Product Categories of Foremost Machine Builders, Inc.

• Blenders (non-intensive)

  Machine-mounted or free-standing volumetric and gravimetric blenders. 

  Upright Duplex volumetric blenders blend up to 6000 lb/hr of virgin resin, regrind, colorants and additives in pellet, powder or flake form. Units include holding bins, metering augers or vibrators, and cascading chute or mixer. Mini- and machine-mounted blenders for the same range of materials as the Duplex series are designed of direct mounting on machine throat. Continuous mixers are optional.

  Gravimetric blenders include LWB and BWB series for either loss-in-weight or batch-weight blending. CLWB series is a continuous loss-in-weight blender. Accutrac series is an economical alternative to gain-in-weight blending. Floor or on-machine mounting.

  Microprocessor controls provide accuracy to ± 0.05% by weight. Continuous inventory monitoring of all ingredient throughputs is standard. Feed and control options include plantwide data acquisition and material-usage control with central microcomputer.

  Customized systems include options such as liquid feed by weight. Also pellet and powder volumetric and gravimetric feeders for mixing and feeding additives.

• Box Tilters
• Chillers

  Air- and water-cooled portable chillers, indoor and outdoor air- and water-cooled central chillers, cooling towers and chemical treatment packages, pump-tank sets with options for standby pumps, discharge headers, filter systems, and central control and alarm panels.

• Conveying Equipment (pneumatic and Mechanical)

  Supplies simple, self-contained vacuum loaders up to custom-engineered, fully integrated plant systems. Automated turnkey systems utilize vacuum, pressure, or combination vacuum/pressure power units. Detailed CAD layouts supplied with each system quotation. Graphic control panel with programmable controller initiates and monitors the automatic process. Vacuum receivers available in pellet/regrind designs with pellet screens, powder designs with bag or cartridge filters using compressed air blowback and straight-walled units for hard-to-move materials.

  Also silos, railcar unloaders, pneumatic conveyors, belt conveyors, metal detectors/separators, granulators, gravimetric and volumetric feeders, resin dryers and recycling equipment.

   

   

• Dryers for Resins

  Twin-tower dehumidifying hopper dryers in a range of drying capacities. Design reportedly uses less electricity than conventional units for equivalent throughput. Features include crossflow regeneration for extremely low dewpoints with no spikes. Standard high-heat/PET models available. Hot-air dryers for drying surface moisture off material also available. 

   

• Dust Removal Equipment
• Feeders

  Machine-mounted or free-standing volumetric and gravimetric blenders. 

  Upright Duplex volumetric blenders blend up to 6000 lb/hr of virgin resin, regrind, colorants and additives in pellet, powder or flake form. Units include holding bins, metering augers or vibrators, and cascading chute or mixer. Mini- and machine-mounted blenders for the same range of materials as the Duplex series are designed of direct mounting on machine throat. Continuous mixers are optional.

  Gravimetric blenders include LWB and BWB series for either loss-in-weight or batch-weight blending. CLWB series is a continuous loss-in-weight blender. Accutrac series is an economical alternative to gain-in-weight blending. Floor or on-machine mounting.

  Microprocessor controls provide accuracy to ± 0.05% by weight. Continuous inventory monitoring of all ingredient throughputs is standard. Feed and control options include plantwide data acquisition and material-usage control with central microcomputer.

  Customized systems include options such as liquid feed by weight. Also pellet and powder volumetric and gravimetric feeders for mixing and feeding additives.

• Granulators

  HD series grinders range from 10 x 14 in. to 24 x 36 in. throat size and 7.5 to 100 hp. Throughputs from 200 to 2000 lb/hr. Series is designed for beside-the-press applications, central grinding or recycling applications and optionally available in sound attenuated and skewed rotor design.

  Full line of high-shear film grinders from 6 x 8 in. to 16 x 48 in. throat size and 3 to 80 hp. Throughputs from 50 to 300 lb/hr. Designed for film, edge trim reclaim, roller feed applications or any application where scissor-type cutting action is required.

  Spiral-cut granulators from 11 x 16 in. to 11 x 32 in. throat size and 20 to 40 hp. Throughput from 550 to 900 lb/hr. Unique rotor design makes units suitable for grinding scrap, purging, lumps and bottles. Hinged cabinet for easy cleanout.

  High-volume line of granulators from 24 36 in. to 30 x 45 in. throat size. Throughputs from 1200 to 3000 lb/hr. Series designed for high throughputs of large blow molded parts.

  Special-purpose granulators include DSC-18 dual-stage grinder designed for grinding large purging, PG-2415 for large diam. pipe, and SW-0936 for grinding sheet and web up to 36 in. wide. Hot-melt grinders for processing hot thermoplastic from the extruder die without pre-cooling. Customization is an option.

  Standard features for all units include a five-year motor warranty. Options include offset or center-feed cutting chamber designs. Full line of accessories and systems encompasses solutions in parts and trim pickup and conveying, metal separation, fines separation, and post-consumer recycling.

• Hopper Loaders

  Supplies simple, self-contained vacuum loaders up to custom-engineered, fully integrated plant systems. Automated turnkey systems utilize vacuum, pressure, or combination vacuum/pressure power units. Detailed CAD layouts supplied with each system quotation. Graphic control panel with programmable controller initiates and monitors the automatic process. Vacuum receivers available in pellet/regrind designs with pellet screens, powder designs with bag or cartridge filters using compressed air blowback and straight-walled units for hard-to-move materials.

  Also silos, railcar unloaders, pneumatic conveyors, belt conveyors, metal detectors/separators, granulators, gravimetric and volumetric feeders, resin dryers and recycling equipment.

