Four-Flight Laboratory BUSS Kneader MX 30 launched at NPE 2012

Buss AG launched its four-flight Laboratory BUSS Kneader MX 30 at NPE 2012 in Orlando, Florida. The kneader has a flanged-on discharge screw that provides output rates of up to 5 to 25 kg/hr with increase in batch quantities up to 300 gm respectively and exhibits 800 rpm screw speed.

The visitors are able to witness the performance of the kneader with the barrel kept open so visitors can  observe the function of the oscillating and dual rotational movement and its integrated transverse and axial mixing operation. These functions help in yielding a better quality mix.

The first of its kind to come with four-flight technology, the Buss Kneader MX 30 is specifically designed for research and development activities, as well as for developing and optimizing process and formulations for cable compounds. The kneader, like other MX product lines, is well suited for compounding shear-sensitive polymers and heat-sensitive compounds and for producing highly filled compounds.

The kneader is equipped with a complete range of accessories including pelletizers and metering systems for raw materials that offer better small-scale compounding functions. It can be applied for cable compounds including halogen-free, flame-retardant (HFFR) cable compounds, silane-crosslinkable cable compounds. peroxide-crosslinking polyethylene (XLPE) compounds used for insulating cables and semiconductive polyolefin compounds.