Extrusion control units for high precision manufacturing
Optimize your extrusion process with precision control over throughput, material usage, and output, ensuring consistent quality in plastic products while minimizing waste and enhancing operational efficiency.
Controls Extrusion Output and Tracks Material Usage
The GH & GH-M Series Extrusion Control Units from AEC provide unparalleled control for your extrusion processes. These units excel with their mass flow weigh hopper design, ensuring accurate first-in/first-out material flow, eliminating segregation. You can monitor and adjust extrusion output using the included haul-off and extruder speed control software. Suitable for a range of plastic products such as films, sheets, and pipes, these units utilize Rockwell’s Micro850 PLC control system, featuring a high-resolution color touch screen for intuitive operation. They support automation through DF-1 communication and optional Ethernet connections, with processing capabilities tailored to high-speed, continuous operations. Precision load cells and optional weight control capabilities maintain material usage accuracy to within ±1/2% of the target, maximizing efficiency and reducing waste. Available configurations support integration with existing plant infrastructure, and the system’s modular design allows customization to your specific production line needs.
Benefits
- Enhances production precision by maintaining extrusion weight within ±1/2% accuracy.
- Increases operational efficiency with integrated haul-off and extruder speed controls.
- Facilitates seamless production tracking with real-time material usage monitoring.
- Optimizes material flow to prevent segregation and ensure consistent quality.
- Customizable configurations allow for integration into diverse extrusion line setups.
- Applications
- Blending,Extrusion control,Material handling,Temperature control,Process cooling,Bulk material handling,Size reduction
- End products
- Plastic bottles,Plastic profiles,Plastic sheets,Plastic tubing,Plastic granules,Plastic fibers,Plastic containers,Plastic caps,Plastic pipes,Polymer pellets,Plastic films
- Steps before
- Material Handling,Blending,Conveying,Drying
- Steps after
- Packing,Coating
- Input ingredients
- material,raw material
- Output ingredients
- extruder throughput,material usage,extruder output,weight per length,weight per area
- Market info
- AEC (ACS Group) is known for manufacturing industrial equipment such as cooling, heating, and conveying solutions, serving various industries with a reputation for high-quality engineered-to-order systems and reliable customer support.
- Accuracy
- Weight per length control to ±1/2% of target
- Line and screw speed pickup
- Included
- Line footage inventory
- Available
- Material inventory
- Available
- Weight per area control
- ±1/2% of target
- Haul off Encoder
- Included
- Speed adjust module
- Included
- Automation
- Rockwell Micro850 PLC control system with high-resolution color touch screen
- Communication port
- DF-1 (Ethernet optional)
- Voltage supply
- 15/1/60
- Extruder throughput matching
- Yes
- Material usage tracking
- Included
- Weight per length control
- ±1/2% of target
- Weight per area control
- ±1/2% of target
- Automation level
- PLC-controlled
- Haul off and extruder speed control
- Included
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Feed/Discharge Method
- First in/First out material flow
- Control Panel Type
- High-resolution color touch screen
- Hopper Size
- Mass flow weigh hopper
- HMI Type
- High-resolution color touch screen