Powder and Bulk Engineering

PBE1114_CCR

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12 Powder and Bulk Engineering, 2015-2016 Corporate Capabilities Corporate Description Two global leaders are combining their expertise. Coperion is the worldwide technology leader in compounding and extrusion, materials handling and service. Coperion uses the comprehensive system and process expertise to implement individual solutions for compounding technology and bulk materials handling plants for their customers. Coperion K-Tron specializes in process automation equipment and engineered systems, including gravimetric feeding equipment, dense and dilute phase pneumatic conveying equipment and complete systems solutions in a variety of applications for the bulk materials handling industry. Together, Coperion and Coperion K-Tron are in an ideal position to take their clients to the next level. They offer unique components and systems from a single source, without additional interfaces for their customers. They are known worldwide for a broad range of application experience, engineering know-how, process equipment, execution and exceptional customer service. Global Network The manufacturing, sales and service network of Coperion and Coperion K-Tron consists of 40 sales and service companies and over 100 representatives around the world who allow them to act quickly and directly, wherever customers need. Primary manufacturing facilities are located in Pitman and Ramsey, New Jersey; Salina, Kansas; Wytheville, Virginia; Niederlenz, Switzerland; Stuttgart and Weingarten, Germany; Nanjing, Shanghai and Wuxi, China and New Delhi, India. Specialists and local partners speak local languages and are extremely familiar with local customs. Markets Served Coperion and Coperion K-Tron offer an extensive range of application expertise along the entire process chain for plastics, food, pet food, non-woven, pharmaceutical, chemical and mineral industries. This includes compounding and extrusion, feeding and weighing, materials handling, packaging systems, cutting-edge controls, professional project management and engineering, plus 24/7 certified service. Capabilities & Advanced Technologies Compounding & Extrusion • More than 130 years of experience with mixing and kneading processes • Pioneers in the design of the closely intermeshing, co-rotating twin screw extruder and continuous developments • More than 12,000 installed compounding systems worldwide • Complete product portfolio: from the ZSK 18 MEGAlab laboratory machine to the ZSK 420 MEGAcompounder high-capacity extruder • Throughput rates of 1 kg/hr to over 100 t/hr • Experience from 5,000 compounding tests and 40,000 product analyses in their own laboratories Equipment & Systems • Vast experience in designing systems to convey hard to handle materials has earned their engineers top recognition in the bulk materials handling industry • Excellent controls capabilities, including custom supervisory controls • A wide range of pneumatic conveying systems, including bulk unloading to storage, in-plant transfer, vacuum sequencing, continuous dilute phase (both pressure and vacuum), and dense phase (both pressure and vacuum) systems with related controls • Designs and manufactures own weighing, mechanical and control systems specifically for the unique demands of the process industries. Products include volumetric and gravimetric feeders (single and twin screw, vibratory, BSP, cone, liquid), weigh belt feeders and dry bulk mass flow meters. Material flow rates can range from microfeeding at 20 g/hr to 300 t/hr • Advanced feeder control algorithms with second to second precise performance, even in hostile plant environments • Extensive line of components including rotary, diverter and slide gate valves for applications in the plastics, chemical, food, pet food, Coperion/Coperion K-Tron

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