Processors Ensure Fast Mixing Before Curing

Continuous Processors feature a proprietary design that ensures the fast-reacting materials used to process rigid polymeric foams are mixed, gelled, and fully reacted entirely within the sealed reactor barrel before they begin to cure. Allowing foam formation and curing to occur entirely downstream, the Continuous Processors eliminate the risk of premature curing inside the barrel, along with its requisite, labor-intensive cleaning and safety concerns. Developed for producing foams such as polyurethane, polystyrene, polyethylene, and other materials that cure instantaneously, the Continuous Processors strategically introduce isocyanates, blowing agents, and other reactants at key points in the process to efficiently produce a uniform, homogeneous dispersion of materials within a tight residence time. Targeted specifications for strength, cell morphology, thermal conductivity, and other properties are consistently achieved.

Ideal for plastics processors manufacturing packaging materials, insulation, furniture, aerospace, marine and automotive components, and other foam products, the Continuous Processors automatically feed, mix and react multiple wet, dry, high loading, and minor materials on twin shaft, co-rotating screws set within a closed reactor chamber. The foamed plastics systems operate 24/7 for maximum efficiency and are designed based on product testing conducted on full-size equipment with customer formulations in the company's on-site testing laboratory.