Operating procedures for PVC extrusion production

Oct 11, 2022 Leave a message

Before starting the machine, the maintenance personnel will conduct a comprehensive overhaul of the operating units and main components of the host.

1. Check the gear box of the main engine and whether the throttle of the reduction box is normal;


2. Check whether all parts of the main engine and electrical appliances work normally, and check whether the drainage is open and whether the compressed air pressure is normal;


3. Check whether the main body shield is clean;


4. Check whether the screw cooling oil circuit is smooth;


5. Check the sensitivity of all operating switches and whether the governor is zero, and whether the emergency stop is in place;


6. The mold worker is responsible for replacing the mold, and carefully inspecting the heating ring of the die head to confirm that it is normal before delivering it to the operator for use.

Install the production die head, the shaping sleeve and the sealing pads at both ends of the cooling box as required, and adjust the height of the support in the water tank to be basically the same as the height of the shaping sleeve.

After the operator confirms that the host is normal, follow the steps below to power on.

1. Turn on the main power switch, open the screw oil pump of the extruder and the water supply valve. Make sure that the mold is suitable, the nozzle is smooth without clogging, the height of the supporting roller is suitable, the vacuum glue can block the vacuum, the pressure of the tractor is moderate, the cutting machine clamps the block, the knife feed is suitable, and the flaring machine is normal.


2. Turn on the heating power switch of the extruder, set the temperature of the heating section and the temperature of the screw to be 70 °C, and the other sections to be 130 °C (Note: the small mold is heated for 1 hour, and the large mold is heated for 1.5 hours)


3. When the temperature of each section reaches the above set value, the temperature of each heating section will reach 150 °C, and the bolts should be tightened again for the newly replaced mold.


4. When each heating section reaches 150°C, set each temperature to 5-10°C lower than the data required for production, and the temperature of each section cannot be lower than 150°C. (Note heating for 0.5 hours)


5. Start the twin-screw, and slowly and evenly start to clean the machine material. The screw speed should not exceed 30% of the load at 0-5r/min, and the temperature of the oil pump should be set to 90℃.


6. According to the temperature display data and according to the humidity to determine the material arrival position and gradually increase the speed. While increasing the rotation speed, observe the change of the current of the host machine. If the current is stable, continue feeding. If the current continues to rise, slow down the feeding, and wait for the current to stabilize before feeding.


7. Determine the cleanliness of the barrel and die head by the inner and outer surfaces of the cleaning material. When the cleaning material is cleaned and the temperature has reached the production value, stop adding the cleaning material, open the feeding system, and adjust the feeding speed by controlling the torque at about 40% (40% of the normal production current value).


8. Until the material flows out of the die head, adjust the screw until the thickness is uniform. (Note: The material coming out of the die should be pulled off immediately, not too long or piled up in a ball)


9. When the extruded material is difficult to pull apart by hand, prepare for traction, start the vacuum pump of the extruder, and adjust it to the normal value.


10. When the material enters the vacuum setting cylinder, start the water pump immediately, and adjust the traction speed to reach the normal state.


11. When the whole line of the pipe has passed through the vacuum water tank and is on the tractor, turn on the water spray volume, turn on the vacuum pump of the vacuum setting box, and adjust the vacuum value to about 0.4par.


12. When the round tube passes through the cutting machine, the cutting machine can be turned on to the automatic state.


13. Measure the tube production and wall thickness, observe the quality of the inner and outer surfaces of the tube, and adjust the corresponding parameters. When the qualified products are produced to the tractor, put the printer and start printing.

shutdown procedure

1. The parking work can only be carried out after the shutdown instruction is issued by the person in charge of the department.


2. Prepare to stop the material, set the temperature of the cooling section with fan to 130 °C, and the other sections to 150 °C.


3. Stop feeding the extruder hopper and slowly reduce the speed to 8r/min


4. Turn off the vacuum of the main unit, and add the machine material evenly.


5. When all the cleaning material flows out of the die head and the die temperature is less than or equal to 160°C, all the material to be cleaned will pass through the screw barrel, and the rotational speed will be reduced to 5-10r/min. When the die head is basically out of material, close the twin screw.


6. Turn off all heaters and turn off the printer.


7. Turn off the power of downstream equipment.


8. Turn off the power supply of the host, close the water valve of the extruder, and the water valve of the vacuum forming cylinder.


9. Clean up the machine, do a good job in machine hygiene and ground hygiene.