We offer solutions that can meet the needs of both small-scale sample tests as well as mass production showing significant advantages with first class product quality. Whether you wish to produce standard colour masterbatch or highly filled carbon black masterbatch, we want to be your partner in achieving a quality product with colour precision and excellent dispersion.

With Krauss Maffei colour compounding technology, you can produce colour masterbatches with unique colour precision. Colour masterbatches are usually based on mono-concentrates, which are produced on single-screw extruders in a separate process step, intermediately stored and then fed into the twin-screw extruder in a second step. With the liquid colour compounding technology, the intermediate mono-concentrate production step is no longer required. The resulting colour masterbatches stand out for unparalleled cost-effectiveness and unique colour precision.

In addition, Krauss Maffei twin-screw extruders are self-cleaning, meaning changes from dark to bright colours can be made without any problems. Our clients benefit from Krauss Maffei’s extensive experience by offering adequate recipes stored in the proprietary Process Control Advanced system which can be chosen and activated for the complete line at the simple push of a button.

With increased restrictions and regulations on plastic material and plastic product production, such as the Extended Producer Responsibility, recycled material has increasing demand.

Whether you’re looking for unique solutions for inhouse recycling, one extruder recycling or two extruder upcycling, we want to be your partner in producing recycled or upcycled material that the industry truly desires.

Recycling and compounding all kinds of recyclable thermoplastic waste in a cascading process allows for:

We offer turn-key solutions for industrial waste as well as post-consumer waste; from material preparation such as washing, grinding and sorting through to material handling and feeding, recycling, filtering, degassing, pelletizing, storing and control systems for the entire line.

Recycling can be done with either a single screw or twin-screw extruder depending on the application with consideration to:

Advanced technology such as ColourAdjust by Krauss Maffei allows for colour measurement and regulation. Inline quality control can be implemented for liquid colour and masterbatch in recycling and compounding where any disturbance can be compensated. A higher colour quality can be achieved with less waste creation due to colour fluctuations. ColorAdjust offers the shortest time for measurement and control eliminating production interruptions.

We offer all functions required to build a high-performance extrusion line:

Technology:

Krauss Maffei’s co-rotating twin-screw extruders can be tailored through the screw elements to create the perfect screw configuration for your process requirements with more than fifty screw element varieties for each extruder size.

Screw elements:

Operating:

In conjunction with the shear energy input, our operating principle guarantees optimum compounding results in terms of dispersion and distribution.