Innovation PUR

since 1974

Polyurethane Processing Equipment

Daniel Lüthi Peter Aubert
Managing Director Branch Manager
Isotherm AG Isotherm AG CO LTD., Asia-Pacific6F, No.110
Polyurethane Processing Equipment Meishu E. 8th St.Gushan District
Industriestrasse 6 804 Kaohsiung
CH-3661 Uetendorf Tel. +886 (0) 7 553 9600
Tel. +41 (0)33 346 02 02 Fax +886 (0) 7 553 9659
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About us
-Established in 1974, this family run company from Switzerland
develops and produces high pressure Polyurethane processing
machines for a wide range of applications in Europe and abroad.

-The diversity of 2K polyurethane applications and their use in a wide

variety of industries call for the development of customized, process-
specific solutions. The accurate piston metering system from Isotherm is
equipped with solvent-free, filler high resistant mixing heads and
pumps, used for spraying, casting and injection of 2-component
polyurethane foam, elastomers and polyureas systems.
About us

Operating numbers
▪ Turnover of about € 8 - 10 million per year
▪ Export ratio 95%
▪ Private limited company
▪ 15 members of staff
▪ Average age 35 years
▪ Asia Branch Office
▪ Partners in US and EU

and 40 years experience ...

About us
▪ Know-how gathered since 1974 and the will to
develop continuously new and optimal solutions for
our customers are the cornerstones of the high
reputation of our company.
About us
▪ We are a machine manufacturing company with
own, wide range of machinery and wealth of ideas,
accessories, but still independent.

Thus we offer objective consultation and optimal

solutions, either for spraying or molding installations.
Our flexible team of specialists is bound to quality,
by tradition.
Isotherm AG
▪ Polyurethane equipments
High-pressure impingement mixing or spraying,
casting, injection molding of 2 components PU
foam and elastomers.

▪ Process Technology

▪ Engineering
Mixing technologies
Low Pressure
▪ Static or dynamic mixers
needed
▪ Flushing needed
▪ lower temperatures and
higher viscosities
▪ Slow reactive systems
▪ No start / stop over
substrate (mixer pre fill)
High Pressure
▪ Impingement mixing
mechanical self cleaning
▪ No flushing needed
▪ Higher temperatures
and lower viscosities
▪ high reactive systems
▪ Direct spraying on
substrates possible
Static mixer for low pressure

▪When spraying is stopped, either

rinse or discard the mixing pipe
otherwise the mixer is blocked
▪No direct spraying on
▪Not suitable for extremely highly
reactive systems (polyureas)
Why high pressure - mixing ?

▪ No solvents needed = Lower costs and lower emissions

▪ Self cleaning mixing heads allow the use of high
reactive PU-Systems
▪ High reactive Systems = shorter dry time = shorter
processing time
▪ No head flushing = no additional waste treatment
▪ No static mixer prefill shot = no PU waste
▪ No pre-fill shot = direct spraying by start / stop
directly over the substrate
Preconditions for HP impingement mixing
▪ Mixing pressure = mixing energy = min. 100 bar
▪ Mixing ratio by volume between 1:6 and 6:1
▪ Viscosity of components max. 300 mPa*s by
processing temperatures
▪ Fully heated component circuits = stable
viscosities
▪ Individual temperatures for Polyol and Isocyanate
to equalize viscosities
▪ Total throughput min. 10 g/s
▪ Pressure and viscosity equality desired
▪ Circulation of components over mixing head

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Preconditions for HP impingement mixing
▪ A temperature – viscosity diagram is helpful to
find the right process temperature for the
2 components A and B

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Advantages of 2K- PU System
▪ Very low viscosity allows fast flow stream
▪ Reactivity can be changed through
decrease/increasing components or mold temperatures
or recipes
▪ Fast demolding is possible 1 min. after injection
▪ Reactivity adaptable according part size over
temperature and/or catalysts
▪ Lower exothermic reaction compared to Polyester-
resin
▪ Extremely short cycle times allow mass production
▪ High impact resistance, high chemical resistance
▪ Designed to maintain well, uniform flow, pressure, and
temperature © Isotherm AG
Mixing head conception
▪ Our mixing chambers are metallic sealed. All seals are
achieved by sealing edges.
▪ There are no O-rings or plastic parts in contact with
the PU components

