Add the Newbilt flyers from Making Vinyl Europe 2026

docs/equipment/newbilt/flyers-2026/: the six 2026 product flyers
(Classic, Duplex, EX 35, Edge Trimmer, Granulator 400, Label Punch) and
the 2024 Classic print flyer, collected at the booth in Haarlem.

pressing-line.md gets a range table with the flyer figures and what they
change: Classic and Duplex share inserts (one mould family for a
Newbilt-only fleet, Classic now named as automated candidate next to the
Pheenix AD12), edge trim of 20 to 40 g per 12" 180 g record brackets the
~20 % regrind share, the Granulator 400 runs in batches, central
hydraulics is an option, and the EX 35 is not in the 2024 quote.

Sources disagree on the Classic's panel (two 21" vs one 10"), extruder
power (7.5 kW drive in the 2024 flyer vs 15 kW noted earlier) and 10"
support; recorded as re-quote points instead of picking one. Supplier
table and exhibitor briefing corrected to match and given Erwin Neubauer
as a second contact; plant page grinder detail cites the flyer figures.

docs/equipment/pressing-line.md

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ and semi-automatic presses for splatter and other color effects, special
 editions, and small runs, where an operator working the mold directly is an
 advantage rather than a cost. The semi-automatic side is covered by the
 Newbilt evaluation below; a fully automated press line is an open
-procurement item (see the [vendor landscape](../suppliers/vendor-landscape.md)
-for the Pheenix Alpha candidate).
+procurement item with two candidates: the Newbilt Classic (below) and the
+Pheenix Alpha AD12 (see the [vendor landscape](../suppliers/vendor-landscape.md)).
 
 ## Semi-automatic line: Newbilt
 
@@ -33,6 +33,47 @@ Thailand**: a ~400 kg/h steam generator (with water treatment) and a ~250 kW
 cooling water system. The quotation has passed its validity date and will need
 re-confirmation before ordering.
 
+## Newbilt range: Making Vinyl Europe 2026 flyers
+
+Collected at the Newbilt booth in Haarlem (30 September to 2 October 2026);
+the PDFs are in [`newbilt/flyers-2026/`](newbilt/flyers-2026/). Figures are
+vendor-published, not quoted.
+
+| Machine | What it is | Flyer figures |
+|---|---|---|
+| **Classic** | Fully automatic press: hydraulic 3-column frame based on the Toolex Alpha, built-in extruder, automatic cake loading, label feed, record loading and unloading, cooling-plate handling and spindle stacking | 12" at 110, 140, 160 and 180 g, 7" in development; 28 s cycle at 180 g, claimed ≥95 % yield and ≥95 % uptime (2024 flyer); steam temperature, cooling-water temperature and flow monitored; cooling by time or by delivered water volume, adjusted automatically as the cooling water warms up; Siemens safety PLC, cycle and trend recording, SCADA interface with OPC UA (2024 flyer) |
+| **Duplex** | Semi-automatic system in three configurations: Single (1 press, 1 extruder), Duplex main (2 presses, 1 extruder), Duplex with two extruders (2 presses, 2 extruders run as one system with shared control and one hydraulic unit) | 12", 10" and 7"; solid colours, splatter, marble, half and half, picture discs; hydraulic unit normally supplied, or an external central supply shared by several systems |
+| **EX 35** | Auxiliary extruder beside the main one, for a second or third colour | 35 mm PVC screw, 3 heating zones, 2 fans, frequency-controlled screw speed, PVC strand output, touchscreen HMI, prepared for Newbilt online support |
+| **Edge Trimmer** | Trims the pressed record to its final diameter | Hardened heated blade with adjustable temperature; 7", 10" and 12" with one trimming plate per size (sold separately); standalone, or wired and piped to the Newbilt extruder and then part of the Duplex/Single emergency-stop circuit |
+| **Granulator 400** | Grinds edge trim and label-free records into regrind | 200 to 250 kg/h, 7.5 kW, crushing chamber 410 × 270 mm, 12 rotor knives, 8 mm screen, 800 kg; cyclone collection with stainless contact surfaces, dust bags and outlet magnet, about 100 kg storage |
+| **Label Punch** | Removes the label area so rejected records can be granulated | 106 mm punch for 7", 10" and 12"; manual loading, then automatic transport, punching and collection; optional dinker for 7" |
+
+What this changes in the plan:
+
+- **Classic and Duplex share inserts.** Insert sets move between the two
+  machines, so a Newbilt-only fleet (Duplex for the semi-automatic half,
+  Classic for the automated half) runs one mould family. Newbilt itself
+  recommends the Duplex for splatter, which matches the reason for the
+  50/50 split. The Pheenix AD12 stays the comparison for the automated half.
+- **Regrind loop.** The granulator flyer puts edge trim at about 20 to 40 g
+  per 12" 180 g record, 11 to 22 % of the record's mass, which brackets the
+  ~20 % recycled share in the process schematic. Rejected records go
+  through the Label Punch first; trim goes into the granulator directly. A
+  Classic at 28 s makes about 128 records/h, so roughly 2.5 to 5 kg/h of
+  trim per press (estimate): one Granulator 400 at 200 to 250 kg/h runs in
+  short batches, not continuously.
+- **Hydraulics.** One central hydraulic supply for several systems is an
+  option; it changes the machine-floor layout and the utility list in
+  [scale.md](../scale.md).
+- **Colour effects.** The EX 35 is the add-on for multi-colour work on the
+  semi-automatic side. It is not in the 2024 quote.
+- **For the re-quote**, where sources disagree: the Classic's operator panel
+  (two 21" touchscreens in the 2024 flyer, one 10" on the Newbilt website);
+  its built-in extruder power (7.5 kW, 400 V drive motor in the 2024 flyer,
+  15 kW in this repo's earlier notes, source not recorded); 10" on the
+  Classic (in the 2024 flyer and on the website, not in the 2026 flyer);
+  and whether the Edge Trimmer is the Vario trimmer of the 2024 quote.
+
 ## Site requirements
 
 Site planning for the semi-automatic line works from Newbilt's Duplex
@@ -51,4 +92,5 @@ from press cycles come on top of the static figures, so the structural
 engineer gets the vendor data sheets, not just the totals.
 
 Source documents live in [`newbilt/`](newbilt/): the budgetary offer, the
-Duplex site requirements, the process schematic, and the service rate card.
+Duplex site requirements, the process schematic, the service rate card, and
+the 2026 product flyers in [`newbilt/flyers-2026/`](newbilt/flyers-2026/).

docs/plant-operation.html

@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ const DETAILS={
  chiller:{t:'Process cooling',w:'Cooling water at 20 to 25 °C sets the vinyl after the steam phase. 98 % of the 250 kW cooling load is the molds. Open cooling tower with a heat exchanger, chiller in its own 60 m² room.',c:['Supply 20 to 25 °C, 10 bar, 7 to 8 °dH, max 200 µm particles','Flow 128 l/min typical, 220 l/min peak (Duplex)'],f:['~80 to 125 kW electrical','Outlet water reaches about 60 °C from the press']},
  comp:{t:'Compressed air',w:'Dry, filtered air at 6 to 10 bar for press and extruder actuators.',c:['Dew point max 3 °C, impurities max 5 µm'],f:['14 m³/h for a Duplex system']},
  hyd:{t:'Hydraulic aggregate',w:'Supplies the ~150 t press force at 180 bar from a gas-loaded accumulator. Sized for a second press from day one, which is the Duplex upgrade path.',c:['Oil temperature and pressure logged','200 l HLP 46 mineral oil, customer supplied'],f:['15 kVA, 12 kW average, 600 kg','Preferably outside the pressing room']},
- grind:{t:'PVC grinder',w:'Trims and rejected records are ground to regrind, which feeds back to the regrind silo as the ~20 % recycled share of the feedstock.',c:['No labels or paper into the grinder','Contamination check per regrind batch'],f:['In the Newbilt scope']},
+ grind:{t:'PVC grinder',w:'Trims and rejected records are ground to regrind, which feeds back to the regrind silo as the ~20 % recycled share of the feedstock. Rejected records lose their label area in the label punch first; edge trim goes in directly.',c:['No labels or paper into the grinder','Contamination check per regrind batch'],f:['Newbilt Granulator 400 (flyer): 200 to 250 kg/h, 7.5 kW, so it runs in batches','Edge trim ~20 to 40 g per 12" 180 g record (Newbilt flyer)','Label punch: 106 mm, 7"/10"/12"']},
  energy:{t:'Energy',w:'247 kWp of roof PV on the phase 1 building (~498 kWp with phase 2), a 271 kWh Gobel Power battery stack for peak shaving and ride-through, and a PEA medium-voltage connection with a 500 to 1,000 kVA transformer sized by the boiler decision.',c:['Plant peak 300 to 450 kW without electric boiler, 600 to 750 kW with it'],f:['Northern Thailand yield ~1,400 to 1,500 kWh/kWp/yr','PV covers roughly 28 to 45 % of consumption without electric steam']},
  trace:{t:'Traceability',w:'Every step logs at the source: press and rectifier PLCs, lab instruments and vision stations write directly, manual steps get operator check-ins. Logs are append-only and retained for the life of the customer relationship. Customers get a per-order view of the whole chain.',c:['Record key: stamper + press + cycle timestamp + side','Every artifact has an ID and knows its parents','Environment (HVAC per zone) logged on the same timeline'],f:['Machine data access is a purchasing requirement','A complaint about one record resolves to stamper, press, shift, operator, compound lot, packaging lot']},
  hvac:{t:'Whole-factory HVAC',w:'The press room is held at 20 to 26 °C and 35 to 60 % RH per the Newbilt site requirements; galvanics, archive and audio rooms have their own zones. Temperature, humidity and particulate per zone are logged with production.',c:['Temperature, RH and PM per zone','Correlate any production window with plant conditions'],f:['~100 to 200 kW peak (estimate)','~1,500 m² conditioned']},

docs/suppliers/equipment-suppliers.md

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Suppliers identified:
 
