The color mark extruder (also known as a color mark machine) is a small single-screw extruder used to simultaneously extrude colored marking lines (commonly blue lines, green lines, etc.) onto the surface of drip irrigation tape. It is an auxiliary extrusion unit.
Core Functions:
Positioning Marker: Serves as a precise positioning benchmark for drippers/outlets, automatically aligning with drilling machines and detection systems to prevent misalignment and improve drilling and detection accuracy.
Specification Differentiation: Different colors correspond to different specifications (wall thickness, flow rate, pressure compensation), facilitating rapid identification during production, warehousing, and construction, reducing misuse.
Brand and Quality Identification: Exclusive color coding enhances product recognizability, strengthens brand image, and can also serve as a visual marker for quality traceability.
Construction Guidance: Aids in alignment and direction control during installation, reducing construction errors.
Structure and Principle:
Core Components: Small single-screw extruder + dedicated die + temperature control system + masterbatch feeding device + synchronous drive mechanism.
Workflow: The masterbatch is heated and plasticized by the screw → extruded through the die in a thin line → synchronously compounded with the substrate material extruded by the main extruder, cooled and shaped to form a strong color line.
Key Controls: Stable temperature (typically 180-220℃), uniform extrusion volume, and synchronous linear speed with the main extruder to ensure continuous, clear, and non-detached color lines.
Color thread breakage/unevenness
Check feeding stability, screw temperature, and masterbatch dispersion; clean the screw and mold if necessary.
Color line offset
Calibrate the mold position and adjust the synchronization of traction and extrusion speeds.
Colored thread is prone to falling off
Optimize the composite temperature and cooling process, and select color masterbatch that is compatible with the substrate.
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