Storage, drying, conveying, dosing and mixing – material handling in plastics processing is made up of many different processes. Because many applications in the plastics industry are becoming ever more complex, and often go hand in hand with individual materials and small batch sizes, extending the Tech-centre was of great importance for motan-colortronic.

The company has invested ca. one million euros in setting-up and extending the Tech-centre. With floor space of roughly 800 m2, nearly the entire product spectrum is available to conduct tests and experiments for processing processes such as injection moulding, blow moulding, extrusion and compounding. This includes systems and units for material handling of the most commonly available bulk materials on the market.

For extensive conveying tests, the equivalent of 366m conveying distance has been installed. Conveying lines with 45, 50, 65 and 76mm standard diameters are available. Various units and machines in the Tech-centre are networked and can be controlled via a central control with integrated visualisation. Along with tests for basic principles, from which the results help develop new periphery units, customer specific tests and experiments are conducted daily in Friedrichsdorf, often with extremely difficult materials. The customer profits directly from the results, as the most suitable solution is then implemented for the respective application.