When doing business with CFAM, you will be guided through the business conceptualisation stage, product development, plant establishment, technology development, training, right through to ongoing maintenance and support. CFAM Technologies provides a personalised complete business development solution in the extrusion field.
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This service includes:
Unique features of CFAM extruders:
- Designed and manufactured in Africa for Africa.
- Modular design for quick switchover between products.
- Plug and play type components.
- Ease of maintenance – use local electrical and mechanical parts.
- Easy to operate with a low operator skills requirement.
- A number of safety features designed in to the equipment to prevent accidental damage to the equipment as far as possible.
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Photo: The CFAM TX80-extruder - the largest twin-screw extruder built in South Africa.
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CFAM Technologies provides solutions for entrepreneurs who wish to add value to basic products such as maize, barley, sorghum, soy, rice or wheat.
A library of recipes is available to clients for the development of new food or feed products. Sample products are produced on a laboratory extruder at the NWU. Once the client is satisfied with the products, consumer tests are undertaken.
Examples of products which are manufactured through extrusion technology are breakfast cereals, snack bars and pet food. Read more.
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A feasibility study is an important step in ensuring that a marketable product is developed. CFAM Technologies has access to business development specialists who will assist clients in undertaking feasibility studies, compiling business plans and developing trademarks.
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CFAM Technologies’ services individualised services include:
- the design and manufacturing of complete extruders and processing plants
- manufacturing of wear components;
- specialised high-precision manufacturing;
- detail mechanical design and
- complete rebuilding and retrofitting of old extruders with new technology.
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CFAM Technologies offers a comprehensive service in the design of complete extruders and their components, as well as establishing processing plants.
We have experience in manufacturing screw elements for twin-screw extruders up to 200 mm in diameter that interfaces with any type of shaft coupling such as splines, keyways or hexagons.
Click on a model below to read more about the different CFAM extruder models.
CFAM TX19P laboratory twin-screw extruder
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Specifications:
• Bore Nominal Diameter: 19 mm
• L/D Ration: 20D
• Extrudates: food, feed, polymers, powder paint
• Main Motor (kW): 2.2 kW
• Max Screw Speed: 500 rpm
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CFAM TX28P laboratory twin-screw extruder
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Specifications:
• Bore Diameter: 28 mm
• L/D Ration: 20D
• Extrudates: polymers, powder paint
• Main Motor (kW): 5.5 kW
• Max Screw Speed: 500 rpm
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CFAM TX32P twin-screw compounding extruder
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Specifications:
• Bore Diameter: 32 mm
• L/D Ration: 32D - 45D
• Throughput: up to 100 kg/h, depending on the product being extruded
• Extrudates: engineering plastics, masterbatch
• Main Motor (kW): 30 kW
• Max Screw Speed: 300 - 500 rpm
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CFAM TX50F twin-screw food extruder
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Specifications:
• Bore Diameter: 50 mm
• L/D Ration: 15D - 25D
• Throughput: 80 - 300 kg/h, depending on the product being extruded
• Extrudates: food, feed
• Main Motor (kW): 30 kW
• Max Screw Speed: 500 rpm
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CFAM TX58P Twin-screw compounding extruder
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Specifications:
• Bore Diameter: 58 mm
• L/D Ration: 32D- 45D
• Throughput: up to 300 kg/h, depending on product being extruded
• Extrudates: engineering plastics, masterbatch
• Main Motor (kW): 55 kW
• Max Screw Speed: 300 - 500 rpm
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CFAM TX80 twin-screw food extruder
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Specifications:
• Bore Diameter: 80 mm
• L/D Ration: 15- 25D
• Throughput: up to 1250 kg/h, depending on product being extruded
• Extrudates: food, feed
• Main Motor (kW): 160-200 kW
• Max Screw Speed: 300 - 500 rpm
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CFAM Technologies manufacture replacement wear parts for a whole range of extruder makes. This includes kneading elements and kneading blocks, various screw elements, barrels and barrel liners and extrusion dies.
Click here for examples of replacement wear parts.
The manufacturing facility at CFAM is equipped with state of the art manufacturing technology. This enables CFAM to manufacture intricate high precision machine components for a number of industries.
CFAM provides a reverse engineering service using high precision electronic and mechanical measuring equipment in combination with CAD software to digitize products.
CFAM services the following industries:
- Polymer extrusion
- Defence
- Explosives manufacturing
- Food processing
- Mining
- Filtration
- Gravimetric feeding
- Volumetric feeding
- Specialised pumping
Click here for examples of high-precision manufactured products.
Highly qualified design engineers form part of the team at CFAM. The team has years of experience in the design of not only twin-screw extruders and replacement parts,
but also other products such as sinusoidal pumps, marine ship pump jets and azimuth thrusters, twin-screw feeding systems, gravimetric PLC controlled feeding systems etc.
Transition from CAD model to physical component.
Designs complete with engineering calculations and detail drawings are provided. Drawings are done in Solid Works.
There is a tremendous need for training and building capacity in the extrusion field. Therefore CFAM Technologies offers internships, experiential training and assists Masters Degree engineering students with their projects.
Further, CFAM also organises workshops and seminars to assist the industry.
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ExtruAfrica – 29 March – 1 April 2011
Venue: Zebula Golf Estate & Spa, Bela-Bela, South Africa
A practical three-day workshop and seminar on the applications of extrusion technology in food and feed manufacturing
The main speaker is dr. Mian Riaz from the Texas A & M University in the USA, a world renown expert in extrusion.
Participants are introduced to the various aspects of extrusion and the application thereof in Africa. It will focus on the products and business opportunities that exist around extrusion. Practical demonstrations will be held on foods, feeds and pet food extrusion. The purpose of the demonstrations will be to show the delegates the basic operations of extruders and how to produce certain products with extrusion.
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Clients can make use of CFAM’s maintenance and support services. After commissioning of an extruder, CFAM can provide ongoing maintenance and support.
An advantage of making use of CFAM is that maintenance and support are available locally.
CFAM Technologies is equipped to manage extrusion plant projects from beginning to end.