Extrusion International 4-2024

22 Extrusion International 4/2024 INDUSTRY NEWS Plastics Recycling Award Europe 2024  At PRSE in Amsterdam, the DischargePro control system from EREMA's POWERFIL business unit was presented with the Plastics Re- cycling Award Europe in the "Recy- cling Machinery Innovation of the Year" category. The smart tech- nology for the EREMA laser filter improves process stability over the entire operating period and reacts automatically to fluctuations dur- ing the recycling process. "We have put a lot of effort into developing this technology. I am therefore particularly delighted to accept this award on behalf of the entire team today," says Robert Obermayr, Head of the POWERFIL business unit at EREMA, at PRSE 2024. The DischargePro system automatically compensates for fluctuations in the input mate - rial, thereby ensuring uniform thickening during melt filtration and thus a consistent process. De- pending on the application and contamination, POWERFIL was able to reduce melt loss by up to 50 percent with the DischargePro compared to the previous EREMA laser filter control system. These facts convinced the jury, who de- scribed the technology as an in - telligent technological advance in the extrusion process. With the DischargePro control system, POWERFIL significantly in- creases the degree of automation in the filter process. The innovative discharge control system reacts to specific disruptions in the process. In this way, the speed of the scrap- er star is adjusted at short notice and returns to the setpoint speed as soon as the contamination peak has been discharged. Furthermore, the control system also recognizes changes in throughput and adjusts the discharge rates accordingly. In the event of a higher pressure drop across the filter screen, which is caused by a higher viscosity of the melt, DischargePro adjusts the set - point value to ensure a consistent discharge rate. Long-term changes, such as the condition of the filter screen, are also taken into account in all adjustments. EREMA Group www.erema.com Robert Obermayr, Head of the POWERFIL business unit at EREMA, happily accepted the award at the PRSE in Amsterdam (Photo Credits: PRSE 2024) New Cam-Lock Design Introduced  Guill Tool, the global leader in extrusion tooling, recently an - nounced the availability of its Cam- Lock design on various crossheads. The Cam-Lock is the same as sup- plied on the Bullet and will be sup- plied on additional heads, where applicable. It allows quick and easy assembly and disassembly of the crosshead and eliminates the socket head caps screws. By removing and replacing the internals, a different profile can be extruded in minutes rather than hours. Since the cam lock resets the internals in the right configuration every time, there's far less chance of error, compared to the assembly and misalignment issues with socket set screws. The Cam-Lock offers several features such as: it takes only ½ turn to re- move and install the deflector tip and no fastening hardware is re- quired. Additional features include fast tool changes (threaded retain- ing ring for the die and threaded tip retainer), dies remove from the front and tips from the back, tooling retainers for gum space adjustment, vacuum connections, sim - plified cleaning and re- duced downtime and op- erating costs. For more information, please contact: Guill Tool & Engineering Tom Baldock, Sales Manager, Extrusion tbaldock@guill.com Cam-Lock