Extru-Tech - Multi-Color/Multi-Shape Die System
Competitive market pressures require continual innovations in production technology to maintain an edge over the competition. The Multi-Color/Multi-Shape Die System from Extru-Tech, Inc. is designed to provide immediate return on investment and provide a technical advantage the competition simply can’t match using existing technology. The Multi-Color/Multi-Shape Die System (U.S Patent No. 6719448) is exclusive technology engineered specifically for single screw cooking extruders. The revolutionary design of the die assembly allows the production of multiple colors and multiple shapes simultaneously.
Product Details
Multiple colors and multiple shapes - simultaneously
- The ability to run multiple colors in a single production run completely eliminates the need to stop mid-run to clean up and change die color.
- Running multiple shapes in the same production run eliminates mid-run die changes.
- Multi-Color heads can be completely removed from the extruder barrel in 10-15 minutes, the extruder can be restarted running single-color, dry kibble full capacity immediately, minimizing switch over downtime.
- The Multi-Color/Multi-Shape system eliminates the costly expense of blending and batching multiple runs to attain the desired finished product color and shape combination.
- The die system is available in 2-, 3-, and 4-color and shape configurations and can produce marbled and bi-color product in both dry and soft-moist.
- All systems are designed to use one die plate and cutter head assembly.
- Liquid dye is injected into the die assembly through high-pressure metering pumps that ensure the highest quality finished product.
- Specific carriers can be used to alter the texture of individual components of a product collection.
Multi-Color
2-Color
Product divided into 2 or 4 equal flows, using 2 to 4 heads
3-Color
Product divided into 3 or 4 equal flows, using 3 to 4 heads
4-Color
Product divided into 4 equal flows, using 4 heads
Marbled
Single component (dry or soft-moist) with a random mix of different colors
Bi-Color
Single component (dry or soft-moist) with 2 different colors meshed with a specific design
Comparison
Multi-Color/Multi-Shape Die System vs. Traditional Blending or Multiple Extruder Setups
The Multi-Color/Multi-Shape Die System eliminates the costly expense of blending and batching multiple runs to attain the desired finished product color and shape combination. Extru-Tech has validated the versatility and functionality of the MC/MS Die System through independent production collaborations and research conducted in its Corporate Innovation Center. This testing and research showed in Table 1 that - in comparison to a typical, traditional blending bin configuration - the 4-color MC/MS Die System produced 558 total extruded tons to the traditional setup's 349 tons, while suffering less than half the average downtime of the traditional setup. When correlated to dollars, this difference goes straight to the bottom line.
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