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Feasibility study for energy management of extruders - R&D ECF

Posted 22 Mar 2024
Work experience
0 to 2 years
Full-time / part-time
Full-time
Job function
Degree level
Required language
English (Fluent)

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Introduction

From 2023 we have an internship available for a student with a bachelor or master in Mechanical Engineering or Physicist Engineering. In consultation with the department this can be a graduation study. Challenge of this internship is to determine how the energy management in the existing extruder systems is and what kind of solutions are on the market to recover the energy.

Part of the study is also to see how many energy can be won back and what the consequences are for the cost price of the machines. Also the required one time engineering has to be investigated.

Department

The product department R&D Extrusion, Cutters and Flexx is responsible for the development of flexible machines for breaker and body-ply materials for the tire building industry. Using extrusion technology is emerging in this industry. The development of this is an important part of the production process of breakers and body-plies and with the strip wrapping process of car tires.

This department is also responsible for the management and maintenance of the "standard" of our machines in our portfolio. We support other departments such as Sales and Production and we work together with different R&D departments on projects in cross-functional teams. Within R&D Extrusion, Cutters and Flexx we work with 25 professionals. The team consists of Mechanical Engineers, Software Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Process Engineers and a Technical Writer.

VMI R&D offers a enthusiastic and inspiring working environment.

VMI will provide the required software and ICT requirements (laptop) to work on the problem.

What are you going to do?

Extruders for the production of rubber components are using a lot of energy. At the start-up of the production line the extruders has to be preheated. During production the screw brings in a lot of heat in the process and than the extruder has to be cooled to keep the process on a constant temperature level. In most of the situations this heat is extracted and blown off outside.

In the context of sustainability and saving energy the question is if and how we can recover the energy?

Part of this internship:

  • Investigation of the energy management in the extruders during start-up and production
  • Investigation of the systems on market to recover energy
  • Make concept proposals for alternative solutions (Morphological overview; Kesselring analysis; Reviews etc);
  • Investigation of possible energy savings;
  • Investigation of cost price and one time engineering consequences.
  • Presentation of the results to the stakeholders.

What do we offer?

You are given the change to learn within a cosy team for 6 months. Your research will be of added value for the organization. You will receive a compensation for this internship and compensation for travel costs.

Over VMI Group
Onze 1600 medewerkers over de wereld streven er voortdurend naar onze industrieën naar een hoger niveau te brengen, door geavanceerde, innovatieve technologieën te leveren waarmee onze klanten succesvoller zijn. VMI ontwikkelt, produceert, verkoopt en installeert high tech machines voor banden, rubber en blik en de farmaceutische en persoonlijke verzorgingsindustrie. Dankzij de drive en ambitie van onze medewerkers, zijn wij in staat onze klanten de beste oplossing te bieden.

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