Lab-scale Foam Extrusion Line
We provide various types of lab-scale foam extrusion equipment for multi-purpose applications, from 10 to 100 kg/h. Our own foam extrusion lab center is open to professionals. We’d love to seek the potentials together with you.
- Sheet
- Board
- Foamed bead
- Semi-foamed bead
- Unfoamed bead
- Lab line output
- 10–100kg/h
- Blowing agents we handle, and their combinations
- N₂ · CO₂ · HFO · HC
- Our foam extrusion lab center, open to professionals
- Open lab
Five product forms, one lab line
Each form on the lab line has a production line behind it.
- 01
Sheet
Thin foam sheet for packaging, mats and thermoforming.
- 02
Board
Insulation board and structural foam core.
Scales toCO2 Foam XPSPET Foam Core - 03
Foamed bead
Expanded beads, ready for steam moulding.
Scales toBiodegradable PLA Foam Beads - 04
Semi-foamed bead
Partly expanded beads.
Scales toProduction line on request - 05
Unfoamed bead
Expandable beads with the blowing agent inside.
Scales toExtruded EPS Beads
Built like our production lines
Foam extrusion meets the same challenges at 10 kg/h as at 3,000 kg/h: extruder, blowing agent, mixing, sealing, cooling and pelletizing.
Versatile twin screw
Barrel combinations and screw structures set the temperature, pressure and retention time for each new material.
Physical blowing agents
Handled according to their characteristics, alone or combined.
N₂CO₂HFOHFCWaterEthanolHydrocarbon
Mixers for each material
Proper mixing of melt and blowing agent gives uniform foam quality.
Active sealing
No leakage under high pressure, even with flammable blowing agents.
Patented cooling structure
30% more cooling capacity than a conventional type, for stable and accurate temperature control.
A choice of pelletizers
For expanded beads, pre-expanded or unexpanded pellets. Beads that carry blowing agent are diced underwater to freeze the gas.
Lab line configurations
- Extruder models
- On request
- Single or tandem
- On request
- Dies
- On request
- Footprint
- On request
Foam extrusion lab center · Jurong, China
Seek the potentials together with us
Our own foam extrusion lab center is open to professionals. Bring your material and your target product, and run it with our engineers.
- 01
Your material & target
Polymer, additives, blowing agent, product form and density.
- 02
Trial plan
Screw, die and process window agreed before the run.
- 03
Run on the lab line
With our engineers, at our lab center.
- 04
Samples & scale-up
Samples and process data, and the production line that fits.
From the lab to production
Output of the lab line against the foam extrusion lines it leads to.
Know-how and equipment
Know How · Foam extrusion
How to rise to the challenge for foam extrusion?
Board, sheet and beads on one technology base: twin screws, blowing agents, mixers, pelletizers, sealing and cooling.
USEON provides a choice of pelletizers for expanded beads, regardless of pre-expanded or unexpanded pellets.Read the guide
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46,000+ m² with a dedicated R&D workshop.
Get a quote
Tell us the polymer, the product form and the blowing agent. We can run it with you at our lab center first, or quote a lab line for your own R&D, and show you which production line it scales to.
- 01Polymer, product form & blowing agent
- 02Trial at our lab center, or a lab line quote
- 03Scale-up to a production line
Cliff Zhang
Head of Foam Extrusion Division
Polymer foam extrusion, extrusion machinery R&D and international business development.