H-F announces new Tech centre

ERJ staff report (DS)

Freudenberg, Germany - The new tech centre at Harburg-Freudemberg Mixing Group headquarters in Freudenberg, Germany is set to be the most advanced of its type in the world, claimed chief executive Prof. Dr.-Inf Andreas Limper at the opening ceremony.

The centre is designed to offer practical systems to permit customers test different options for mixing rubber and plastics. A key part of the equipment on offer is a small (BN20N) tangential mixer with quick-change rotors. This will allow a test to be run one day. Overnight, the rotors can be switched, so that customers can make a direct comparison of rotor performance.

The mixers on offer will all have extra-powerful drive systems, permitting the machines to process near-solid materials such as thermoplastics and ultra-stiff compounds. They will range from a 45-litre intermeshing line to two small, but ultra-powerful lab mixers.

Small chemical weighting systems and feeding systems are also on show at the unit

In addition, all kinds of automation and sensors will be fitted to the equipment.

Limper said the tech centre offer energy efficient temperature control units; a new roll mill with a new drive system;

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