Aquatherm is the leading worldwide manufacturer of PP-R (polypropylene random copolymer) pipe systems for plant engineering and building services. At their headquarters in Attendorn and their subsidiary plant in Radeberg, Aquatherm annually manufacturers 38,000,000 meters of pipe and over 40 million molded parts like fittings for pipeline construction.
At their Attendorn site, Aquatherm relies on MINK claw vacuum technology from Busch Vacuum Solutions for material feed from their external silos to the extrusion lines, as well as for degassing molten material in the screw sections of the extruder, and exclusively uses MINK vacuum pumps throughout the entire production process.
Today, Aquatherm uses a total of 29 MINK claw vacuum pumps for material feed, supplying a total of 22 material feed circuits with vacuum. All vacuum pumps (Fig. 2) are located in a machine room and are easily accessible. Over the past 20 years, the number of MINK claw vacuum pumps has grown parallel to Aquatherm’s success and the associated production increase.
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