Parkinson Technologies Adds In-Line Compounding Capabilities to In-House Customer Lab Facility
Leistritz Twin-Screw Extruder Added to List of Available Machinery
Woonsocket, RI (February 18, 2008) - Parkinson Technologies Inc., a leading global provider of winding, web handling, and plastics orientation equipment for the continuous web processing market, has announced it has added additional processing capabilities to its in-house customer lab by installing a new Leistritz 27mm co-rotating twin-screw extruder. The extruder provides in-line compounding capabilities to the lab, and feeds directly into Parkinson's Marshall & Williams biax orientation line.
Parkinson's in-house lab provides customers with an ideal platform for running tests on new material formulations for plastics sheet and film, to prove-out their new concepts in a real-world pilot-scale orientation facility. Capabilities and typical applications include:
o extruded film/sheet casting
o MDO, TDO, and biax stretching
o film/sheet product and process development for shrink sleeves, labels, flexible and rigid packaging, display technologies, battery separator and fuel cell membranes, solar photovoltaic devices, and more
o and now, in-line twin-screw extruder compounding
An important benefit of Parkinson's lab is that it is pilot-scale as opposed to laboratory-scale, according to Ken Forziati, Business Development Manager at Parkinson. "It means our customers can produce product samples on a smaller scale than full production, but a larger scale than a lab," he said. "Pilot-scale production in our facility allows you to run an effective experiment, one that gives a true reading of how your material and product will perform in a production-scale environment, using only a fraction of the raw materials that would otherwise be required."
"The addition of the Leistritz twin-screw extruder to our lab is great news for our customers," Forziati continued. "With in-line compounding they can vary the concentration of ingredients on the fly rather than having to pre-compound batches of material. Since installing it we have seen increased usage of the lab, which in turn has helped our customers achieve success with their new applications."
The Leistritz twin-screw extruder in Parkinson's lab is a Model ZSE27 HP, and can be configured to process a wide variety of materials. Typical throughput for the machine in Parkinson's lab is up to 55kg/hr (120 lbs/hr) depending on the application.
For more information on the Parkinson Technologies lab or to schedule a trial, call Ken Forziati, Business Development Manager at (401) 762-2100, e-mail mwlab@parkinsontechnologies.com.
About Parkinson Technologies Inc.
Parkinson Technologies Inc. is a leading designer and manufacturer of large-scale web-handling, winding and plastics processing equipment, and is the parent company for Marshall & Williams brand processing lines, Parkinson winders, and Key Filters screen changers. With a world-class pilot plant facility, Parkinson also offers its customers complete flexibility to conduct plastics sheet/film extrusion and orientation R&D and to produce commercially viable marketing samples. Parkinson's customers include a broad range of companies, from venture-backed startups to Fortune 50 enterprises, all of whom demand innovative solutions to their web processing challenges.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Greg Hannoosh, Next Step Communications, Inc., (978) 363-5372 or
ghannoosh@next-step.com, or
Jill DaPonte, Parkinson Technologies, Inc., (401) 762-2100 x312 or
jdaponte@parkinsontechnologies.com
