New TIRATEX extruder

generation for processing of

recycling material
Extruder E105-R/E120-R with filter for processing high amount of recycling material

Pictured: E105-R

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Extruder E105-R/E120-R with filter for processing high amount of recycling material

Pictured: E105-R

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Extruder E105-R/E120-R with filter for processing high amount of recycling material

Advantages of W&H Woven extruder

design
• Extremely space-saving integration of filter
system into the well proven W&H frame design
• Very sturdy and robust frame with separate
support for filter system
• Excellent ergonomic design and operability,
free accessibility to all components
• Unsurpassed energy efficiency due to High-
Torque drives
• Filter controls fully integrated in the
INTELLICON
• Available as E105-R, E105-R+ or E120-R

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Extruder E105-R/E120-R with filter for processing high amount of recycling material

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Trial results with 100% PIR (example)
 Recycling material from coated and printed PP
circular woven bags  MFI ~14
 790den, 3mm
 For use in valve fabric for AD-PROTEX
 Production speed: 550m/min
 Excellent film quality! No inclusions
of impurities or unmelted particles
 NO tape breaks during production!
 Filter screen used: 74 micron
 Backflush cycle time (2 cavities):
 approx. 45 min – 1 hr
 Excellent tape results  5,4g/den @ 26% elong.
 This rPP material was impossible to process
with a conventional band filter!
 Countless holes in the film caused by impurities
and unmolten particles made it impossible to
achieve a stable process!

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Advantages of K-SWE RS backflush-filter for high recycling content

• Leakage free, trouble free, easy to

handle, fully automated, well-proven*
technology
• Allows non-stop production of highly
impure (rPP), contaminated (dirt) or
highly filled (CaCo3) material
• Outstanding performance, also for melt
pressure sensitive applications (e.g.
blow-film extrusion**) and thin-film
extrusion  excellent suitability for LS
tapes!
• Numerous types and combinations of
filter screens available, allowing
optimized combinations tailored to the
specific resins in use. * Product of a leading manufacturer of extrusion components,
thousands of filters in production worldwide for a wide
• Highly efficient self-cleaning of screens range of thermoplastics
at little backflush-loss of material ** W&H performing production trials on VAREX, exhibited at K2022
*** Operator only needed for exchange of screens (after up to 50
• Full-automatic processor-controlled backflush cycles, depending on degree of contamination)
(unattended***) operation
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HiCon™ System: Self-cleaning
BKG HiCon K-SWE/RS Double piston -screenchanger with backflush system

2 Pistons with 2 screens (1 per

piston)

• Continuous and uninterrupted melt flow at

screen-change or backflush
• Screen Diam. 125mm; 50% filter surface at
screen-change/backflush (resulting in approx.
30% pressure increase before filter)
• Optimized flow channel (no dead spots)
100% Normal operation
• Highly efficient self-cleaning of screens at
little backflush-loss of material
• Full-automatic processor-controlled operation
• Up to 50 times use of screens (dep. on degree
50%
Backflush operation
of contamination)  significant saving on
screen material consumption
• Suitable for up to 1% amount of total melt-
contamination (= dirt)  higher amounts
50% Screen change
require drum filters with „scraping“- technology
(only for recycling plants)
• Also available as 2-piston/4-screen version
(75% filter surface at screen change or
backflush)
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HiCon™ System: Self-cleaning
BKG HiCon K-SWE/RS Double piston -screenchanger with backflush system

Video of backflush
function
 Impurities, caught in the
filter screen, are being
flushed (back) out, to
prolong the useful service
life of the screen.
 The backflushing cycle
starts automatically,
when pre-filter and post-
filter pressure difference
exceeds a predetermined
level. Both screen
positions are flushed (in
sequence).
 Screen change (possible
under full production,
without line stop) is only
required after numerous
backflush cycles
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contamination of rPP).
HiCon™ System: Self-cleaning
BKG HiCon K-SWE/RS Double piston -screenchanger with backflush system

Screen composition and

tools
Middle screen with 3 layers
Numerous filter screen
specifications for different
applications and materials
are available.

Special tool kit for filter

change and servicing
included in scope of supply

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General remarks regarding properties of the filter system
• CAN do‘s
• Stabilizing tape production
• Number of tape breaks during production
are reduced due to efficient filtering
performance, holding back impurities
which can lead to tape breakage
(especially when producing thin film) At
production with higher amount of CaCO3
it efficiently holds back oversized
particles, that might otherwise
subsequently lead to tape breakage at
stretching
• Hence enabling increase of
production speed and stretchability
due to aforementioned effects
• Adaptability to specific material
properties due to large choice of
available screen types
• Can NOT do‘s
• Increasing tape tenacity
• Tape tenacity is determined by the parallel
orientation of chain molecules in the film. This
is basically predetermined by the quality of the
resin itself, the processing- (extrusion-)quality
(screw design, optimal shearing rate,
temperature profile settings, avoidance of
overheating), and the downstream processing
parameters (water cooling temperature,
stretching ratio and annealing settings)
• Amount and type of additives and fillers
can have a significant influence on the
tape parameters as well.
• CaCO3 works as a filler (not enhancer!) by
replacing PP material with mineral
components such as chalk (for cost
reasons, but also to reduce splitting
tendency). It also reduces tenacity
because it reduces the amount of
thermoplastic material (that can be
oriented) and it has no significant specific
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 AD-PROTEX LSr

General remarks regarding properties of the filter system

Guidelines to the use of rPP for woven tapes (for raffia bags or AD-
PROTEX LSr)
 Recycling material should contain only PP ("Mono-material"). Only very small percentage of PE, CaCO3 and
colour additives is acceptable (resp. unavoidable, when recycling woven bags).
 Recycling material must not contain PA, PS, ABS, PET and other non-polyolefine materials
 Colour-neutral material can be used for the main fabric or patches (AD-PROTEX LSr). It also can be used as a
coating-additive with positive effects in processing.
 Randomly coloured rPP (from printed fabric) should be kept separate and should be used for valve fabric only
(AD-PROTEX LSr).
 MFI of rPP should be approx. 7-10. Higher MFI indicates the material having passed multiple recycling
processes (deteriorating quality)
 Material must be pellets (not flakes!), properly filtered and degassed.
 Materials of unknown origin (like post-consumer recycling material) with unknown "ingredients" should not be
used!
 Post-industrial rPP (esp. „in-process“-waste) with up to 1% contamination (dirt) is suitable for use (percentage
depending on quality and required tape parameters).
 Post-consumer material is mostly unsuitable, because non-polyolefine components cannot be ruled out
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