Extrusion International USA 3-2021

17 Extrusion International 3/2021 „ The successful, standardized and powerful uniEX single screw extruder series from battenfeld-cincinnati Germany is now also available for sheet and board extrusion. High-lights of this extruder series are compact design, a wide processing window and high throughputs with gentle melt treatment. This makes these machines ideal co-extruder models. Regardless of whether a sheet manufacturer wants to make special multilayer sheet, mono-material sheet with a slight- ly modi fi ed covering layer or ecological alternatives with a middle layer consisting of regrind, co-extruders are always needed. Here, uniEX extruders allow extremely space-saving concepts, since thanks to their U design they can be installed much more compactly than previous models. This not only Multi-Purpose Co-Extruders – Now also for Sheet Production battenfeld-cincinnati Germany GmbH www.battenfeld-cincinnati.com ensures a smaller overall footprint of the line, but also short- er melt channels, which in turn has a positive effect on purg- ing time and material consumption. Since its market launch, the uniEX series has established itself very successfully in the market. Following the extension of its process engineering options, it is now also available for sheet and board extrusion lines in three sizes (35, 45 and 60 mm), and thus replaces all older series. The output rates range from 50 to 500 kg/h, depending on the material. The pronounced modularity of the extruders enables them to perform virtually any type of special processing task. A wide range of different plasticizing units is available to cover every application. These come with a choice of either grooved or smooth feed zones. Fitting the extruders with a degassing unit, as is required for ABS processing, presents no problem either. Moreover, a great variety of different mechanical engineer- ing options are available, such as screw extraction to the rear, a gearless drive via torque motor or fl exible positioning of the control cabinet. Extensive standardization in produc- tion ensures high and above all fast availability of parts and consequently short delivery times and quick troubleshooting in case of problems. The models of the uniEX series stand out by their extremely wide process and application window and their ability to process a great variety of different materials thanks to spe- ci fi c screw geometries. „ Richard Schmidhofer has been Commercial Managing Di- rector of KIEFEL since February 1, 2021 and succeeds Peter Eisl, who left the company at his own request. As CFO, Richard Schmidhofer takes on management of the Finance, IT and Purchasing departments. With Schmidhofer, Kiefel gains an experienced management executive: He not only brings in extensive knowledge from his previous po- sitions as managing director, but has also successfully ac- companied and decisively shaped industrial companies of various sizes and orientations. “We are delighted to have gained such an experienced commercial managing director in Mr. Schmidhofer,” said Thomas Halletz, CEO of KIEFEL GmbH. The managing directors – Thomas Halletz, Stefan Moll (CTO) and Richard Schmidhofer – will now align the com- pany even more closely to future strategic issues. New CFO KIEFEL GmbH www.kiefel.com Richard Schmidhofer is thenewCFO at Kiefel (©KIEFEL GmbH)