Extrusion International 2-2025-USA

35 Extrusion International 2/2025 Speed Record for Multilayer Composite Pipe Production battenfeld-cincinnati and Templet are working closely together to develop systems for the production of multilayer composite pipes. In a highly competitive market, pipe manufacturers need solutions to achieve higher production speeds while maintaining consistently high pipe quality and reducing scrap rates. T hanks to continuous new- and further developments, and the use of state-of-the-art technolo- gies, the two partners have now succeeded in setting new standards. Machines with guaranteed pro- duction speeds of 60m/min were already delivered in 2018. Six years later, the two technology leaders have managed to develop turnkey systems that continuously produce at speeds of 80m/min. This leap in speed of 20m/min guarantees the pipe manufacturer an increase in production capacity of around 30,000 m per day. However, it is not only the sig- ni cantly higher production speeds that are worth mentioning, but also the newly designed control system. This allows the machine operators easy handling and extremely precise setting options. Various measuring devices provide the plant operator with real-time analyses that depict the production process in the form of a diagram. This enables any errors that occur to be recognized at an ex- tremely early stage and production waste to be reduced enormously. “It is crucial that the high production speeds can be achieved continuously - sim- ple machine operation is es- sential for this,” says Alexander Bonn Managing Director of Templet. An absolute highlight of the new high-tech system is de nitely the op - timized control of all vacuum pumps on both, the vacuum tanks and the vacuum generators used on the coating tools. “This means that the speed of the entire system can be easily changed at any time without producing scrap”, adds Thomas Ritz, the responsible product manager at battenfeld-cincinnati. This means that the pump performance and the resulting vacuum can be assigned to the product-speci c speed ramps af - ter a one-time pre-parameterization during commissioning. When ramp- ing the system speed up and down, this eliminates the need for manual intervention by the operating per- sonnel, which means that saleable pipes can continue to be produced PIPE EXTRUSION LASER LINE, manufactured by Templet Deutschland GmbH. Sophisticated measuring and automation solutions for ef cient high-speed production of aluminium multilayer pipes (Picture: Templet) New uniEX 75-30, from battenfeld- cincinnati Germany GmbH. Latest processing technology an new BCtouch UX Control System with intuitive process control for best results in the extrusion process. The Templet Laser Line is fully integrated in the battenfeld-cincinnati machine control (Picture: battenfeld-cincinnati)