7.5 m wide extrusion

line for the production of

geomembrane sheet Page 1

KUHNE supplies another

9-layer blown-film line Page 2

KUHNE supplies HDPE

Coex-Line with huge layflat Page 2

KUHNE Group continues

its successful INLINE

HIGH SPEED conception Page 3

Successful acceptance

test and production run of

sheet line Page 3

Best possible service at

KUHNE Group Page 4

Trade shows 2013 Page 4

KUHNE Group – Smart Sheets – announc- es the new order of an almost 8 m wide extrusion line for Algeria. The machine with a total output of more than one ton per hour can run HD-, LD- and MDPE sheets in a thickness range between 0,75 and 2 mm. The maximal net width of the usually black coloured films will be 7 meter.

The almost 70 tons heavy roll stack of-fers the possibility to change the middle roll by implementing a structure roll for

December 2012

7.5 m wide extrusion line for the production of geomembrane sheet goes to northern Africa

INHALT

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the production of embossed sheets. The line will be mechanical and electrically prepared for later coextrusion as well as for unwinding a geotextile sheet.

The Algerian customer intends to partially use the final product himself and sell the other half within Northern Africa. Current-ly, most of the geomembrane films are being imported from Southern Europe; the KUHNE line will be the first of its kind regarding output and width in Africa. Delivery is scheduled for summer 2013.

In December 2012, KUHNE supplies yet another 9-layer line; this time a “stand-ard” blown film line C9 Green line 2400. After already having shown 7, 9 and 11 layer lines during out the year in the field of water quench and triple bubble tech-nology, KUHNE comes full circle in the field of standard, mono-bubble blown film.

The machine is equipped with 7 x 60-30D and 2 x 70-30D extruders and a blown film head with 600 mm diameter for a layflat width of up to 2400 mm. The line will produce barrier and high-barrier films from 20 up to 250 µm and has been laid out very flexible. All raw materials such as LDPE, LLDPE, mLLDPE, EVA etc can be used; but also EVOH, PA, COC and PET.

The layout design of the blown film head is based on the 11 layer head that was introduced at the occasion of the K show in Düsseldorf 2010. It is a combination between classical mandrel distributor and coathanger-distributor. The 600 mm head is also available as 11 layer head. The output of the line will be around 500 and 700 kg/h; the barrier layers and ad-hesive / tie layers around between 1 and 2 µm as singular layer thicknesses.

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KUHNE supplies another 9-layer blown-film line

KUHNE once again supplied a 3-layer blown-film line with a bubble circum-ference of up to 6000 mm within Eu- rope. The minimum circumference will be 4000 mm.

The line will be processing HDPE films with a thickness range from 9 up to 40 µm with a double layflat of up to 3 m and with a capacity of almost 500 kg/h. The ma-chine is equipped with a 420 mm die, the size of the extruders is 60-90-60. The line speed will reach 220 m/min.

KUHNE Group supplies HDPE Coex-Line with huge layflat

The machine is also equipped with the necessary heating and cooling aggre- gates for PA and PET films. The cali-bration basket has a suction device for monomers and the rollers are made with CFK. The thickness measurement and control system is radiometric and in-stalled before the layflat and the profile is regulated with the air volume in the high capacity cooling ring. The turner bars are microporous and cooling roller

pairs are non sticking in order to also run very sticky and / or adhesive films. The haul off also has temperature con-trol units in order to be able to heat or cool additionally. Before bringing the film to the winders, it can be pre-treated on two or even four sides. The winder 507 RL can wind in central, contact or gap mode – in both directions. Both winders are equipped with oscillating knives and specially designed pressure control.

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The compact construction – consisting of only four main parts – and the elec-trical components being “on board” con-vince meanwhile many customers in Germany, Europe and abroad. The drive concept of the High-Speed extruder con-sists of Torque synchronous drives, that not only require less parts and therefore less maintenance; but also economizing energy compared to the AC technolo-gy by using permanent magnets. Tools such as feedblocks and dies come from

KUHNE’S own production and know-how. The rollstack and the hauloff are both entirely electric.

The erection at the customer’s site could be reduced to only 3 working days – fol-lowing the principle “Plug & Produce”. Still there are different assemblies pos-sible, that consider well the specific situ-ation of our customers on location:• “classical”;meaningallpiecesina row (total installation length <6 m with

a K60EE-33D and a total production capacity of up to 450 kg/h•Mainextruderturned90°totheleft side (because of the thermoformer)•Mainextruderonaplatformontopof the rest of the line – integrated with the roll stackAll these different types of installations have already been supplied and suc-cessfully integrated into the individual conception of our customers plants and production halls.

KUHNE Group continues its successful INLINE HIGH SPEED conception

During three weeks this summer, the ac-ceptance test of a 2400 mm wide sheet line took place in KUHNE Headquarters in Sankt Augustin, Germany. Therefore, the Turkish customer arrived with his production staff in order to assist the KUHNE R&D team during the produc-tion of up to 30 mm thick sheets out of HDPE and PP.

In total, more than 100 tons of raw ma-terial were consumed. Besides, the so-phisticated logistic tasks of this project

have also been carried out successfully – such as the handling of the production waste and regrind. In addition to the pro-duction itself, carried out in 3 shifts and during the weekends also, the customer’s operational staff was trained in all rele-vant details directly at and with the line.

After the official acceptance run, a com-mon day in a close leisure park rounded up the good collaboration. Meanwhile, the line has safely arrived in Turkey and is currently erected in Istanbul.

Successful acceptance test and production run of sheet line at KUHNE headquarter

“All members from KUHNE Group

wish you and your loves

a merry Christmas

and a happy and successful

new year 2013!”

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ImPrINT

ARABPLAST Dubai, United Arab Emirates07. - 10. January 2013Stand 5D121

InterplasticaMoskau, Russia29. January - 01. February 2013

At the turn of the year 2012, KUHNE Group participates on three important shows as exhibitor: After Plasteurasia at the end of November in Istanbul, Arabplast in Dubai will follow at the beginning of January 2013 and Inter-plastica in Moscow at the end of that month. In participating in all of these international shows, KUHNE Group un-derlines the growing importance of the near and middle east markets.

KUHNE starts the show

Service at KUHNE Group offers his cus-tomers best possible solutions in the fields of spare parts, retrofitting, mainte-nance, trouble shooting – as well as start ups and trainings. Therefore, highly mo-tivated and competent service engineers are at your direct and personal disposal.

Tool service- exchange and cleaning of tools directly at your line- checking and expertise of your screws on the spot- complete cleaning of dies and blown film heads in our headquarter; followed up by reprocessing for improved product quality

Repair service- repair of screws, barrels, blown film heads and dies in our headquarter- repair of all installed and used compo- nents by the manufacturer

Spare part service- supply of original spare parts- dispatch of the needed parts on the same day with your order before noon

Trouble shooting- intervention of our technicians possible within 24 hours- 24h Hotline

Erection and start up of new lines- consultation with our customers before delivery in order to optimize the course of erection- personal visit of KUHNE technician on the site before delivery possible- detailed erection plan and schedule to be sent to customer before delivery

Maintenance- tailor made maintenance concepts for complete lines or components- maintenance contracts; also long-term

Training- machine maintenance- trouble shooting- (optimized) operation of lines

Retrofitting- modernization of your line for optimization of output, quality and changeover

Advantages for our customers:- personal, direct and skilled care through our experienced contact persons- multi-language contact persons and service technicians- higher productivity and value retention through preventive maintenance and upkeep- use of original spare parts for fast and easy fitting - reduction of line stops

Best possible service at KUHNE Group