Compounding
Product information
KraussMaffei Extrusion compounding systems are designed to adapt seamlessly to the specific requirements of products and processes. Drawing on extensive process expertise across all key application areas and our engineering excellence as an experienced machine manufacturer, we provide our customers with extrusion systems precisely tailored to their formulations and production processes.
55 years experience
Over 3,300 installed Extruders
Up to 14t per hour
- From basic machines to fully engineered extrusion lines – KME is your partner
- Tailored process equipment for any task, with expert process support always at hand
- Extensive engineering resources and test-center capacities to find innovative solutions
- Modular builds for fast commissioning of turnkey systems available
- Full support throughout the project: from basic design and system planning to production support and retrofits
Why our Extrusion Line stands out
Quality and partnership are part of our DNA. Whether you are looking for a basic PP-GF20 line or planning to process novel materials, we offer engineered solutions for every task and treat each project with the utmost importance. As a world-leading equipment provider, our experts support you in conceptual evaluation, systems planning, and project development. Through lab and pilot tests, we provide relevant process performance guarantees for your venture. Our proven high-tech machinery ensures quick ROI through highly optimized, energy-efficient systems, expert support, and outstanding service life.
Applications
Polyolefins
This group of polymers forms the backbone of the plastics industry, offering a wide range of grades and a variety of compounding processes to tailor materials to market needs.
Processing tasks may include the incorporation of additives and mineral fillers, fiber reinforcement, or the blending of different polymers.
Engineering Plastics
KraussMaffei Extrusion combines extensive experience with state-of-the-art technology to deliver superior product quality and consistency.
Whether compounding PPA, PC/ABS, or high-performance polymers such as PEEK and PPS – our twin-screw extruders ensure high throughput, gentle processing, and precise process control.
From raw material handling to pelletizing, we provide customized complete solutions for diverse material requirements.
Masterbatch and highly-filled compounds
Black, white, green, blue, red … or UV-HALS? Masterbatches (highly concentrated, pre-dispersed pigments, fillers, and additives) are essential for the plastics industry.
They allow easy material adjustments, are stabilized, and ready for use. We offer standard and custom systems for pre-mix, split-feed, reactive compounds, and effect pigments, optimized for efficiency, cleaning, and flexible recipe changes.
TPE
The combination of thermoplastic processability with the elastomeric properties of rubber makes TPEs highly sought after. Our twin-screw extruders mix TPS and TPO, incorporate oils, fillers, and additives, dynamically vulcanize TPVs, or synthesize linear TPUs.
Building on our rubber processing expertise, KraussMaffei Extrusion integrates extruders and gear pumps for direct material feeding.
Bioplastics
Bioplastics include both bio-based and biodegradable materials, and KraussMaffei Extrusion has extensive experience in both. Our machines handle PLA/Lignin compounds, wood-plastic composites, and biodegradable polyesters like PBAT and PBS.
Sensitive to moisture and temperature, these materials benefit from our BluePower series combined with pelletizing expertise, offering turnkey solutions for bioplastics projects.
Cable compounds
Polymers are indispensable, and ZE BluePower extruders cover a wide range of applications. Soft PVC and HFFR compounds benefit from gentle processing, while fluoropolymers are supported by versatile construction materials.
XLPE can be processed for peroxide crosslinking and silane grafting, and semiconductive carbon-black compounds for medium-voltage applications are also established uses of our extrusion systems.
Reactive Extrusion: TPU
As pioneers in the plastics industry, there are almost no applications that are too exotic for us to tackle. With decades of experience, there is a chance we have already worked on a project like yours.
Contact our experts and experience our capabilities firsthand at our Technology Center in Laatzen. We are the R&D partner you have been looking for – let us bring your ideas to life together!
PVC Pelletizing
PVC dry blends are usually supplied as powders, but for use on single-screw extruders or injection molding machines, pellets are often more advantageous.
KraussMaffei Extrusion offers customized solutions for rigid, chlorinated, and soft PVC. By combining proven counter-rotating twin-screw technology with a specially developed pelletizing head, a highly efficient complete solution is created.
Technology Center
At our facility in Laatzen, we maintain one of the largest extrusion centers in the world. Offering space for 26 extrusion lines, the complete KraussMaffei Extrusion portfolio of machines and equipment is available for customers.
For compounding applications, our customers benefit from five fully equipped twin-screw lines ranging from 28 to 65 mm. With a fully automated material handling systems with pre-mixing options, a vast array of gravimetric feeders, strand- underwater- and hot-face pelletizing systems, vibrating sieves, spiral cooling towers, a high-performance vacuum system, different filters and a state-of-the-art laboratory we can optimize our systems on a representative pilot scale.
Turnkey-Solutions
...for complete compounding plants! Are you looking for expert support in optimizing processes, concepts, logistics, basic or detailed design and interface coordination for your compounding system? Then you need a strong partner with the necessary expertise in process technology, facility design and turnkey solutions.
Integration of third-party components in our lines and providing full support during installation and start-up are natural parts of our daily business.
Lennart Eberlein
Teamlead Sales Compounding & Recycling
lennart.eberlein@kraussmaffei.com +49 (0)5102 86088178