Extrusion International 6-2018

41 Extrusion International 6/2018 design to prototype cooling line ex- trusion. They learn how to run the material. They can use our screw configurations and have the sam- ples and then compare the results to those they have at their facilities. How do you like Fakuma 2018? Do you meet mostly existing customers here? Lutz and Schelles: This year Fakuma is very busy. We have presented a wide range of our portfolio and we are glad our new products have had a successful launch. As for attendees, of, course, Fakuma means much for interacting with our existing custom- ers. But I’m always surprised to see many new processing companies here. Actually, Fakuma is an event that gives you an opportunity to con- tact a lot of customers within short time. It is a very conveniently placed show, just in the center of Europe- an plastics processing area, includ- ing Germany, Austria, Switzerland. Sometimes the venue is difficult to reach, but, for sure, it’s worth com- ing here every year. Mr. Lutz, Mr. Schellers, thank you for this interview! now we are concentrating on the extrusion application for automotive sector, such as cooling. Extruding Ryton PPS is something new to our customers. And after the pipe or a tube is extruded, it needs to be thermoformed which is the state- of-the art process for many pipe and tube applications. That is why we work very closely with our customers in the automotive industry. We have three different formulations, Ryton ® XE3500BL, Ryton ® XE4500BL and Ryton ® XE5500BL with the stiff- ness varying between 1500 MPa (218 ksi) and 2500 MPa (363 ksi). These are used for flexible tubes of different wall thicknesses and diam- eters. We also assist our customers to match the different stiffness require- ments after post-extrusion thermo- forming. Besides, the fittings are also made of PPS. Using new Ryton extrusion grades for demanding cooling line assembly applications requests tech- nical support in successful welding molded connectors and extruded pipes. Mr. Schelles, as far as I know, in order to support the growth of automotive customers in the EMEA Solvay invests in the Application Development Cen- ter. Could you please tell us more about it? Marc Schelles: We have the Applica- tion Development Center in Bollate, Italy. There our customers can take an opportunity to try new materi- als. Recently Solvay has added new extrusion equipment alongside the injection molding processing capa- bilities. It also aims at supporting the introduction of new PPS grades to the market. In a dedicated fluid-handling de- sign laboratory the customers can go through all the process from part Application Development Center Bollate, Italy Solvay booth at Fakuma 2018 Solvay www.solvay.de