The Ensinger Group’s new polymer pulverizer machine at its subsidiary plant in Cham, Germany. Photo Credit: Ensinger
Plastics processor Ensinger GmbH (Nufringen, Germany) is expanding its manufacturing capacities for composites, a development enhanced by the recent commission of a polymer pulverizer machine at the company’s Cham, Germany site, which extends Ensinger’s vertical range of manufacture. The range of thermoplastic polymers that can be pulverized on the new machine comprise of engineering plastics such as polpropylene (PP), polyamide 6 (PA6) and polycarbonate (PC), but also high-performance plastics such as polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), polyethylenimine (PEI) and polyetheretherketone (PEEK). The tightly toleranced pulverized polymer materials are said to fulfill the tough requirements and high demands of advanced thermoplastic composites.