Koch Technik’s central granulate feeding systems are an energy-saving and efficient way of transporting materials to processing machines. They enable central management of the production process and its visualization, repeatability of the raw material mix, and eliminate human errors and raw material contamination. The modularity of the system allows it to be continuously adapted to changing production needs, and a wide range of components meets even the most sophisticated requirements.
The visualization is monitoring and process management software for the central material supply system of your plastics processing.
The software is assembled and implemented in a modular way, completely according to your needs. The visualization communicates with your MES or ERP system via your network.
Visualization software over the central control cabinet
With the visualization, you can follow the path of the material in real time and adapt it flexibly. All production-relevant data are documented so that individual processes can be traced at any time.
The visualization gives you instant access to all components of your material supply system.
Calling up the individual stations brings you detailed information about the condition of your peripherals and the material to be processed.
Starting at the material input up to the processing machine, each station of the material is documented and archived.
The crucial point for the visualization is the central control of your material supply system. In the control unit, the data of all other control units are merged and forwarded to the visualization system.
PLC control: A touch panel supports the menu navigation
The central control unit based on SIEMENS PLC S7 is the brain of each fully automatic material supply system.
The material transport parameters can be entered and changed here via the touch display. All operating data are recorded, stored and can be printed out. Digital interfaces allow a data output as well as communication with external systems, e.g. with the KOCH visualization amd monitoring software.
Two safety filters protect the vacuum generator installed behind and filter out particles of up to 2 μm from the conveying air
The KOCH safety filter automatically cleans the dust-laden conveying air and thus protects the vacuum generators installed behind.
The body of the safety filter contains a replaceable polyester fleece cartridge filter with a filter surface of 2.5 m², which filters out particles of up to 2 μm from the conveying air of the material lines. An internal cleaning system cleans this filter cartridge after each conveying cycle in a split second. Therefore, no residual dust remains in the filter that can harm the vacuum generators connected behind it.
For conveying materials with a very high content of glass fibres, we offer a version with a filter housing made of special glass.
It is extremely important to ensure the purity of the processed raw material in terms of the content of metal elements. If they get into the screw of the processing machine, they may cause long-term production downtime.
The device that protects against such an eventuality is the KOCH TECHNIK metal separator. It is mounted directly in front of the material inlet, above the screw, because this is the only way to guarantee absolute purity of the raw material.
The sensitive sensor detects the presence of metal parts, whether they are steel, aluminum or brass. This information is passed to a special ejection mechanism, which reacts immediately, removing the unwanted element.
The big advantage of KOCH TECHNIK metal separators is that they remove not only small elements (up to 1 mm), but also large and long pieces of metal. The special design of the ejection mechanism prevents it from jamming, even in the latter case.
Metal separators are equipped with an automatic self-control system. They can be quickly and easily installed on any machine.
KOCH TECHNIK offers various sizes of separators, which allows them to be easily adapted to the processing machine.