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KE 300 Flexible aluminium cooling element for intensive air cooling

Details & specifications

In order to intensify the cooling effect in the case of air-cooled extruder cylinders, additional elements in the form of cast aluminium half shells with cooling fins are often fitted between the heater bands.
These elements increase the surface which achieves better heat transfer between the cylinder surface and the cooling air.
Whereas high costs for the casting mould and the additionally necessary mechanical processing for fitting to the internal surfaces and attaching the tensioning devices occur for the cast aluminium cooling elements, this is not the case for the KE 300 flexible cooling element.
  • This system is modular and consists of a large number of individual cooling elements with cooling fins corrugated on both sides at a height of 28 mm.
    The elements are made into a row of flexible belts using two tensioning ropes and can be produced infinitely variably for all cylinder diameters - larger than Ø 60 mm.
  • Available widths: 34 mm, 47 mm, 60 mm.
  • The flexible aluminium cooling element is supplied ready for assembly with a spring screw connection which compensates thermal expansion and guarantees even pressure against the cylinder surface. Furthermore the gaps between the single cooling elements allow a more intense swirling of the cooling air. The wavy structure of the single cooling-fins increases the surface of the elements, which improves thermal transfer.
  • A sensor bore of diameter 17 mm can be made in the centre.
  • In comparison to a cast aluminium cooling element, this solution actually has an improved cooling performance in many cases because the material used has a higher thermal conductivity, and because the gaps between the individual cooling elements and the corrugated fin surface offers a larger heat exchange surface and a more intensive mixing of the cooling air.
  • For application cases in which particularly high cooling performance is required, we recommend combining the flexible KE 300 cooling element with the ribbed special ceramic heating-cooling bands  KH 214