Rubber and elastomeric compounding capabilities Tallapoosa, Georgia

Tallapoosa overview

Serving the south from Florida to Texas to Virginia, Preferred Compounding's Tallapoosa plant is just off Interstate 20 near the Alabama border and one hour from Atlanta.

• Two black mixers
• One color mixer
• One tilt mixer
• Gear-pump straining
• Calendaring
• Automated bulk carbon black handling system
• Full on-site development and quality control lab

Calendaring

#One Calendar

• Farrell Birmingham four-roll inverted "L" calender
• 24 by 66-inch cast iron
• Capacity: 1,500 pounds per hour
• Temperature control with manual steam and water valves
• 0.008 to 0.50 inch gauge thickness
• Manual snap gauge control
• Gauge tolerance to 0.003 inch
• Single 150 horsepower drive train motor
• Crown Correction compensator roll 4
• 22 by 60-inch warm up and feed mills
• Product form: unsupported rubber sheet
• Slitting and liner capability
• Widths from 6 to 58 inches
• Operator controlled

#Two Calendar

• Farrell Birmingham three-roll vertical calender
• 18 by 42 inch cast iron
• Capacity: 550 pounds per hour
• Temperature control with manual steam and water valves
• 0.008 to 0.50 inch gauge thickness
• Manual snap gauge control
• Gauge tolerance to 0.003 inch
• Single 75 horsepower drive train motor
• 22 by 60-inch feed mil
• Product form: unsupported rubber sheet
• Slitting and liner capability
• Widths from four to 33 inches
• Operator controlled

Black compounding

#11 Farrell Tangential 237 liter black mixer

• Single speed temperature controlled mixer with wing rotors  and four bulk oil ports
• 500 pound average batch size
• Bulk black weightment systems
• 84-inch fixed speed drop mill
• Slab size: 10 to 30 inches
• Fixed bar cooling line
• PLC control with operator input

K-6 Shaw Intermesh 214 liter black mixer

• Variable speed three-zone temperature control mixer with nogs and four bulk oil ports
• 450 average pound batch size
• Bulk black weightment system
• 84-inch drop mill and 60-inch variable speed strip mill
• Strip width capability: 1.25 to 28 inches
• Midlands Cantilever bar cooling line with strip and slab capability
• SCADA process control system

TMP 75 liter tilt mixer
for fiber reinforced products

• Variable speed three-zone temperature control mixer
• 120 pound batch size
• Product form: fiber
• Strip width capability: 1.25 to 28 inches
• PLC control with operator input