High volume PET sheet production

SML was proud to partner with the Chinese company Fuhai Shandong Packing Material Co., Ltd. on its newly built production plant for thermoformable A‑PET sheets. With its large‑scale production facility, Fuhai, a fully integrated PET raw material manufacturer, is extending its value‑chain offering. With an exceptionally high melting capacity of more than 35 tonnes per hour spread across 8 SML sheet lines, the facility is one of the largest for PET sheet in the world.

Outstanding roll stack design
To cope with the considerable throughput rates, SML provided its outstanding roll stack technology in two different configurations: inclined roll stacks with a roller width of 2,200 mm for thick PET sheet production, and the recently launched XL roll stacks with a roller width of 2,700 mm for thinner sheets.

Maintaining tight thickness tolerances
The perfect thickness distribution across the entire width of the XL roll stack is ensured by a hydraulically adjustable pressure roller, which provides a uniform uniform gap between the rollers. Combined with ax-crossing, high-quality sheet production in wide widths is taken to a new level.

Inline slitting with fully automatic winder
The time-proven fully automatic W2000 winder, which also offers the option of inline slitting of up to 4 webs, is equipped with a powerful guillotine cutting unit used for perfect rolls.

Together with Fuhai’s skilled engineering team and SML’s field‑service experts, the lines went into the commissioning phase in a remarkably short time. “The decision to go with the SML technology was absolutely the right one,” confirms Xu Lei, Technical Project Manager Fuhai.

Redlham, 14.04.2026