With this order, Spain's largest profile manufacturer confirmed its satisfaction with its machine supplier and increased its number of PVC extrusion lines to a total of 28, only one of them being from outside Vienna.
The partnership with Cortizo began in 2014 when the company, which had previously specialized in aluminium profiles, purchased its first line in Vienna and began producing PVC profiles. Since then, the success has continued steadily, and Cortizo now processes 50,000 tons of PVC per year into profiles - further growth is planned.
With an annual production output of 150,000 tons of aluminium profiles and 50,000 tons per year of PVC profiles, Cortizo is one of Europe's leading profile manufacturers. The company employs over 3,800 people across nine European production centers and records sales in 87 countries. The profiles are mainly produced for the domestic market in Spain and for Europe. The extruders from battenfeld-cincinnati, which ensure high reliability, output and quality of the end products, are one reason for the enormous success with PVC profiles. A total of 30 extruders from Vienna produce high-quality window and door profiles in Spain in various designs in terms of geometry and color. Over the past ten years, battenfeld-cincinnati has installed 17 twinEX extruders in sizes 78 and 93 as well as 13 conEX extruders in sizes 50, 54 and 65 at Cortizo. While nine conEXs function as main extruders, four are integrated into coextrusion lines. Here, the piggyback version stands out in particular with its complete integration into the control system of the main extruder. Thanks to universal height and tilt adjustment, the coextruders can easily feed existing extrusion tools.
conEX is a flexible conical series that can easily process an enormous range of different PVC types and can handle die pressures of up to 520 bar without any difficulty. The parallel twinEX units are characterized by a very large output range. This means that a wide variety of dies can be used on one machine, resulting in flexible machine utilization and production planning for the customer.
All extruders from battenfeld-cincinnati are characterized by a balanced ratio of mechanical and thermal energy input into the material. In conjunction with optimized screw geometries, this ensures excellent melt quality over a wide output range. In the course of many years of cooperation with Cortizo, tailormade screw geometries have been developed to ensure optimum processing of customer materials. The latest generation machine control system impresses with its intuitive operation and clear user interface. The machines can be easily integrated into the customer's ERP environment.
About battenfeld-cincinnati
battenfeld-cincinnati is a leading manufacturer of energy-efficient and highperformance extruders and complete extrusion lines according to customerspecific requirements. battenfeld-cincinnati offers tailor-made solutions for a wide range of applications in the field of pipe, profile, sheet, thermoforming sheet and pelletizing from a large portfolio of single- and twin-screw extruders, dies, downstream equipment, calanders and calander feeders. Customers are served by production sites in Germany, Austria, China and the USA, as well as a comprehensive global sales and service network. battenfeld-cincinnati is a company of the Davis Standard Corporation, USA, and stands for quality and sustainability in plastics extrusion worldwide.
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