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| Agri-Industrial Plastics strengthens production by acquiring Kautex Maschinenbau machines |
| Saturday, 06 February 2010 09:48 | |
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Agri-Industrial Plastics Co., an industrial blow molder of large parts including non-automotive fuel tanks for the recreational equipment, lawn and garden, agricultural, and watercraft industries, has strengthened its commitment to the non-automotive fuel tank market with the purchase of a new six-layer continuous co-extrusion blow molding machine from Bonn, Germany-based Kautex Maschinenbau GmbH. The new multilayer machine – the second unit purchased from Kautex in five years – effectively doubles Agri-Industrial's fuel tank capacity to meet the growing US demand in the lawn & garden, ATV, snowmobile, and marine markets.Manufacturers of these small-engine fuel tanks made of HDPE have increasingly turned to multilayer technology, which has been recognized as the most effective barrier solution for meeting stringent permeation requirements set forth by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), according to Agri-Industrial. The company began production of non-automotive multilayer fuel tanks in 2005. The newest machine is currently being installed at the company's 186,000 square feet plant in Fairfield, Iowa, and is expected to be in operation this spring The new coex machine from Kautex has a CP450 six-layer head with a maximum output of 1,985 lb/hr of HDPE. It uses s single clamp and robotic parison transfer to optimize production efficiencies. The single-press machine has a large 59-in by 70-in platen which has the ability to accommodate two molds at a time. This affords greater flexibility for production of a wide range of fuel tanks. The unit is specifically designed for tank sizes ranging from 5-gal to 20-gal, although Agri-Industrial has trialed some as small as 3-gal and some larger than 50-gal. The HDPE fuel tank is composed of two virgin layers, two adhesive layers, an EVOH barrier layer, and a regrind layer. Permeation levels for the multilayer tanks far exceed the current EPA standard, which limits fuel vapor emissions to 1.5 g/m2/day with CE10 fuel at 28 C. The new coex machine will be used to manufacture fuel tanks for all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, golf carts, personal watercraft, and a variety of lawn and garden applications including riding mowers, tractors, and other commercial equipment.
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