Teknor Apex is adding a complete new Arvitec co-extrusion line in its application development laboratory in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, enhancing the capabilities of its European Centre of Excellence for plastics research and development.

This extrusion line has been completely commissioned and trialled and is ready to support clients’ development projects as well as internal company development projects.

Gert Joly, director technology Europe, said: “The state-of-the-art Arvitec extrusion equipment serves as another great addition to our technical capabilities in Europe to support advanced application development projects, quality control and process optimisation. We are pleased to offer lab scale testing for co-extruded applications, critical for our clients’ successful product development, allowing them to perfect conditions before a full-scale production roll-out.”

Thomas Aschenbrenner, application development laboratory manager, added: “Arvitec machinery is popular amongst our customers within Europe, so this allows us to do development and problem solving on the very same equipment they run their product with. Along with running trials and prototypes for customers we can use this line to speed up our own internal material developments. We have partnered with Arvitec for decades and look forward to continuing to work with them to increase our lab capabilities in the future.”

The line, custom built for Teknor Apex, includes dual Genesis extruders, a calibration table, haul-off, and a rotary blade providing a clean and burr-free cut. It is flexible for a large variety of applications. It offers the latest in touchscreen controls, with an intuitive, easy to operate design. These advanced controls offer a complete automated performance with control reports and recording of setups for ease of repeatability. 

Arvitec can also provide remote support with the ability to fully monitor and control the system in real time, with just with an internet connection, from their location in Spain.