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Processing Facilities
ZSK 30 Twin-Screw Extruder
KILLION Compact Pelletizer
AccuRate 106 Dry Material Feeder
K-TRON Twin-screw Volumetric Feeder (for powder and very low density materials)
Colour Exact PRM dosing unit for feeding catalysts and pigments
BOY Injection Moulding Machine
IFB-51 Industrial Fludised Bath (Temperature up to 600oC)
MOORE, Hydraulic Hot Press (up to 500°C and platen pressure of 8 MPa)
Vacuum and General Purpose Ovens (up to 200°C)
High performance Computer-Instrumented Autoclave
Autoclave for Polymer Composites Processing ( up to 225°C and 0.3 MPa)
Electro-Fuel Hydraulic Hot Press (with an environmental chamber up to 2000°C and pressure load of 20 tones)
Junior 90 CF CNC Surface Grinder
High Temperature Sintering Oven (up to 1000°C)
Pultrusion Machine - Pultron Model H6010
Hammer Mill 6000

* Facilities outside but freely accessible to the CAMT.

Autoclave

 Specifications

AutoClave

Temperature

up to 425°C

Pressure

2 MPa
Working Diameter 50 cm
Working Depth 90 cm

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Pultrusion Machine

 Specifications

pultrusion

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Injection Moulding

 Specifications

Injection Moulding

 Closing Unit
Clamping Force 220 kN
Closing Force 17.6 kN
Opening Force 40 kN
Mould Stroke 200 mm
Ejector Force 18 kN (pushing), 12 kN (pulling)
Ejector Stroke 80 mm
  Injection Unit
Screw Diameter 28 mm
L/D Ratio 14.5
Spec. Injection Pressure 1069 bar
Theoretical Stroke Volume 49.25 cm3
Injection Weight with PS 44 g
Injection Force 65.82 kN
Screw Stroke 80 mm
Plasticisation rate at 360 rpm with PS 5.3 g/s
Injection Time 0.7 sec
Screw Torque 200 Nm
Screw Speed 10 - 360 rpm
Nozzle Pressure Force 48 kN
Nozzle Stroke 180 mm
Heating Capacity 3005 W
Hopper Volume 13 Litres
Screw Retraction Force 45.6 kN
Noise Level 73 dB (max) and 62 dB (min)

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Twin-screw Extruder

Specifications

Twin-Screw Extruder

 L/D Ratio 30
Length of Screw Element 880 mm
Pitches 42, 28, 20 and 14 mm
Number of Flights 2
Available Screw Elements Screw elements (various pitched)
30o, 45o and 90o Kneading Blocks
Left hand screws
Screw Shaft Speed 50-500 rpm
Maximum Drive Power 9 kW
Drive Output Torque/Shaft 86 Nm
Maximum Back Pressure 200 Bar (cut off)
Maximum Permissible Axial Load Capacity 250 Bar
Processing Quantity Up to 30 kg/hr
Cooling System Water (8 bores with 10 dia)
Heating System Elctrical 9Zone 1-4 and Die)
The machine is equipped with two Feed Hoppers with 33 kg/hr capacity, two stand die and a pelletiser.

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Junior 90 CF CNC Surface Grinder Specifications

Surface Grinder

 Loop stiffness 80 N/micron
Minimum down feed 100 nm
Maximum workpiece dimensions 600 x 280 x400 mm
Size 3960 x 3155 x 2000 mm;
The machine is equiped with the multicomponent 'Kistler' dynamometer Type 925B.
Technical parameters of the dynamometer
Range of loads detected (N) Fx, Fy : 0.01-500
Fz : 0.01-1000
Sensitivity (pC/N) Sx, Sy :  -7.5
Sz : -3.5
Rigidity (kN/micron) Rx, Ry : >1
Rz : >2
Natural Frequency (kHz) 3.5

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