Leistritz shows strength in plant engineering

German Leistritz Extrusionstechnik GmbH will demonstrate its competence as system supplier

at the Interplastica 2017 in Moscow

Nuremberg (December 2016) – „Turn-key extrusion plants and Industry 4.0 are the two main

topics which we will put in focus on this year’s Interplastica,“ explains Sven Wolf, Managing

director of German based Leistritz Extrusionstechnik GmbH. “ We have long ceased to be

only a extruder manufacturer. We provide our customers with the whole plant, including

integrated Industry 4.0 solutions. Everybody interested can see the approaches we pursue in

this field at our stand in hall 2.2/C40. In this context, this year we are also emphasizing our

plant service.”

Interactive large scale plant

What does the setup of a large scale extrusion plant look like? Which components are there

and how do they work? All visitors of the Leistritz stand will have the opportunity to explore

such an extrusion line in detail by means of a virtual tour. For this purpose, various line set-

ups for different applications can be experienced as 3D animations on touchscreens. Videos

and further information are provided at the most important process steps. „The highlight is a

large-scale compounding line for PP stabilization which we designed, setup in Kazakhstan and

now will present in augmented reality,“ says Wolf. With 3D glasses one can experience how

the raw polymer powder that comes out of the reactor is transported in a nitrogen atmos-

phere over a distance of approximately 350 meters to the extruder where it is stabilized

against autoxidation.

Industry 4.0

„Industry 4.0 is a bunch of activities which bring machines closer to the digital world, so that

they are connected,“ says Sven Wolf. „This starts from smart sensors and smart controls, all

the way to smart processes. How this was realized in a plant, everyone interested can see

exemplified in the large scale plant mentioned above: By means of the inserted sensor tech-

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nology the process sequence can be forecast. Based on this forecast, the required settings

can be adjusted in order to keep the specified material quality at a constant level. “It is very

important to be able to readjust deviations“, explains Wolf. “For us, Industry 4.0 does not

only imply connecting machines. It must take the product quality to another level and ulti-

mately provide evident advantages for the operator. We are looking forward to providing the

Interplastica visitors with comprehensive information on these topics.”

Leistritz Extrusionstechnik GmbH at the Interplastica in hall 2.2/ C40

Image (© Leistritz):

3D visualization of a Leistritz plant, which can be seen in augmented reality

Leistritz Extrusionstechnik GmbHFor 80 years Leistritz Extrusionstechnik GmbH with its headquarters in Nuremberg/Germany has been building twin screw extruders for the processing of plastics and pharmaceuticals. Leistritz customers benefit from the know-how in various areas of material processing such as masterbatch, compounding, direct, lab and pharma-ceutical extrusion. The company employs around 190 people worldwide and keeps subsidiaries in the US. (Leistritz Advanced Technologies Corp.), China (Leistritz Machinery (Taicang) Co. Ltd.), and Singapore (Leistritz SEA Pte. Ltd.) as well as sales offices in Italy and France

Further information:Leistritz AGPress and public relationsMarija PerisicMarkgrafenstraße 29-3990459 Nuremberg/GermanyT: +49 (0) 911 4306 120E-Mail: mperisic@leistritz.com

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