Introduction
Hennecke GmbH has developed LABFOAM, a specialized laboratory plant designed for the production of high-quality slabstock foams. This system supports producers and raw material manufacturers in developing innovative formulations and conducting test series with production-level quality, even in small volumes.

Machine Features
LABFOAM plants deliver results nearly identical to real production conditions due to their sophisticated design. The system mimics the wet part of a continuous production line on a smaller scale, offering comparable handling and flexibility. High-precision high-pressure metering pumps and superior mixing technology ensure reliable results. Each metering line is tailored to specific customer applications, allowing a wide range of test samples. The system minimizes tank and line volumes to reduce raw material loss during test series replacements.

Stirrer Mixer
The dynamic stirrer mixer combines injection and stirrer mixing principles, ensuring excellent results even for difficult-to-blend systems. It allows targeted control of cell sizes by managing component pressure, mixing chamber pressure, gas loading, and stirrer speed.

Application Range
LABFOAM is primarily used for conducting test series for various raw materials and additive systems in continuous slabstock foam production. It can simulate both process and mechanical engineering properties effectively. The system can produce a wide range of commercially available foam types, including hypersoft, high load, high resilient, viscoelastic, CMHR + CME, ester, and CO2-blown NOVAFLEX® foams.

System Benefits
Using LABFOAM quickly becomes cost-effective, especially for continuous slabstock foam producers. Benefits include transferring test formulations to real production conditions, evaluating formulations without interrupting production, saving raw materials compared to production machines, and utilizing high-precision metering pumps and superior mixing technology. The system features efficient design with a small footprint and modern automation with a PC terminal.

Technical Data

• Plant Length: Approx. 4,200 mm
• Plant Width: Approx. 1,800 mm
• Average Shot Volume: 5 kg
• Number of Components: 6 - 25 (depending on configuration)
• Plant Height: Approx. 1,850 mm
• Maximum Metering Output: 15 kg/min