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Evolution^®

Welex^® Sheet Extrusion

Graham Engineering Company^® offers industry-leading sheet extrusion systems with the modularity you need, customized to your application.

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Evolution Sheet Extrusion Systems

Our Graham Engineering Welex Evolution sheet extrusion system for sheeting, winding and in-line thermoforming systems is highly efficient and state-of-the-art. It brings a quality and performance you’ve come to know and trust. Although the machine contains many standard features, it’s flexible enough to be custom engineered to your needs and specifications.

FEATURES

Sheet widths from 36 to 90 inches
Sheet gauge from .008 to .125 inches
Throughputs to 10,000 pounds per hour
XSL Navigator control system
Flexible and customized roll stand
Hydraulic, pneumatic, and boosted pneumatic roll system

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Graham Engineering Evolution Sheet Extrusion System

Welex Brand Extrusion

Our sheet system is available in monolayer or co-extrusion with the capacity to include up to nine extruders that range in size. You can also add configurations like screen changers, melt pumps, and mixers. There are various options on how to control the chrome rolls with nips and the system features an award-winning Navigator control system for easy operational control.

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The Evolution Sheet Extrusion System Difference

The Welex Evolution has an integrated system that gives the operator control over production and your end product.

You also have many downstream and finishing options for coating, treating, slitting, cooling, shearing, winding, laminating, embossing, and stacking.

These flexible choices allow you to tailor the processes to match the product you have in mind.

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SPECS

Control over gap thickness
Remote support and troubleshooting
Engineered tooling configuration options
Intuitive navigation

OPTIONS

Monolayer or co-extrusion up to 9 extruders
Multilayer or Polyside
Rolls with nips controlled hydraulically, pneumatically, or boosted pneumatic
Roll take-off choices: upstack, downstack, J-stack, inclined, or horizontal
Roll skewing
Electrically controlled nip height adjustment
Downstream and finishing customizations

Example Applications

Solution Design shown by a completed extrusion system designed as a solution

High Quality Products

Customized Roll Stand

Make the perfect product by using the flexibility of the roll stand features for quick roll changes, auto gap control, movable auxiliary cooling rolls, and roll skewing.

custom nine-extruder five-layer sheet extrusion system

Personalized Machine

Choose Your Parts

Your Evolution lets you choose how many extruders you want, monolayer or coextrusion, multilayer or polyside^®.

End Product Options

Making Choices

The Evolution gives you the power to make your choice of sheeting, winding, or in-line thermoforming in various thicknesses and at different line speeds.

XSL Navigator^®

Ultimate Control

The XSL Navigator is created for effortless operation: it’s easy for operators to set up and work easily with the machine. The XSL Navigator enables processors to integrate data from a machine or line to an ERP system using client-server architecture.

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