- Technology Centre
Technology Centre
Creating solutions together.
Our engineers and technicians relentlessly strive to craft the best solution for our customers. No matter the task or challenge you have in store for us, we will work together with you at the Redlham pilot plant to develop ideal solutions that go above and beyond the latest industry standards.
SML supports you to realise your ideas and test them sufficiently.
The production of customer samples, the common development of new products and joint test series plays a key role in SML’s partnership with its customers. Joint R&D activities facilitate the mutual understanding, and through it, the anticipative fulfilment of customer wishes. Not least, the findings generated together are having a direct impact on the further development of new machinery and technology at SML.
Line Types
Available demonstration line types:
Teaming up for innovations.
Advanced FlexPack extrusion coating and laminating line
From 3rd quarter 2023 onwards, a completely new production scale FlexPack extrusion coating and lamminating line is ready for performance tests, sample production and joint R&D projects.
The state-of the-art FlexPlack line features a number of technical innovations:
The plant is equipped with three extruders, that are configured to process a huge variety of different polymers - ranging from polyolefins to TPU, TPE, PET PLA and EVOH. The co-extrusion feeblock provides up to five layers, which enables the production of barrier-coated film for flexible packaging now. An additional single unwind is integrated for the production of reinforced laminates.
| Substrates | Paper, BOPP/BOPET film, Aluminium foil, Metallised film, Barrier film Laminates, Nonwovens, Scrim |
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| Extrusion materials | LDPE, PP, EAA, EMA, EVA, IONOMERS,... |
| Max. line speed | 450 m/min. |
| Roller width | 1,800 mm |
| Substrate width | 700 - 1,650 mm |
| Coating weight | 8 - 50 g/sqm (depending on the product) |
Advantages of FlexPack :
- Reduced floor space requirements
- Good accessibility
- High quality components
- Easy operation
Product properties at excellence.
Multi-purpose cast film line with MDO
The new, industrial-scale pilot plant is designed for the production of CPP, CPE, Cast-PET, Barrier, MOPP, MOPE and MOPET film at excellence film properties.
Next to these standard products, mono-oriented materials for packaging and EVOH barrier structures are the main focus for common development efforts.
| Max. line speed | 400 m/min. |
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| Max. final film width (cast) | 2,450 mm |
| Max. final film width (MDO) | 2,200 mm |
| Number of extruder | 5 |
| Number of layers | 7 |
Key features:
- Vast variety of different film properties
- Motorised adjustable stretching gap
- Safe & easy service-friendly design
- Wide application range using the MDO
- Stiffer film with a good flatness for printing applications
Small, compact, strong.
MiniCast® stretch wrap film line
SML’s MiniCast demonstration line is primarily installed as a service to its customers for trial runs in production scale. State-of-the art technology is provided to find solutions to future challenges relating circular economy and sustainability in stretch film production.
Flexibility in production is given through the applied stretch film winder W4000, which significantly contributes to the lines over-all performance.
| Max. line speed | up to 650 m/min |
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| Max. final width | 3 x 500 mm |
| Number of extruder | 3 |
The MiniCast demonstration line enables versatile research on
- testing and improving of new formulations
- processing of increased post-industrial / post-consumer recycled material content
- silage film
High performance and flexibility
Austrofil® CF HT spinning line
This Austrofil spinning line has been specially developed for the production of technical and textile yarns with high tensile strength. It has become a top seller with more than 200 machines sold worldwide. Its high speeds, broad titre range and excellent production stability have made a convincing impression.
This demonstration line enables versatile possibilities on
- ultimate performance tests
- testing different polymers
- production of samples
| Austrofil HT 4x2/4/75, 8/16 ends | |
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| Polymer | Polypropylene, MFR 10-35 / PA6, RV 3.2 - 3.4 |
| Titre range | 165 - 4,400 dtex |
| Output capacity | 160 kg/h, 3.84 t/d |
Key features:
- Wide titre range
- High tenacity through unique heat treatmentsystem
- Fast and easy product changeovers