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High pressure impingement mixing chamber

Open mixing chamber

MIxing chamber

Mixing
Chamber Needle
Beam flow
Mixing head
-Summary:
ISOTHERM reaction injection- and spray heads are
based on the principle of the high pressure
impingement mixing.
✓ Automatic mechanic
self-cleaning
✓ No solvent flushing needed
✓ No daily cleaning necessary
✓ Even after a long period of
machine-stop the function is
every time assured
Product overview
Dosing systems Mixing heads

For high-viscosity and filled

materials, lance-type (piston)
Automatic cleaning
cylinders are used.
Dosing systems
▪ PSM 700 varicontrol

Universal machine for spraying purposes, for

elastomer and foam applications. The small high-
pressure-unit for a large application field.
▪ Pulsations free metering by
double ball check pumps
▪ Counterflow injection principle
▪ No solvent needed
▪ Spraying purposes of Coatings,
Elastomers, Polyurea und PU-Foams
Dosing systems
▪ PSM 90

Compact PU high-pressure unit for the economic,

ecologic production of technical parts in small shot
sizes.
▪ Metering by two oil heated
vertical piston pumps (plungers)
▪ Counterflow injection principle
▪ No solvent needed
▪ Smallest shot size 2 gram
▪ For PU-Foams, Elastomers and
Polyurea
Dosing systems
▪ PSM 3000
Modular tandem 4-Plunger PU high-pressure unit
for single shots or continuous output for casting,
injection or spraying purposes.
▪ Metering by 4 oil heated
vertical piston pumps (plungers)
▪ Counterflow injection principle
▪ No solvent needed
▪ Smallest shot size 2 gram
▪ For PU-Foams, Elastomers and
Polyurea
Mixing heads
▪ It happens in the mixing head!
The components collide against each other with high
speed, get intensely mixed and leave instantly as a
liquid mixture, in form of a spray jet or injection beam.
Mixing heads
▪ GP 600 (hydraulic) ▪ SP 200 (hydraulic)

L-shaped head
The right one for narrow
with an accuracy repeating
spaces!

▪ GP 400 (hydraulic)
Ceramic chamber!

The robot spray head!

Mixing heads
▪ SP 300 (pneumatic) ▪ GP 500 (hydraulic)

The handy one! Hydraulic controlled mixing

head for timer controlled
▪ SP 300 H (hydraulic)

Hydraulic controlled mixing head

for spraying or pouring by hand
The equipment

The hydraulically controlled plungers in the mix head retracts,

allowing two or more streams of chemicals to impinge—to merge
together under high pressure (100-250 bar) in the mixing chamber.
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Component flow chart

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Automatic tank filling
Pneumatic drum pumps serve
as the supply pumps between
the drum and the pressure tank

Polyol side:
piston pumps 2:1
Isocyanate side:
diaphragm pumps

Dry air connection to the

component drums

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 Automatic tank filling
▪ In the heated day tank, level sensors are used for
triggering the drum pumps. Once the level in the tank
falls below a certain level, a pneumatically-operated ball
valve opens at the tank inlet, and the drum pumps convey a
small amount of fresh material into the tank, for a duration
that can be programmed on operation PC
▪ No interruption of production during drum changes

• Fresh material is mixed with

the tank contents by means
of the tank stirrer, and
homogenized according to
the temperature

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Daytanks
▪ Double jacketed, heated,
by heat transfer oil (35 – 120°C)
▪ Heating system timered
▪ No blanket pressure needed
due to recirculation pumps
▪ -0,6 bar (400 mbar absolute)
pressure during circulation avoids
an air loading of the components
▪ Magnetic coupled stirrers
▪ Separate temperature balancing
device for A and B component

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Recirculation pumps
▪ Recirculation pumps in low pressure (approx. 10 bar)
no high pressure circulation
▪ Magnetic coupled (FU) frequency converter control
screw pumps
▪ Can be runned with vacuum pump together
▪ Sealless ceramic pumps
▪ Maintenance free

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Metering pumps
▪ The plunger pumps have a larger throughput variety
than rotating pumps (radial or axial piston pumps)
▪ Output and mixing ratio are controlled over the plunger
speed by oil flow meters (close loop regulation)
▪ Practically no abrasion on plungers because of the slow
plunger stroke speed
▪ The use of functional fillers is possible (up to 70%)
▪ Seals and wipers are made of PTFE / Ceramic
compounds
▪ Ceramic check valves
▪ Cylinders are double jacketed and oil heated

