In our laboratory your ideas become reality
Among the activities of the Center, there is the optimization of production processes (from the compounding of plastic materials to the production of vulcanizable rubber compounds, rubber devulcanization, continuous production of adhesives and polymerization processes) and the study of new production applications for our extruders. We cooperate with Public and Private entities (national and foreign), for the development of important research projects.
Thanks to the creativity, the know-how and the technicians operating at the Centre, the Technological Laboratory and the Materials Characterization Laboratory, we are ready to face any additional challenge to go beyond new technological barriers.
THE TECHNOLOGICAL CENTER HAS FOUR EXTRUSION LINES AT THE CUSTOMER’S DISPOSAL:
• TM20 Hi-Tech – D/d 1.55: a purely laboratory extruder
• TM30 – D/d 1.55 high torque: laboratory or small industrial production extruder
• TM40/41 high torque, which can be set up with both a D/d 1.55 and a D/d 1.65: industrial production extruder
• TM58 – D/d 1.55 high torque: extruder for industrial production
Wide choice of gravimetric feeders for both solids and liquids
Single-screw extruder
Underwater cutting system
Water-ring cutting system
Air/water head cutting system
Remote cutting system
Vacuum and high vacuum pumps
Gear pump
Screen-changer (semi-automatic and continuous)
Calender with conveyor belt
Turbomixer and slow mixer
Mill
To support R&D activities, our Technological Center also uses an innovative process simulation software.
In addition to our Technological Center, Maris put at the customer’s disposal the Characterization Laboratory to evaluate – in real time – trials results carried out on the extrusion lines.
Morphological and dispersion
(by using a reflection microscope and a transmission one)
Rheological
(the Center has a Melt Index and a rotational viscometer)
Mechanical
(by using a dynamometer to measure elongation, bending and compression, two durometers – a Shore A and a Shore D – an Izod pendulum and a Vicat-HDT); there is also an injection moulding machine on which a standard mould for ASTM specimens is mounted;
Degree of filler dispersion in a polymeric matrix
Maris Filter Test: measurement of the Pressure Index for clogging of a filter performed on a small quantity of undiluted Masterbatch/compound. We have in fact patented this type of fast analysis by using the capillary rheometer, at the outlet of which there is a small metal filter. The lower is the clogging speed of the filter, the better is the product quality in terms of dispersion and distribution of fillers and/or pigments.
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