The system offers modularity with interchangeable dies and cutting mechanisms, including a redesigned wirecut system that can operate at speeds of up to 350 strokes per minute across a 1,700-mm maximum working width.
Coperion, a Hillenbrand operating company, manufactured and donated the extruder and will partner with Purdue to give customers access to a food-grade pilot lab and the university's food scientists.
The company’s xTru Twin extruders offer the flexibility to produce a range of products including: cereal-based snack pellets die-cut, 2D, 3D, multilayers, square shape, punched and direct expanded; breakfast cereals; dry pet food; and any other extruded food product.
