The traditional way of manufacturing a roller mill chassis is to use either welded steel, or cast iron. Instead, Imas presents Polymer Base Construction® with the major advantage of a superior vibration damping ability, which provides higher reliability and extended long term durability for roller mills…
Imas R&D and Engineering team achieved to develop the unconventional roller mill chassis construction material namely Polymer Base Construction®, which has been officially released for worldwide customers since 2023, as being the first example of using polymeric composites in the milling industry.
Due to its superior vibration damping ability than the steel and cast iron, Polymer Base Construction® helps providing a smooth, efficient, and trouble-free operation for roller mills.
Continuously following the latest technologies and industry trends, Imas R&D and Engineering team has been working on polymeric composite chassis design since 2020, and has now successfully completed all research, laboratory testing, design development, prototype testing, and patenting progresses.
The innovative chasis design by Imas has already received ‘Product Showcase 2023’ award by IAOM (International Association of Operative Millers), during IAOM USA Conference and Expo between April 17-21 in Minnesota, USA.
Polymeric Composites: A Game Changer in the Industry
Polymeric composites can be simply described as combinations of polymers and various reinforcements, in order to get new features out of them for specific applications. The industry keeps curiously looking for creating new variations and utilizations of polymeric composites for different uses…
‘Metal replacement’ has become an emerging concept in the industry, which can be defined as the substitution of metals with materials with superior abilities, such as high performance ‘polymer composites’. They are mostly preferred due to their advantages of high strength-to weight ratio, lightweight, corrosion resistance, design flexibility, and enhanced performance in specific applications.
Polymeric composites have already been used in many industries including automotive, aviation, defense, construction, and energy, etc. Moreover, they are being used as the replacement for the steel especially in high-precision industrial processes ie. CNC machining, robotics, etc., due to their superior abilities of high resistance, vibration damping, and thermal stability.
Machinery vibration, which occurs naturally during the operation of any machine, has some important hidden threads.
In the short term, high machinery vibration levels can have a disruptive effect on the sensitive operating adjustments of machines, which may also lead to inconsistency in the process and product quality.
In the long term, machinery vibration can cause failures that may result in shortened machine life, through the continuous effect and damage to the parts and components (bearings, bearing housings, other moving parts).
