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The very hard to obtain US-patent protection for the ESU System has now been officially approved by the authorities of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. There was no doubt about the unique characteristic of the energy saving system developed by extrutec.

The ESU System converts the residual energy contained in the exhaust gas of the heating system into hot water and then applies it to the bars located in the feed conveyor table. The latest version of the ESU features a heat exchanger developed and manufactured by extrutec.  Within the latest real time monitoring, the Eco Shower Unit saved over 18% of gas consumption.

What a day! We congratulate Hammerer Aluminium Industries on the inauguration of the new extrusion line at their headquarters in Ranshofen. We as extrutec are very proud to be able to supply the Hammerer Group with almost our entire portfolio, consisting of billet heating with Eco Shower Unit, stand-alone induction furnace, taper quench with two-part overhead manipulator, a profile cooling system with worldwide patented Alpha Flex Technology, a fully automatic die furnace, a heating furnace for press plates and a fully automatic ageing oven system with side opening doors and service shuttle.

Discover the latest coverage of extutec in the trade show issue of the Aluminium Journal.
Under the title: "extrutec - a specialist in
heat transfer technology" the latest technology developments of extrutec are presented.

The whole Artikle can be dowonloaded in our news section or here.

"Green: the new heat for extrusion".

This is extrutec's motto at this year's Düsseldorf aluminium trade fair from September 27 to 29. It refers to the latest heating concept from extrutec. It is an electrically heated high convection oven (EHKO) which can be operated with renewable energy and in the patented inline design completely climate neutral. The extrutec subsidiaries TCT Induktionstechnik and extrutec North America Inc. will also be represented at the booth.

You will find us in hall 6E booth 41.

You can find detailed coverage of extrutec's trade fair appearance here.

Today extrutec was invited to the headquarters of Norsk Hydro in Oslo. Our CEO Uwe Günter held a presentation with afterwords discussion about advanced profile cooling. Considering physical aspects like the Leidefrost effect profile cooling is one of the most difficult processes to control in the chain of extrusion.
New solutions like the patented Alpha Flex Technology from extrutec help to meet the constantly increasing requirements for extruded profiles.

In addition to new installations, extrutec also offers a wide range of service and maintenance support. This includes the mandatory annual inspection of the gas equipment for our ovens at the customer side. All extrutec service technicians are regularly trained and certified for these assignments.

It is also possible to convert extrutec gas ovens from operation with natural gas to operation with LPG (Liquified Petroleum Gas). Against the background of the current gas shortage in Europe, this is an important aspect in order to be able to maintain production.

T. Stauch (Responsible for Service and Spare Parts): "It is important to us to be available for our customers around the clock. We see ourselves as partners and want to build a long-term relationship with our customers. Therefore, the good support in the area of service is a decisive point for the long-term cooperation and an essential argument for the purchase of an extrutec equipment."

We are happy to announce, that extrutec won the Metef Innovation Award for our Eco Shower Unit (ESU) in the category Technology and Processes. The Metef 2022 Innovation Award is intended to valorize the innovative content proposed by companies in the different areas of interest at the 2022 edition of the exhibition, favoring in particular the aspects of energy savings, eco sustainability and safeguarding of resources.

The extrutec Eco Shower Unit converts the residual energy contained in the exhaust gas into hot water and then applies it to the logs located in the feed roller table of the furnace. The latest version of the ESU features a heat exchanger developed by extrutec. With the patented Eco Shower Unit, gas consumption can be reduced by up to 17%.

You can find more information about the Eco Shower Unit here.

We are happy that our effort to contribute to a more sustainable future is recognized. The award belongs to the whole extrutec team.

Last week a team from extrutec was invited to the 50th anniversary of WFEA GmbH in Singen. The event included a factory tour of the modern plant in Singen, a series of technical presentations and a gala dinner on the flower island of Mainau.

We would like to take this opportunity to wish our cooperation partner all the best and continued successful business.

extrutec and Wefa, which both come from the Lake Constance region, cooperate on the American market. As a result, the new subsidiary, extrutec North America Inc., is located in the premises of WEFA Cedar in Cedar Springs.

extrutec is featured in the latest issue of the International ALUMINIUM Journal, a well-known international journal for industry, research and application of aluminium. The multi-page coverage includes the establishment of extrutec's subsidiary for the North and South American market, extrutec North America Inc. with its sales manager Michael Werner. A detailed description of extrutec's latest patent, Alpha Flex Technology, a major advancement of the profile cooling system. As well as the optimization of the induction furnace with the help of Power Focus Technology (TM) and the foundation of the subsidiary TCT Induktionstechnik GmbH are covered. The whole article can be found here: AL Journal

Today it was all about the future. extrutec was part of the university career day at the HTWG Hochschule Konstanz – Technik, Wirtschaft und Gestaltung. Under the extrutec heading: "Engineering for a more sustainable future", students from various engineering majors were able to find out all about our company, our latest developments and about career opportunities and entry-level positions at extrutec. It was a great day with a lot of positive conversation and great students at the HTWG in Konstanz.