El Innovation Hub de GCR invierte en la tecnología de vanguardia de la línea Collin para su planta piloto
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We understand our customers’ challenges when working on new developments or simply formula changes. Feasibility, time, cost, scaling factors, unpredicted results, and process refinement, are key to properly designing and implementing a full-scale commercial process. Bringing a lab-scale process directly to a commercial plant puts you and your investors at risk. The point is having a pilot plant that gives you flexible options for bringing your product to market quickly and safely. That is exactly why GCR Innovation Hub, a specialized R&D facility for creating solutions that minimize environmental impact while fulfilling stringent requirements, invested in Collin’s pilot solution.
COLLIN Lab & Pilot Solution provided a versatile, modular, quick-change device for blown and cast film that could be expanded to include additional layers. The COLLIN line offers 800 mm width, an outlet speed of 100 m/min, and maximum throughput of 350 kg/h. It is equipped with a 5-layer co-extrusion, 20 components, cast and blow capacity and MDO stretching unit. It can handle a variety of materials, from recycled polyolefins to mineral concentrates of any kind.
Thanks to the combination of COLLIN’s pilot plant equipment and GCR’s know-how, the Innovation Hub is ready to offer the development of new formulations, pilot plant trials, testing, and up-scaling to production providing customisation capabilities for applications of both CICLIC R-polyolefins and GRANIC mineral masterbatch ranges.
Learn more about our Innovation Hub Capabilities here