POWERBELT vs AutoScreen

• Higher Speed in Screen Advance

  The thoroughly redesigned inner channel and the relevant high lubricating capacity surface treatments allow an incredibly higher speed in screen changing (i.e. the time the screen takes to be advanced of a whole breaker plate diameter is definitely shortened). To make an actual example, AutoScreen took 60-90 minutes where POWERBELT takes 10-15 minutes. Obviously, no precise parameters may be provided as performance depends on several factors, such as material type, process conditions and required filtering level. We will be much pleased to offer you a trial at our lab, even with your material, to let you see the actual results obtained with the material you are interested in.

• Performance Evenness

  As a wider range of operating parameters may be more precisely configured, POWERBELT is suitable for a wider range of operating conditions (material, pressure, temperature, contaminants, MFI, ...), thus making its applicability extremely enhanced. AutoScreen was extremely performing only in a limited number of applications and provided that process conditions did not significantly vary.

• Processability of Highly Contaminated Materials

  Thanks to its quicker screen advance, POWERBELT may process higher contaminated materials if compared to AutoScreen, such as post industrial ones.

• Higher Filtering Level

  Thanks to its capacity to make screen advance in highly contaminated conditions, POWERBELT applicable filtering levels, at the same operating conditions, are significantly enhanced if compared to AutoScreen ones.

• Modification of Filtering Screen Pre-Tensioning

  With POWERBELT, pre-tensioning of the screen is automatic and does not required any operator intervention, unlike AutoScreen, whose manual pre-tensioning could cause misalignments and consequent stoppages.

• Easier Cleaning Procedure

  Today, extraordinary maintenance operations, such as inner melt channel cleaning, may be carried out simply and quickly, as POWERBELT is openable in two parts. AutoScreen did not allow such operation as it consisted of a single block.

• Enhanced Operating Parameter Control

  POWERBELT operating parameters are easily configurable, thus allowing a more precise control of screen advance and stop.

• Higher Wear Resistance

  POWERBELT innovative surface treatment provides maximized wear resistance. AutoScreen featured no surface treatments, thus inevitably causing wear and rusting.

• Reduced Screen Wear Thanks to Enhanced Control

  POWERBELT screen advance and stop is much quicker, thus maximising screen wear resistance and prolonging screen replacement intervals and considerably lowering costs.

• A Single Model for Any Pressure Level

  Unlike AutoScreen, which featured 3 different modes for low, mid and high pressures, POWERBELT was designed as a single model, which perfectly suites any pressure level up to 700bar (10,000psi) max. This allows for easy management of different process conditions on the same production line.

• 3 Freely Configurable Heating Zones

  POWERBELT control panel provides management of 4 heating zones. One is dedicated to exit zone heating. The remaining 3 zones may be freely configured (body, entry flange, exit flange) or switched off whenever other existing temperature control zones are employed (e.g. on the extruder control panel). AutoScreen did not allow control of any heating zone.

• Extremely Easy Wiring

  POWERBELT connection to control panel is via cables featuring pre-wired connectors, which only require to be connected to plugs. AutoScreen had no pre-wired connectors.

• Easier Screenchanger Start-Up

  Start-up has been sensibly simplified by screen pre-tensioning and by the independent management of the 2 cooling zones. Cleaning operations are infinitely easier as screenchanger parts can be rapidly disassembled.