Description Overview Originally built in 1968, rebuilt in 2004 with Allen-Bradley electronics/Saftronics Upgraded with Allen-Bradley touch screen controls All Allen-Bradley computer controls and monitors Monitors at various places on the machine Primary Unwind Unit 50” Black Clawson 40” plus turreted primary unwind unit with auto-cut Overhead Crane 3-ton overhead crane with railing that runs full length of the line and loading area Gravure Coater Black Clawson 51” gravure coater with reverse angle doctor blade system and updated drive controls Includes driven S-wrap rollers 10 feet of effective horizontal drying by gas Solvent pump Extruder (First Casting Section) Black Clawson extruder 4.5” (120 mm) 24:1 250 hp Reliance motor with Saftronics drives and encoders Water-cooled with upgraded drives and controls New heater bands Stainless steel flexible water connections Water-cooled screw Fed throat Hopper and loader This unit is a mono-layer unit and covers the first casting section Flat Die (First Casting Section) 60” manual Egan flat die with deckling down to about 30” in width Feed block Casting Unit (First Casting Section) Egan casting unit 51” wide x 24” diameter Water cooled Unit has matte finish and is complete Coex Extrusion Platform Black Clawson coex extrusion platform with (1) 4.5” extruder same as above With addition of (1) Black Clawson 2.5” extruder for coex layer 250 hp on 4.5” and 75 hp on 2.5” The 4.5” is water cooled, the 2.5” extruder is air-cooled Both have water-cooled feed screws Extrusion Coating Station Black Clawson extrusion coating station with 51” wide x 24” diameter Mirror finish casting roll Unit otherwise same as the first coating station Die (Coating Station) Egan manual 60” die with coex feed block, otherwise same as above Secondary Unwind Stand Egan secondary unwind stand Was not used but is mounted Only 41” width x 24” diameter Rewind Stand 57” wide PCMC turreted rewind stand with auto-cut and trim removal Chiller and Pumps 60-ton Trane chiller (early 2000’s) with condenser and water cooler 2 - 75 hp process water pumps