CHINAPLAS 2018: Advanced slitter rewinders

China is the biggest import market for plastics and rubber machines – Germany is the major supplier of Chinese plastics and rubber converters. This close relationship continues even though the “new normal” has recently slowed down the economic growth of the Chinese rubber and plastics industry. Still, the People’s Republic is one of the main global players in the market: The end-user market is growing and demands for high quality products are rising. GOEBEL IMS answers this development by offering a top-performing portfolio of slitter rewinders, that covers the complete web width from 1,800 to 12,000 mm. 

 

As one of the global leaders in innovative slitting and winding solutions, GOEBEL IMS will highlight its comprehensive portfolio of high-performing slitter rewinders at CHINAPLAS 2018 (Booth 2J96) with the latest slitting and winding solutions: MONOSLIT, INTERSLIT and XTRASLIT 2 representing the complete range of web widths from 1,800 to 12,000 mm and set standards in film converting. All slitter rewinders combine high performance and top quality with cutting-edge technology.  

 

MONOSLIT series, comprising the MONOSLIT with a working width of up to 9,000 mm and the MONOSLIT GIANT with a 12,000 mm working width, are designed for converting a broad spectrum of films, such as BOPP, BOPET, OPP, CPP, BOPA, BOPS and other special films. Materials with thicknesses between 0.5 and 500 µm can be converted at a speed of up to 1,500 m/min, featuring an extremely smooth run at maximum speed while guaranteeing outstanding quality of the end product. The new machine design allows for an unwinding diameter of up to 1,800 mm and a rewinding diameter of up to 1,550 mm, with winding stations carrying a maximum finished roll weight of up to 5,000 kg. 

 

The newly developed machine INTERSLIT, that has already proven very successful especially on the Asian market, is designed for the highly productive processing in the range of intermediate width of up to 7,000 mm. INTERSLIT is based on MONOSLIT on the one hand and, on the other hand, on the especially compact designed XTRASLIT 2, that covers working widths of up to 3,600 mm. The machine is suitable for foil thicknesses of 0.5 to 500 µm and process packaging films, capacitor films, thermal transfer films, metallised films and thick film for industrial or optical applications. The machine’s winding stations can accommodate a remarkably high roll weight of up to 5,000 kg with an unwind diameter of up to 1,550 mm and a rewind diameter of up to 1,300 mm. Top speeds of 1,200 m/min are guaranteed thanks to the ultra-light dancer roller ensuring constant web tension even at high speeds. INTERSLIT allows for the production of narrow rolls, starting from a minimum slitting width of 180 mm.   

 

Though sounding similar, INTERSLIT BSF is truly different: This primary slitter rewinder is dedicated to processing battery separator films and wet processed BOPE-based battery separator film, both ultra-sensitive materials. It can convert web widths up to 6,000 mm and features a clean, integrated machine design.  

 

All GOEBEL IMS slitter rewinders comprise a digital AC drive technology that allows for highly efficient energy recovery and, thus, helps reducing operational costs and improve energy savings. Further, the machines come both as an economic, basic model and with special upgrade options with a range of technical features. INTERSLIT, for example, can be customized with a razor blade exchange device or a camera system monitoring the slitting unit.