thus
achieves precise geometries as
well as high-strength, wear-re-
sistant compo-nents.
battenfeld-cincinnati has been
offering planetary roller extrud-
ers for many decades, with
about 450 machines currently
working in the field in more
than 50 countries worldwide.
Beside the classic machines for
PVC sheet production, batten-
feld-cincinnati successfully in-
troduced the STARextruder for
direct extrusion of PET sheet to
the market a couple of years
ago. A planetary roller part for
degassing the PET melt is an in-
tegral component of this ex-
truder.
LVTs can be used as flooring in different buildings, e.g. offices,
hotels, educational facilities or restaurants
(Photo: NOX Corporation)
Configuration of an LVT: sheets with different properties are
laminated together to form a floor tile (Photo: NOX Corporation)