Sample Preparation Facility
Lab Bicomponent Extrusion Machine, Model LBS
Hills Inc, USA
Features
The bicomponent melt extrusion machine is designed to run low volume lab trials, for a wide variety of polymers. It has two feed units with two extruders, each with two corresponding heating zones. Spinning temperatures can be varied up to 400°C. The temperatures of the zones, metering pump rpm, winder speed can be varied independently as desired to obtain various deniers of filaments. Maximum winding speed 1000m/min, 0.1 kg packages, 75mm diax150mm tubes. It is equipped with spin finish applicator that can be used to apply spin finish to the filament.
Performance
Various cross sections like sheath core, side by side, trilobal, segmented pie, islands in sea, hollow etc can be spun. It also has the facility of spinning homo filaments.
Applications
Bicomponent conductive core sheath filaments, various filaments with different cross-sectional arrangements of the two polymers. Location: SMITA Lab, IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi