Feeding & Blending
Look Upstream to Avoid ‘GIGO’ Pitfalls in Extrusion
You may think you have a feeding issue when in reality your problem may be upstream.
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From the Ashes, A More Efficient Film Operation Emerges
Three years after a fire destroyed most of its operation, Tex-Trude came back as a more productive extrusion ´óÏó´«Ã½.
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K 2010 Preview, Auxiliaries: Equipment of All Types Debuts This Month at K 2010
From materials drying, feeding, and blending to process heating/cooling, scrap reclaiming, testing, welding, and decorating—the K 2010 show this month in Dusseldorf, Germany, will have news in all categories of auxiliary equipment.
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Tune Up Your Gravimetric Blenders
Gravimetric blenders provide for the most consistent and accurate blends of plastic materials and additives, but even these seemingly simple machines need some TLC after a long production run.
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Materials Handling: New Equipment Emphasizes Efficiency & Value
Visitors to the recent NPE 2009 show in Chicago were looking for materials handling equipment that could do more than dry, blend, or convey resins. It had to do those things while saving energy, providing faster and easier maintenance, speeding product changeovers, reducing labor cost, minimizing waste, and providing better value for money. The new products cited below addressed those needs and more.
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NPE 2009 Wrap-Up: New Machinery for Extrusion and Compounding
Extrusion machinery at the June NPE show in Chicago showed inventive ways to get more out of your floorspace and materials.
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How to Minimize Problems With Gravimetric Blenders
The first and best way to avoid blending problems is to choose the right gravimetric blender for the application.
Read MoreRemovable Bins on Conair TrueBlend™ Blenders Increase Flexibility, Speed Material Changeovers
The TrueBlend 250 Series blenders, with throughputs as high as 1000 lbs/hr, can now be equipped with compact, removable material bins in two of the four hopper positions.
Read MoreHigh-Heat Options for Conair TrueBlend™ Blenders Allow Processing of Pre-Dried Materials
Processors running engineering plastics like ABS, nylon, polycarbonate and PET, can now blend these resins after they are dried, thanks to new high-temperature models available for TrueBlend 100, 250, 500 and 900 Series blenders, which offer throughputs as high as 3500 lbs/hr.
Read MoreNewest, Biggest TrueBlend™ Blenders from Conair Mix as Many as Six Materials at Rates to 14,000 lbs/hr
Since the recent introduction of the innovative Conair TrueBlendâ„¢ gravimetric blenders, hundreds of them have been sold.
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