The core competence of Hosokawa Alpine is the manufacture of machines
and systems for processing powders, granules and bulk materials as well
as systems for producing and processing blown film. As a technology
leader, the company maintains application test centres for both business
segments in which trials are carried out for customers. The process
technology segment has a 3000-m² test centre in which trials for both dry and wet processing can be carried out with 60 machines and systems. In the film extrusion test centre, the latest film blowing and orientation lines spread over an area of 1000 m2 are available for customer trials.
The entire R&D environment is always at the forefront of
technology. With the ExVis software package in the film extrusion
division, Hosokawa Alpine focuses on the potential of digitisation. With
this tool, the current process parameters can be monitored and
controlled constantly, thus increasing the availability of the systems.
With its remote customer service, the process technology business
segment also offers a solution which ensures optimal usage of the
digital process data. Hosokawa Alpine relies increasingly on the
possibilities of virtual reality for system design and engineering. The
technology increases the efficiency of the design phase and delivers an
early and tangible plan of the projected system.