Upgradation Solution For Traditional ACP Production Line
Alumax offers an updated solution, upgrading your existing ACP line into an advanced composite panel production line that merges CES and traditional technologies. It is the ideal method for lowering the cost of core material.
The traditional ACP production line uses PE pellets or B1 grade flame-retardant pellets, heats and extrudes the core material, and then laminate it the upper and lower sides with aluminum alloy strips to form an ACP panel; Alumax provides an upgraded version, that uses the front section of the CES production line The equipment, combined with the retained equipment at the back end of the traditional production line, the core material is changed to a mixture of various recycled PE pellets, a preset ratio of mineral filler is added, and the PE or FR core material is extruded after heating and special mixing, and then combined with both sides of aluminum alloy strips to from ACP panels, which can greatly reduce the cost of core materials, which can reach more than one million US dollars per year.
The CES production line directly uses recycled PE pellets from various sources with different model and the quality varies widely . After auto loading and weighing , it is mixed with a preset ratio of mineral fillers, and then mixed by a special mixer and extruder. Extruded into a FR core material, the material costs of the core,which compared with the traditional ACP production line using FR pellets, can significantly reduce by 40-60%.
The excess waste core material from the side trimmings of the extrusion core material is recovered. CES Line has zero waste in which the hot softened state 100percent is reused into the extrusion cycle.
The conventional type of crushing by crusher, it will cause noise emission & dusting are not friendly to the environment.
In the CES process, the various proportions of the core material are formed into a hot dough during the pre-mixing process, and then formed into a strip-shaped PE/FR Core material by a pump extruder through an extrusion dies.
Because the pump extruder is shorter than the convention L/D high ratio extruder, the screw is only one-third of it, and the required compression ratio and power torque are very low.
The life of the screw is at least 2 years and it is easy to disassemble and replace, and the required maintenance cost is low and the replacement time is short. For example when extruded FR cores are used for convention screws, they will wear out in about three to four months, and it takes a higher cost and longer time to replace the new screws.
CES is high-capacity ACM production line that produces panels at a high speed of 4 ~ 8 meters per minute.
Compared with the convention ACP production line with the same amount of output, the required energy consumption can be saved by about 30 ~ 40% .
In addition the excess waste core material from the side trimmings of the convention ACP production line is recovered which need to be carefully collected , cooled, and then enter the crusher. For reuse which to be remix , dry, and reheat are energy intensive.
The relative CES line only needs very little energy consumption, which the hot softened state 100 percent is reused into the extrusion cycle.
The CES line most unique benefit is its production capacity. The CES line can achieve a production of the daily output of 7,000 ~ 10,000 square meters of ACM panels it gives a high–level performance, more quality. In addition to the production capacity 2 ~ 3 times greater than a conventional production line, it can also reduce labor costs and energy costs, reduce occupied plan area and plant construction costs performance is excellent.
The CES line can be connected and compatible with the latest prime technology industry 4.0 standards.
Alumax CES ACM line with Internal Mixer | Conical Twin Screw Extrusion ACP line | Single Screw Extrusion ACP line | |
Extrusion design | Twin screw feeder + Pumping Extruder | Conical Twin screw extruder | Single screw extruder |
Extrusion for FR | Easy | Hard | Very Difficult |
Screw consumption/wear off | Low | High | High |
Energy Cost | Low | medium | High |
Core material for FR panels | LDPE (30%) + (70%) Al(OH)3 /Mg(OH)2 | FR/B1 Granules | FR-B1 Granules |
Cost saving efficiency for FR panels | 40~60% Saving | No Saving | No Saving |
- The comparison table above is for reference only.