Siempelkamp has completed the full capacity test of its new ContiRoll Generation 9 NEO in the Krefeld test center, company announced. The key features of this continuous press compared to its predecessor generations: extended flexible press infeed, innovative heating concept, innovative hydraulics, increased press speed.
Siempelkamp developed a new methods for processing alternative raw materials such as rice straw and bamboo for fibreboard production to series maturity. Following the first order from California-based CalAg LCC, which ordered a complete Siempelkamp plant for processing rice straw in 2017, another customer has now placed a similar project in the Siempelkamp test center. "Projects with annual plants are currently receiving the strongest response - here we are seeing many projects from customers represented worldwide," says Dr. Michael Schoeler, head of the Krefeld trial center.
"Another project is dedicated to the production of hybrid boards. These new processes are characterized by a board surface that is particularly easy to coat and has very good mechanical properties," explains Dr. Michael Schoeler.
Photo: ContiRoll Generation 9 NEO at the Siempelkamp Research and Development Center. Siempelkamp
