The rubber processing industry has faced increasing demands for product quality while also grappling with the need to reduce costs, especially for certain elastomer products.
To meet these quality requirements, clean rubber compounds are essential. At Tire Technology Expo, UTH is showcasing its compact, high-performance solutions for these optimized tire compounds.
Manuel Bessler, general manager of sales and project management at UTH, said, “Attending Tire Technology Expo provides us with an excellent opportunity to showcase our further developed technology and its advancements, expand our network and engage with tire technology experts to discuss emerging trends and developments in the industry.
“Additionally, it serves as a central meeting point with our global customers and partners, facilitating personal interactions to exchange ideas and insights. Furthermore, it is the right place to forge new connections within the tire industry.”
To address the continuous product quality requirements, UTH has developed the TRP Reworker system, a technology for reworking material generated in rubber processing.
The system is based on UTH’s two-roll plasticizer (TRP) with an integrated Roll-ex gear pump. It gently processes unvulcanized material generated during tire production.
Roll-ex gear extruder technology is designed to be a gentle and precise extrusion method, allowing for the use of fine-mesh screens. This approach has gained popularity for fine-mesh straining within the mixing line, offering throughput benefits for final batch, masterbatch and rework straining.
“Our fine-mesh straining technology and gear pump technology offer a sustainable and cost-effective solution to achieve clean rubber. With our patented gear pump extruder, impurities and non-dispersed ingredients can be filtered through fine-mesh screens under high pressure and the compound can be formed into any shapes, for example, strips, slabs or pellets,” continued Bessler.
The gear pump extruder and strainer solutions are optimally designed for cost-effective performance in mixing lines in the tire and rubber processing industry and enable reduced downtimes and energy savings of up to 70%, Bessler added.
“The modular combination of the patented gear pump with a two-roll feeder (TRF) or a conical double-screw extruder (DSE) allows integration in almost all mixing lines. With our Roll-ex 1,000 TRF, up to 10,000kg/h throughput is possible.”
Visit Booth 4002 to learn more about how this technology can help improve rubber compound quality and reduce waste.
Tire Technology Expo is running at the Deutsche Messe in Hannover, Germany on March 19, 20 & 21, 2024. Click here to register for your free expo pass.
