More Extrusion Capacity for Commodore Plastics!

Commodore Technology has just delivered a new 3½-4½ tandem extrusion line to our sister company, Commodore Plastics.  As has become standard practice, this extruder features numerous technological advances in order to improve the extrusion process to produce the best foam at the lowest cost possible.  

Perhaps the biggest single change on this line is the screen changer.  Although we are big fans of the Beringer/Dynisco/Xaloy slide plate style screen changer, we have long wanted to experience the benefits of rotary filtration.  We have been familiar with the Gneuss brand for a while, and the time was finally right to purchase one of their SF60 units to try out. The ever-present challenge of achieving greater process stability should be aided by this awesome piece of equipment.

Looks good, doesn't it?  We are currently preparing the line for startup, and will be making foam next week.  We will report back on our initial impressions of the Gneuss, along with some other highlights of the new line soon. 

New Thermoformers from Commodore

Over the past few years, there has been an ever increasing demand from our customers for an all-electric thermoformer.  As a result of this demand, we are pleased to announce that we are going to introduce two different electric machines.

Kurt Bartosch, our Engineering Manager, has spent quite a bit of time researching how to best build a machine with servo actuated toggles.  Sure, this type of machine already exists, but current designs on the market are both complex and expensive.  Commodore's philosophy on thermoformers has always been to keep it simple, reliable, and economical.  Thanks to technological advances in servo motors, drives, and actuators, we are finally comfortable offering an all electric thermoformer that adheres to our ideals. 

At this time, we plan on making servo-actuated form stations for our SX-44 and SX-28 machines.  After all of the design details are worked out, we will most likely build a 28 for our own foam plant, along with our first ever high speed trim press for 30" wide sheet, the TP-30HD.

With a form station capable of over 50 cycles per minute at full stroke length and a trim press that can operate up to 150 CPM, we feel that this machine will please anyone that needs a high-speed all-electric thermoformer.  Keep an eye here for more details over the next few weeks.

Thanks for reading!