Applications
Versatile solutions for every extrusion task
Extrusion technology opens up a wide range of applications. KraussMaffei Extrusion supports customers with tailored system solutions that close material loops, enable innovative products, and ensure maximum production efficiency.
An overview of our application areas
- Compounding
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Compounding
Tailor-made compounding systems from KraussMaffei Extrusion: perfectly matched to your formulations, processes, and requirements – with extensive process expertise and decades of mechanical engineering experience.
The compounding systems from KraussMaffei Extrusion are designed to adapt perfectly to the specific requirements of products and processes. Based on extensive process know-how from all key application areas and the engineering expertise of an experienced mechanical engineering company, our customers receive extrusion systems precisely tailored to their formulations and processes.
- Flat Extrusion
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Flat Extrusion
KraussMaffei Extrusion – production lines for films and sheets of the highest quality.
KraussMaffei Extrusion is your partner for tailor-made production lines for flexible films and rigid sheets. Our systems are characterized by maximum efficiency, stability, and product quality.
- Rubber Extrusion
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Rubber Extrusion
From extrusion units to complete production lines – KraussMaffei Extrusion offers tailor-made systems for rubber semi-finished products, including extruders, feeding and measuring solutions, as well as integrated software.
Our portfolio ranges from individual extrusion units to complete production lines for rubber intermediates.
Thanks to our extensive expertise, KraussMaffei Extrusion supplies specially developed extruders and components, combined with feeding systems, take-off conveyors, and solutions for thickness and weight measurement.
In addition, we offer cooling, doubling, and winding systems – all seamlessly integrable into one of our customized software solutions.
- Petrochemical
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Petrochemical
KraussMaffei Extrusion offers high-performance single-screw and twin-screw extruders for the petrochemical industry – reliable, efficient, and individually tailored to your process requirements.
The KraussMaffei Extrusion KE single-screw extruders are versatile machines for thermoplastics processing, typically used as powerful and efficient degassing and discharge units. As a trusted global partner, we provide advanced extrusion systems for the petrochemical industry.
With long-standing expertise in design, manufacturing, and commissioning, we ensure reliability and support. Our portfolio includes large-scale single- and twin-screw extruders (KE, BP, and PC series), offering tailored solutions for diverse process requirements.
- Profile Extrusion
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Profile Extrusion
Maximum efficiency and quality for extrusion profiles from 15 to over 250 mm – with KraussMaffei Extrusion.
Whether window frames, gutters, cable ducts, or custom technical profiles, KraussMaffei Extrusion provides complete extrusion solutions for profile widths from 15 mm to over 250 mm. Our portfolio includes twin-screw extruders, co-extruders, calibration and cooling lines, pullers, inline saws, and fully integrated control systems.
Each component is designed for high throughput, maximum energy and material efficiency, and excellent product quality.
- Recycling
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Recycling
Sustainability in focus: KraussMaffei Extrusion offers proven extrusion technologies for all recycling applications – from top quality to innovative solutions. As an independent system provider, we develop the right technology to meet your needs.
Sustainability is a key focus at KraussMaffei Extrusion. With our proven and established extrusion technologies, we offer practical solutions for all requirements in the recycling process – particularly for demanding applications that require the highest quality, throughput, or the use of innovative technologies. As an independent system provider, we select the optimal plant technology for your individual needs, with our expert team turning your ideas into reality.
- Pipe Extrusion
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Pipe Extrusion
Whether PVC or PO, KraussMaffei Extrusion provides complete solutions for plastic pipes from 5 to 2000 mm – including automation. Our portfolio of extruders, tools, and plant technology ensures high productivity, energy efficiency, minimal scrap, and consistent quality.
Whether processing PVC or polyolefins (PO), KraussMaffei Extrusion provides everything you need to produce plastic pipes with diameters from 5 mm to 2000 mm – including automation components. Our product portfolio includes single-screw extruders as well as counter-rotating and co-rotating twin-screw extruders, complemented by suitable pipe tools and downstream plant technology. All components are designed to ensure maximum productivity, save energy and materials, and maintain consistently high product quality.
- Foam Extrusion
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Foam Extrusion
KraussMaffei Extrusion provides high-performance systems for physical foam extrusion – efficient, flexible, and reliable.
KraussMaffei Extrusion provides reliable, high-performance foam extrusion systems for the production of physically foamed plastic products. Our machines meet all requirements to achieve maximum throughput at the lowest densities in an efficient and highly flexible foam extrusion process.