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Metering pumps

Ceramic -
check valves

Double plunger-
metering with
PTFE / Ceramic
scraper seals
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Human machine interface
▪ Industrial PC
▪ 15“ touch screen with pin
▪ Data acquisition
▪ Telemaintenance over web
▪ Windows 7 / ProMos14
▪ Recipe programming
▪ Dynamic flow charts displays
▪ Alarm manager

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Mixing head conception

▪ Isotherm is using ceramic nozzles for better wear

resistance and reproducibility

▪ High lifetime of a mixing chamber

is approx. 2 Mio. shots or more
for non filled systems

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Mixing head conception
▪ Modular concept allows mixing chamber exchange
for different throughputs according part size

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Mixing head conception
Mixing chamber nr. Total flow in Outlet diameter
l/min

2 0,6 – 0,8 4,5 / 6 / 8 mm

3 0,8 – 1,7 4,5 / 6 / 8 mm
4 2,0 – 3,5 6 / 8 /10 mm
5 3,0 – 5,0 6 / 8 /10 mm
6 5,0 – 6,0 6 /8 / 10 mm
8 8,0 – 10,0 6 /8 / 10 mm

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L-head GP600
▪ GP600 L-head for a fully discharged laminar flow
of the mixed Polyurethane
Even at mixing pressures of 200 bar

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L-head GP600
▪ Throughput depending on mixing chamber size from 10 –
160 g/s
▪ The components circulate through the mixing head.
This guarantees constant processing conditions
regarding pressure, temperature and viscosity
to get a stable high mixing quality
▪ Splash-free, laminar flow for pouring in open molds
and smooth injection in closed molds
▪ At the end of a shot, the residual mixed material
is mechanically pushed out of mixing chamber and
transfer bore, into the mold – no waste

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L-head GP600

▪Even very fast reactive systems, with gel times below

2 s are no problem for this mixing head.

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Engineering – Process Technology
▪ Linear conveyor system
Engineering – Process Technology
▪ Oscillating unit
Engineering – Process Technology
▪ Manufacturing-plant of air and oil filters
Process Technology Spraying
▪ Abrasion protection ▪ Coating spray

Hard coating gives an integral

For steel buckets, slides,
skin for spoilers
funnels etc.

▪ In-Mold-Skinning (IMS) ▪ Spraying of adhesives

Compact, flexible outer skin

for flexible foam With oscillating unit or
production line
Process Technology Spraying
▪ Mobile spray

Thermal insulation with rigid foam and elastomer-spraying for

seamless sealings

▪ PU-reinforced fibrous structures

Stability, good insulation values and lightweight are a must for

composite parts
Process Technology Casting / Injection
▪ Wire harness ▪ Filter casting

Encapsulation of wire
harnesses and connectors or direct-forming of filter seals

▪ Table edging ▪ Wood gluing

To produce frames and

edges on tables and screens Gluing of wood elements for
furniture etc
Process Technology Casting / Injection
▪ Shoe soles ▪ Skinjection molding

Cast or injection of Ether or

Ester systems Injection of a soft or hard skin

▪ Transparent systems ▪ Golf balls, sport goods

Hard brilliant, transparent

PU-Systems Encapsulation of golf balls,
casting of foam
References Isotherm AG
Representations
▪ Portugal / Spain / Morocco / Tunisia / ▪ USA / Canada / Mexico
Brazil

Linden Industries Inc.

Riamolde - Engenharia e Sistemas, SA Polyurethane Processing Equipment
Rua da Paz Quintã do Loureiro, Cacia, Apt. 379 137 Ascot Parkway
PT-3811-905 Aveiro Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 44223(USA)

▪ Japan
Polymer Engineering Co.Ltd.
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Mr. Takayoshi Yamakawa
Senior Executive Managing Director Isotherm AG CO., Ltd, Asia-Pacific
1-15-10 Onishi, Okazaki, Aichi 6F, No. 110 Meishu E. 8th St.
444-0871 Japan Gushan District
804 Kaohsiung
Taiwan
+886 (0) 7 553 9600
info@isothermasiapacific.com