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Bausano’s expanded testing facilities provide pre-purchase assurance to customers and prospects of reliability and capability of Bausano extruders in meeting production targets
TURIN, Italy & OSWEGO, Ill. & HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Bausano, an international leader in the design and production of customized extrusion lines for the transformation of plastic materials, today announced a major investment to expand its R&D and pilot testing department at its headquarters in Italy. To be fully operational in the fall, Bausano’s additional testing laboratory will feature state-of-the-art technology systems for performing a wide and diverse range of preliminary chemical and physical tests and analyses using Bausano extruders on behalf of its international partners and potential customers.
“Bausano has always made it a priority to provide our expertise and laboratory facilities to our customers and prospects worldwide for testing formulations and evaluating developments in the plasticization and extrusion process,” said Giorgio Critelli, area manager at Bausano. “We’ve constantly strived to help our customers find the best way to set up our extruder lines to tailor to their specific need. We’re confident that this expansion will provide further pre-purchase assurance of reliability and capability to meet production targets.”
Bausano’s new testing lab will be equipped to test and sample various materials, including PVC, C-PVC, HDPE, PP, LDPE, thermoplastic rubbers, polycarbonate, ABS, PMMA, EVA, POM, PS, PA6 as well as non-petrochemical, biodegradable polymers and Wood Plastic Composite (WPC). The new lab will feature a complete Brabender laboratory system; a high-pressure capillary rheometer for processing viscosity tests and thermoplastic material characterization; and cutting-edge software for the rheological and physical analysis of finite elements. Ultimately, the tests performed in the lab are especially useful to the Bausano team for choosing the correct dosing system – volumetric, gravimetric or combined – and end-of-line accessories.
The machine fleet for extrusion tests will comprise three Bausano lines:
Founded in 1946, Bausano is an international leader in the design and production of customized extrusion lines for the transformation of plastic materials. Quality, flexibility and attentiveness to the individual needs of every customer are the company’s distinctive features in developing tailor-made solutions for the extrusion of pipes, granules, profiles and wood plastic composites (WPC) for a wide variety of applications. The company’s headquarters are located near Turin, Italy, and it has production units in Brazil and India. Its U.S. offices are based in Oswego, Ill. and Houston. For more information, visit https://www.bausano.com/en/ and follow on Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.
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