GLOBALINE® extruder cuts cost, lead times

October 26,2009 | Robert Grace, Associate Editor/Publisher

Processing Technologies International LLC has unveiled its GLOBALINE® range of sheet extrusion lines, its first global brand.

PTi recently demonstrated a compact unit designed to make sheet for in-line thermoforming. PTi also offers GLOBALINE® in a full-length configuration for producing roll stock.

Officials of PTi, based in Aurora, IL, said the new brand is part of a worldwide strategy to expand in regions such as Russia, Eastern Europe, South America, China and India.

PTi is touting GLOBALINE®'S flexibility for making smaller runs of sheet from materials such as polypropylene, polystyrene, PET and polylactic acid bioresin.

“The GLOBALINE® has been engineered to cut delivery costs with lead times trimmed 30-40 percent and a price tag that’s much lower than custom-designed machines,” said PTi President Dana Hanson.

Installation of the mechanical system can take just two to three days, since the sheet line incorporates features such as a patent-pending, linear-bearing mounted frame infrastructure.

PTi offersGLOBALINE® in two platforms to make sheet widths of 40 inches to 60 inches. The line can be configured to run between 630 and 3,900 pounds of material an hour. All Globaline lines are available in monolayer or coextrusion formats.

PTi also rolled out its TITAN Plus®, an expanded unit from its TITAN® controller. TITAN Plus®, uses three control screens at an operator station, with the same information displayed on a machine-mounted pendant.

Tel. 630-585-5800, fax 630-585-5855.

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