 | Supplier | Location | Offering | Notes |
 |---|---|---|---|
-| Newbilt machinery GmbH | Alsdorf, Germany | Single 2.1 system (VEX 50 extruder, HRP 12 press ~150 t, semi-auto), Duplex expansion, molds, Vario trimmer, grinder, label punch. **Also builds the Classic 12" fully automatic press**: hydraulic **3-column** frame, **built-in 15 kW extruder** (3 heated zones, water-cooled screw), automatic patty loading, automatic label supply, automatic cooling-plate management, spindle stack output, Siemens Security PLC on a 10" touchscreen with SCADA / OPC UA, CE approved, **28 s cycle (~128 records/h)**, vendor-claimed **≥95% yield and ≥95% uptime**. So Newbilt is a single-vendor candidate for *both* fleet halves, not only the semi-auto one. Note the half-automatic press is a **4-column book-mould** design — column count is the quickest way to tell the two apart on a factory floor | 2024 quote EUR 200,549.50 (~USD 232k / ~7.7M THB) incl. freight, expired, needs re-quote; ask for build time and order-book position in the re-quote; **ResurRec Bangkok already runs one automatic + one semi-automatic Newbilt — ask for the Thai install base and a service-response precedent**; contact via Hans-Juergen Helm |
+| Newbilt machinery GmbH | Alsdorf, Germany | Single 2.1 system (VEX 50 extruder, HRP 12 press ~150 t, semi-auto), Duplex expansion, molds, Vario trimmer, Granulator 400 grinder, Label Punch, EX 35 auxiliary colour extruder. **Also builds the Classic 12" fully automatic press**: hydraulic **3-column** frame, **built-in extruder** (3 heated zones, water-cooled screw; 7.5 kW drive motor per the 2024 flyer, earlier noted here as 15 kW, confirm), automatic patty loading, automatic label supply, automatic cooling-plate management, spindle stack output, Siemens Security PLC (two 21" touchscreens per the 2024 flyer, one 10" per the website) with SCADA / OPC UA, inserts shared with the Duplex, CE approved, **28 s cycle (~128 records/h)**, vendor-claimed **≥95% yield and ≥95% uptime**. So Newbilt is a single-vendor candidate for *both* fleet halves, not only the semi-auto one. Note the half-automatic press is a **4-column book-mould** design — column count is the quickest way to tell the two apart on a factory floor | 2024 quote EUR 200,549.50 (~USD 232k / ~7.7M THB) incl. freight, expired, needs re-quote; ask for build time and order-book position in the re-quote; **ResurRec Bangkok already runs one automatic + one semi-automatic Newbilt — ask for the Thai install base and a service-response precedent**; contacts Hans-Juergen Helm (Sales Manager) and Erwin Neubauer (Managing Director); 2026 flyers in [`../equipment/newbilt/flyers-2026/`](../equipment/newbilt/flyers-2026/), summarised in [pressing-line.md](../equipment/pressing-line.md) |
 | Pheenix Alpha | Solna, Sweden | AD12 fully automatic press (24-26 s cycle, ~140 records/h, 1 operator per 4 presses); AD12 Manual semi-auto | Direct Toolex Alpha successor; possible single-vendor option for both fleet halves; andreas.runsten@pheenixalpha.com |
 
 Open: decision between Newbilt semi-auto + Pheenix automatic vs. single

docs/suppliers/making-vinyl-europe-2026-exhibitors.md

@@ -238,12 +238,24 @@ automation spec asks for.
 **What they are.** Our primary semi-automatic candidate (Single 2.1: VEX 50
 extruder + HRP 12 press, Duplex upgrade path; June 2024 quote EUR
 200,549.50 incl. freight, expired) and builder of the Classic 12" fully
-automatic press (3-column hydraulic frame, built-in 15 kW extruder,
-automatic patty/label/cooling-plate handling, Siemens Safety PLC with
-10" touchscreen, 28 s cycle even at 180 g, claimed ≥95 % yield and ≥95 %
-uptime). Duplex: two presses on one extruder, ~30 s average cycle.
+automatic press (3-column hydraulic frame, built-in extruder,
+automatic patty/label/cooling-plate handling, Siemens Safety PLC,
+28 s cycle even at 180 g, claimed ≥95 % yield and ≥95 % uptime). Duplex:
+two presses on one extruder, ~30 s average cycle.
 ResurRec Bangkok runs one Classic 12" plus one semi-automatic Newbilt.
-Contact in this repo: Hans-Juergen Helm.
+Contacts: Hans-Juergen Helm (Sales Manager), Erwin Neubauer (Managing
+Director).
+
+**Collected at the booth**: six 2026 product flyers (Classic, Duplex,
+EX 35, Edge Trimmer, Granulator 400, Label Punch) plus the 2024 Classic
+flyer, in [`../equipment/newbilt/flyers-2026/`](../equipment/newbilt/flyers-2026/)
+and summarised in [pressing-line.md](../equipment/pressing-line.md). They
+answer part of the list below: Classic and Duplex share inserts; the
+Classic is 12" (110 to 180 g) with 7" in development, and Newbilt
+recommends the Duplex for splatter; the Classic monitors steam
+temperature and cooling-water temperature and flow, records cycles and
+trends, and offers SCADA/OPC UA. They also raise new conflicts (panel
+size, extruder power, 10" on the Classic); see pressing-line.md.
 Site: https://newbilt-machinery.com/machines-equipment/
 
 **Why they matter.** The Newbilt-only path covers both fleet halves from