Black Clawson Tandem Extrusion Coating Line No. 9, 72" (1,830 mm) wide 1,500 FPM (457 m/min)

Tandem, double-sided extrusion coating line for paper or film release liner production
Installed 1996, with major controls modernization in 2022 ($1.4 million investment)
Twin extrusion, drying, treating, coating, and slitting systems allow dual-pass or double-sided operation

Web Handling & Rewind
Shaftless Turret Rewind, 72" (1,829 mm) width 61" dia, 2-spindle with pressure roll
Shaftless Turret Unwind, 72" width, 2-spindle with roll-handling manipulator (Dalmex, 165 lb & 130 lb rated units)
Black Clawson web inversion table for inline substrate flipping
(2) Pull-roll stations with Maxcess rotary shear edge-trim knives
Application Co trim blower for edge-trim waste handling
Bunting MN 5.2 PR 2000 inline metal detector, CE marked

Extrusion System
(2) Black Clawson Model 600 EXT 2 Extruders 6" , 32.4:1 L/D, 225 RPM, XYZ bases, Lufkin gearboxes, 400 HP AC VFDs. Throughput: approx. 910 kg/hr each.
(2) Cloeren EBR 82" sheet dies with motorized deckles (83 die bolts) and Autogauge computerized lip-adjustment

Surface Treatment & Coating
(2) Corotec corona treaters with dedicated controls (primary and reverse side)
(2) Epic Products inline primer application stations (primary and reverse side)
(2) AIS traveling-head thickness / gauging systems for inline and post-lamination quality control

Drying & Curing
(2) Black Clawson high-efficiency single-pass gas flotation dryers (pre- and post-extrusion)
Gas dryers designed for thermal curing of coated webs before rewinding or lamination

Casting, Laminating & Slitting
(2) Integrated casting and slitting sections
Each includes chill roll, Maxcess rotary shear edge-trim knives
Supports single or dual-pass lamination and slitting

Resin & Additive Handling
(2) Maguire WSB-920T gravimetric blenders with scale hoppers
Premier Pneumatics resin blending/distribution system
(6) Stainless steel mixing tanks by G&F Manufacturing (25 gallons / 95 liters each) with hydraulic mixing