   

   

• Hoppers, Bins, Tanks

  Supplies simple, self-contained vacuum loaders up to custom-engineered, fully integrated plant systems. Automated turnkey systems utilize vacuum, pressure, or combination vacuum/pressure power units. Detailed CAD layouts supplied with each system quotation. Graphic control panel with programmable controller initiates and monitors the automatic process. Vacuum receivers available in pellet/regrind designs with pellet screens, powder designs with bag or cartridge filters using compressed air blowback and straight-walled units for hard-to-move materials.

  Also silos, railcar unloaders, pneumatic conveyors, belt conveyors, metal detectors/separators, granulators, gravimetric and volumetric feeders, resin dryers and recycling equipment.

   

   

• Knives for Granulators, Pelletizers
• Level Sensors and Controls
• Metal Detectors, Separators

  Supplies simple, self-contained vacuum loaders up to custom-engineered, fully integrated plant systems. Automated turnkey systems utilize vacuum, pressure, or combination vacuum/pressure power units. Detailed CAD layouts supplied with each system quotation. Graphic control panel with programmable controller initiates and monitors the automatic process. Vacuum receivers available in pellet/regrind designs with pellet screens, powder designs with bag or cartridge filters using compressed air blowback and straight-walled units for hard-to-move materials.

  Also silos, railcar unloaders, pneumatic conveyors, belt conveyors, metal detectors/separators, granulators, gravimetric and volumetric feeders, resin dryers and recycling equipment.

   

   

• Metering, Proportioning Equipment

  Machine-mounted or free-standing volumetric and gravimetric blenders. 

  Upright Duplex volumetric blenders blend up to 6000 lb/hr of virgin resin, regrind, colorants and additives in pellet, powder or flake form. Units include holding bins, metering augers or vibrators, and cascading chute or mixer. Mini- and machine-mounted blenders for the same range of materials as the Duplex series are designed of direct mounting on machine throat. Continuous mixers are optional.

  Gravimetric blenders include LWB and BWB series for either loss-in-weight or batch-weight blending. CLWB series is a continuous loss-in-weight blender. Accutrac series is an economical alternative to gain-in-weight blending. Floor or on-machine mounting.

  Microprocessor controls provide accuracy to ± 0.05% by weight. Continuous inventory monitoring of all ingredient throughputs is standard. Feed and control options include plantwide data acquisition and material-usage control with central microcomputer.

  Customized systems include options such as liquid feed by weight. Also pellet and powder volumetric and gravimetric feeders for mixing and feeding additives.

• Particle Screeners, Classifiers, Separators
• Scrap-reclaim Systems
• Scrap-reclaim Systems--Sorting/Fractionating Systems
• Scrap-reclaim Systems--Washing Systems
• Shredders, Guillotines

  HD series grinders range from 10 x 14 in. to 24 x 36 in. throat size and 7.5 to 100 hp. Throughputs from 200 to 2000 lb/hr. Series is designed for beside-the-press applications, central grinding or recycling applications and optionally available in sound attenuated and skewed rotor design.

  Full line of high-shear film grinders from 6 x 8 in. to 16 x 48 in. throat size and 3 to 80 hp. Throughputs from 50 to 300 lb/hr. Designed for film, edge trim reclaim, roller feed applications or any application where scissor-type cutting action is required.

  Spiral-cut granulators from 11 x 16 in. to 11 x 32 in. throat size and 20 to 40 hp. Throughput from 550 to 900 lb/hr. Unique rotor design makes units suitable for grinding scrap, purging, lumps and bottles. Hinged cabinet for easy cleanout.

  High-volume line of granulators from 24 36 in. to 30 x 45 in. throat size. Throughputs from 1200 to 3000 lb/hr. Series designed for high throughputs of large blow molded parts.

  Special-purpose granulators include DSC-18 dual-stage grinder designed for grinding large purging, PG-2415 for large diam. pipe, and SW-0936 for grinding sheet and web up to 36 in. wide. Hot-melt grinders for processing hot thermoplastic from the extruder die without pre-cooling. Customization is an option.

  Standard features for all units include a five-year motor warranty. Options include offset or center-feed cutting chamber designs. Full line of accessories and systems encompasses solutions in parts and trim pickup and conveying, metal separation, fines separation, and post-consumer recycling.

• Silos

  Supplies simple, self-contained vacuum loaders up to custom-engineered, fully integrated plant systems. Automated turnkey systems utilize vacuum, pressure, or combination vacuum/pressure power units. Detailed CAD layouts supplied with each system quotation. Graphic control panel with programmable controller initiates and monitors the automatic process. Vacuum receivers available in pellet/regrind designs with pellet screens, powder designs with bag or cartridge filters using compressed air blowback and straight-walled units for hard-to-move materials.

  Also silos, railcar unloaders, pneumatic conveyors, belt conveyors, metal detectors/separators, granulators, gravimetric and volumetric feeders, resin dryers and recycling equipment.

   

   

• Sound Deadening/Noise Control
• Valves, Gates, Diverters
• Weigh Scales

  Supplies simple, self-contained vacuum loaders up to custom-engineered, fully integrated plant systems. Automated turnkey systems utilize vacuum, pressure, or combination vacuum/pressure power units. Detailed CAD layouts supplied with each system quotation. Graphic control panel with programmable controller initiates and monitors the automatic process. Vacuum receivers available in pellet/regrind designs with pellet screens, powder designs with bag or cartridge filters using compressed air blowback and straight-walled units for hard-to-move materials.

  Also silos, railcar unloaders, pneumatic conveyors, belt conveyors, metal detectors/separators, granulators, gravimetric and volumetric feeders, resin dryers and recycling equipment.