Resin Conveying

Materials Handling: Larger Sizes of Economical Loaders

Wittmann Battenfeld adds larger sizes of Feedmax basic economical vacuum loaders/receivers.

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Material Handling: Miniature Central Vacuum Loads Up to Eight Machines

Vacuum conveying system combines the powerful vacuum pump, dust collector and PLC-based touchscreen control of a larger system with a compact and portable design.

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Material Handling: New Loaders and Receivers Handle Smaller Throughputs for Medical Jobs

Cleanroom-ready design and construction make them well suited for medical processing applications on injection molding machines up to 400 tons.

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Resin Conveying

Material Handling: Drum Dumper Has Integral Flex-Screw Conveyor

Unit accommodates drums from 30 to 55 gal weighing up to 750 lb and measuring 36 to 48 in. in height.

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Resin Conveying

Material Handling: Versatile Diverter Valve Meets Industry 4.0 Objectives

Standard sizes are 1.5-4 in.; the unit can be easily mounted horizontally or vertically.

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Resin Conveying

Low-Velocity Conveying System Reduces Pellet Friction

Process said to convey fewer streamers during conveying.

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NPE2018 New Technology Focus: Resin Conveying

From RFID couplings to 'Wave' conveying, material is moving smarter at NPE.

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NPE2018 New Technology Focus: Material Blending, Loading, Dosing

The big push is for more functionality in a smaller footprint.

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Resin Conveying

Materials Handling: Plug Single-Tunnel Diverter Valve

New diverter valve from Schenck Process has two-way switching for dilute-phase or dense-phase conveying.

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Commodity Resins

Volume Resin Prices Mostly Up

At the conclusion of the first quarter, the price trajectory was upward, except for PP and nylon 6.

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Blending & Dosing
Process Cooling
Plastics Size Reduction