Linde foaming application project
- Beijing Wuzhou Foam Plastics Co., Ltd.
北京五洲泡沫塑料有限公司 成立于2001年,北京五洲泡沫塑料有限公司是北京地区集XPS挤塑板和EPS聚苯板以及泡沫异型包装的开发、研制和生产于一体的大型企业,是行业内专业水平极高,极早实现规模化和自动化生产的企业之一。现阶段年生产能力综合规模超过100万立方米。
项目难点 在XPS挤塑板制造行业,用CO2替代CFCs和HCFCs等化学发泡剂,能够降低对臭氧层的破坏,更利于长期可持续性发展,保护环境。然而在XPS板的无氟化生产这一环节,国内厂家多年来始终无法正常和稳定地使用CO2 生产挤塑板,并且最大厚度仅能达到6公分。
林德解决方案 林德XPS发泡技术在市场上处于领先位置,从生产制造到设备维护,林德的CO2物理发泡技术都满足五洲全方位需求。因此林德与五洲签订了合同,提供PRESUS® C 、DSD500设备以及气体供应。 由于CO2独特的物理特性,较运用传统的液体发泡剂,精确定量的二氧化碳进入挤出机更具挑战性,连续稳定的精确气体注入成为产品的成败关键。要保证精确控制二氧化碳波动对计量的影响,林德独有的PRESUS® C设备实现稳定及无气泡的液体CO2压力和流量供应。与此同时,DSD 500极其精确地控制质量流量,确保整个生产过程没有波动,整套运营设备的操作维护也极其简单方便。
在林德和五洲的通力合作下,五洲于2015年正式通过环保部审批,成为了联合国《蒙特利尔议定书》全球环境保护改选项目的执行企业,奠定了行业内领头羊的地位。五洲这条年产20万立方米的纯原料国产CO2 发泡挤塑板生产线,除了自动化程度可以与国际尖端设备媲美之外,无氟化生产厚度打破了8公分的纪录。此举填补了国产设备多年来无法正常和稳定使用CO2 生产挤塑板的这一技术空白,推进了中国挤塑板生产工艺改进和技术发展;同时在低碳环保和节能减排方面卓有成效,为保护地球臭氧层做出贡献。
Beijing Wuzhou Foam Plastics Co., Ltd. Established in 2001, Beijing Wuzhou Foam Plastics Co., Ltd. is a large business enterprise that integrates development, research and production of XPS extruded boards, EPS polystyrene boards and foam package in Beijing area. It is one of the top professional enterprises that have realized automatic mass production very early in the industry. In current stage, its overall annual output capacity has already exceeded 1 million m3.
The challenges If we can employ CO2 to replace CFCs, HCFCs and other chemical foaming agents in XPS manufacturing industry, we will be able to reduce damages to the ozone layer and protect the environment. However, in terms of non-fluorinated production of XPS board, the domestic manufacturers have long failed to produce extruded board properly and stably with CO2, with the maximum thickness no more than 6 cm.
Linde solutions Linde’s XPS foaming technology is now playing a leading role in the market. And Linde's CO2 foaming technology can satisfy the needs of Wuzhou in all round manner. Therefore Wuzhou signed contract with Linde to provide PRESUS®C, DSD500 facilities and CO2 supply. Owing to the unique physical properties of CO2, and compared with the conventional liquid foaming agent, to input the precisely quantified carbon dioxide into the extruder is more challenging. The continuous and stable precise amount of gas injection plays a decisive role in the success or failure of products. To ensure a precise control over the influence of carbon dioxide fluctuations on measurement, Linde offered unique PRESUS®C equipment which can secure bubble-free liquid CO2 under Stable pressure and flow rate. At the same time, DSD 500’s extremely precise control over the mass flow can ensure that there is no fluctuation in the entire production process, and the operation and maintenance of the entire operating device is also extremely simple and convenient.
Through co-operation between Linde and Wuzhou, Wuzhou obtained official approval from the Ministry of Environmental Protection in 2015 to become one of the executors of global environmental protection re-election project in the light of "Montreal Protocol" of United Nations, playing a leading role in the industry. In addition to the outstanding level of automation comparable with the sophisticated counterparts worldwide, this production line is noted for an annual output of 200,000 m3 of CO2 extruded foam board made of 100% domestic raw materials, with a record 8 cm thick in non-fluorinated production. It helped fill a gap in the domain of technology to mark the end of a history that the domestic equipment cannot produce the extruded board properly and stably with CO2, thus promoting the process improvement and technology development in the domain of extruded board production in China. It also contributes to low-carbon energy saving and the Earth's ozone layer protection.