Profiles factories can cut vulcanisation energy costs by 30 percent

ERJ staff report (DS)

Alsdorf, Germany -- At the “K-2010” trade fair, curing and flocking specialist TSM will present a newly developed plant for hot air vulcanisation of rubber profiles, which is claimed to achieve savings on energy of more than 30 percent. The fundamentally new design of the TSM plant also reduces the footprint of the unit.

TSM said, “Thanks to the innovative gas burners and the combined heating of the profiles by hot air and for the first time additionally by infrared radiation, the new plant of the HLK 101 eco model exploits the heating energy much more effectively than the previous generation. Thus it makes production both more efficient and more eco-friendly. Even with the heating capacity being higher, TSM has succeeded in reducing the energy consumption of the overall plant by more than 30 percent.

As an option the plant can be combined with microwave heating to further improve the heat transfer.

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