An extrusion machine is a device which pushes or pulls a material through a shaped die to form a continuous length of product with a preset cross section. The extrusion process is used to produce a large number of commercial products which include plastic profile, plastic tubing, plastic sheets, plastic foam board, and many food types.
Extrusion as a manufacturing process offers many benefits such as the wide range of complex cross sections possible and the ability to form brittle materials. Depending on the material used, an extrusion machine may form the material cold or hot with some types of materials being completely melted prior to extrusion.
For example, this WPC co-extrusion line is used to extrusion WPC decking/profile.
inluding extruder, extrusion die, foraming die, forming table, haul-off and cutter. see below picture:
1, extruder
this part is used to extrusion process, which can make the raw material into metting situation.
2, second is extrusion die and forming die
this part is used to sizing the products as designed.
3, forming table
it is used to guarantee supply enough cooling water to cool down the product and sizing.
and used as frame of forming die.
4, haul-off
this part is used to supply enough puling force when produce PVC products.
5, cutter
this machine is used to cutting the finished product into piece by length, like 4m length, 5m length.
it can be adjust according to requirements.
6, stacker.
this part is uese to unload the finished products in order to storage.