Digitalising extruders with OPDPRO.CARE
In plastics, rubber, food and feed production, the extruder is often the central machine. It is also where most of the process data is created. OPDPRO.CARE places these values right next to the recipe, raw material batch and order. You see more than a number: you also see which material and which product it belongs to.
What OPDPRO.CARE captures at the extruder
- Heating and cooling zone temperatures
- Screw speed and motor load
- Melt pressure and melt temperature
- Throughput and feeder dosing ratios
- Run times, downtimes, faults and operating hours for maintenance and OEE
- Raw material and pellet batches used
What it means day to day
- Every batch can be traced back to the process conditions at the extruder.
- Recipe deviations become visible before scrap is produced.
- Start-ups and changeovers can be compared and improved.
- Complaints are resolved faster with reliable data.
Typical extruded products: profiles, pipes, cables, films, sealing membranes, hoses, rubber profiles, feed pellets and extruded foods.