SPHERO Underwater Pelletizer wins Award for Energy ... - Maag

PRESS RELEASE
Grossostheim, Germany, October 2012
SPHERO ® Underwater Pelletizer wins Award for
Energy Efficiency.
Grossostheim, October 2012. During a ceremony held earlier
this year in Shanghai, Plastics Technology China awarded
Automatik Plastics Machinery a prize for an “innovative,
energy saving processing machine for the Chinese Plastics
Industry”.
This award recognizes the efforts of Automatik’s engineers in 2010 who, during
development work, went to great lengths to turn the company’s SPHERO ® underwater
pelletizer into a highly energy-efficient cutting system, with particular attention being
given to the following areas:
� By modifying both the cutting chamber and the knife hub geometries Automatik
Plastics Machinery substantially reduced the energy consumption of the
pelletizer;
� The company also developed a new, thermally insulating “SuperFlow” die plate
that decreases melt pressure more than 20% compared to standard die plates.
This positively impacts the energy consumption of previously installed machines
such as an extruder;
� Further, Automatik Plastics Machinery provided other special devices that
maximize energy efficiencies while enabling the recapture of consequent waste
heat, which can then be used downstream for subsequent crystallization
processes or to heat up office space and common areas
More than 150 SPHERO ® underwater pelletizing systems are now in operation
worldwide for various thermoplastics as well as for very specific niche products. Andreas
Weidner, Maag’s China Sales Manager, accepted the award on behalf of Automatik
Plastics Machinery, stating: ”Reaping such a valuable reward is tangible proof of the
value of our development work. With the SPHERO ® , Automatik provides an underwater
pelletizer that is both unique and highly reliable and helps to reduce energy costs. This
in turn translates to considerable saving opportunities for our customers. We are
convinced that the SPHERO ® delivers the best long-term return of all underwater
pelletizing systems currently available on the market. We are also proud of the role we
play relative to reducing our society’s environmental footprint, and given that optimizing
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energy use is a key contributor to reducing CO2 emissions we are happy that we can
provide this common benefit.
Press Contact:
Maag
Chris Laurent
Aspstrasse 12 8154 Oberglatt, Switzerland
T: +41 44 278 8349
chrislaurent@maag.com
About Maag
Maag is the worldwide leading manufacturer of gear pumps, pelletizing systems, and filtration systems for demanding
applications in the plastics, chemical, petrochemical, and food industries. Maag develops, manufactures, and
distributes innovative, customized solutions for complete pump and pelletizing systems – with the expertise based on
its long-term industrial tradition since 1910.
The company employs more than 500 staff at its headquarters in Switzerland and its production sites and sales offices
in Germany, France, Italy, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia, China, Brazil, and the USA and is represented in the markets
with its brands ”Maag Pump Systems“, ”Automatik Pelletizing Systems“, and ”Maag Filtration Systems“. Maag, a
Dover Corporation Company (NYSE:DOV), is a part of the Pump Solutions Group, itself a business unit of Dover
Engineered Systems.
Illustration: Andreas Weidner and Jane Liang (both Sales Managers for the Chinese market)
pick up the award on behalf of Automatik Plastics Machinery GmbH
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