The ADVANCED Team, Inc. News
Spirex Corporation Partners With The ADVANCED Team, Inc. To Provide Laser Extruder Barrel Alignment Services
Youngstown, OH - The ADVANCED Team, Inc. has partnered with Spirex Corporation, to provide customers with expert barrel alignment services.
The ADVANCED Team, Inc., has developed a unique and geometrically superior system for the measurement and alignment of extruder barrels. Laser Extruder Barrel Alignment extends the life of extruder barrels and screws by precisely positioning the feed throat and output end of the extruder to coincide with the gearbox output center of rotation.
Extruders are critical to the plastics industry. Proper alignment of the feed throat and the barrel are critical to long life of the barrels and screws. A laser transmitter is installed on the gearbox output shaft and adjusted to represent the center of rotation of the gearbox output to within 0.5 mils or better (0.0005"). A detector inserted into the feed throat and output end enables the data to be collected in under 5 minutes. Position adjustments are made "live". Typically, the barrel can be aligned to within 0.001" of the OEM or customer specification, horizontally and vertically, with respect to the gearbox output shaft.
The ADVANCED Team, Inc.:
Website:
http://theadvancedteam.com/
The ADVANCED Team, Inc. is a team of specialists who come from varied backgrounds and experiences. The service providers have worked with both large and small corporations and their processes in a number of applications. They have decades of experience, are certified in Vibration Analysis and Machinery Geometric Alignment, and are members of The International Maintenance Institute; and The Vibration Institute.
Email:
info@theadvancedteam.com
SPIREX CORPORATION:
Website:
www.spirex.com
Spirex is a worldwide leader in designing and manufacturing complete plasticating systems and solutions that include screws, front-end components and barrels for injection molding, extrusion and blow molding. Headquartered in Youngstown Ohio, the company also remanufactures plasticating components; offers complete laboratory services, including rheology and melt flow analysis; online optical dispersion testing; lab trials; and training programs.
About Spirex’s Twinshot® Technology:
Twinshot® patented technology is a cost-effective process developed to provide processors and OEMs a distinct competitive advantage by significantly reducing part cost while improving product quality. Twinshot® feaures a single injection unit, multi-material molding system that can be easily retrofit to existing screw/barrel injection molding machines.This technique removes the obstacles to widespread co-injection utilization while preserving all of the traditional benefits. Simplicity and low cost differentiate this unique technology from other co-injection processes. With Twinshot® Technology, virtually any custom or proprietary molder can afford multi-material molding equipment.
