Color mixing and dosing
CP Extrusion can make your product multicolored or multiflavored with the use of only one extruder. A specially designed mixing head, called “Cross mixer” (X-mixer), is fitted on the extruder including color and flavor injectors.
X-mixer
The amount of colors can vary from 1 to 6 or even more. The main stream leaving the extruder is divided corresponding the required amount of colors and / or flavors. Special mixing devices are installed to ensure a homogeneous mixing of color and flavor into the mass. In the downstream mounted die the streams come together to make multicolored products or multiple products of various colors. It is even possible to switch colors within one single strand.
- Stationary or movable (can be used on other places in your production facility)
- Manually adjusted or fully automatic (flow rate will follow extruder throughput)
- Manually cleaned or CIP (less labor intensive)
- Physical flow measurement, with flow meters or "lost in weight". ( the last two options will prevent product loss due to undetected malfunction of the dosing system)
Dosing
For the injection of color, flavor or other additives into the extruder or X-mixer we deliver complete dosing skids. Our dosing system will be custom made. Depending on your requirements the system can be executed as:
● Stationary or movable (can be used on other places in your production facility)
● Manually adjusted or fully automatic (flow rate will follow extruder throughput)
● Manually cleaned or CIP (less labor intensive)
● Physical flow measurement, with flow meters or “lost in weight”. ( the last two options will prevent product loss due to undetected malfunction of the dosing system)
Reliability and accuracy are extremely important for a consistent product. We acknowledge the importance of a thorough dosing and mixing system.
Please find out how to improve your product consistency by contacting us.
● Stationary or movable (can be used on other places in your production facility)
● Manually adjusted or fully automatic (flow rate will follow extruder throughput)
● Manually cleaned or CIP (less labor intensive)
● Physical flow measurement, with flow meters or “lost in weight”. ( the last two options will prevent product loss due to undetected malfunction of the dosing system)
Reliability and accuracy are extremely important for a consistent product. We acknowledge the importance of a thorough dosing and mixing system.
Please find out how to improve your product consistency by contacting us.