Amut supplies two waterproofing membrane lines to China

Italian extrusion machinery maker Amut recently supplied two extrusion lines for the production of waterproofing membranes in PVC and TPO to Jiangsu Canlon.

“We are becoming the largest supplier of waterproofing materials around China reaching a productivity capacity of 10,000,000 sq m/year of waterproofing membranes in polymer and 20,000,000 sq m/year of waterproofing membrane in bitumen. With these two new extrusion lines supplied by Amut Group as turnkey project, we will rise our production up to 25,000,000 sq m/year of waterproofing membrane in polymer,” stated Qian Lindi, Board Chairman of Jiangsu Canlon Building Materials.

Jiangsu Canlon was also recently awarded with the China Building Materials Academy of Karen Waterproof Technology R&D Centre.

“All of our products have to be thoroughly tried and tested and comply with the international standards concerning building and roofing applications. For this reason, we looked for a European supplier,” said Qian.

The first line for the production of PVC membranes has a three-layer configuration with the possibility to have different reinforcements such as PES mat, glassfibre net and polyester fleece. The membrane rolls have a net width of 2,000 mm and a thickness up to 3,000 microns. The output is 2,200 kg/hour.

The second line is for the production of three-layer TPO membrane rolls that have a net width of 2,000 mm and a thickness up to 2,000 microns. The output is 2,000 kg/hour.

Both lines can deliver 2,000 mm-diameter jumbo rolls or customised rolls with a maximum 350 mm diameter.

The turnkey supply also includes the fully automatic packaging system to pack each roll with a PE sleeve and to apply the label containing the main characteristics of the membrane. The system is equipped with a special unit for finished rolls handling and automated palletising.