Feeding & Blending
Drawer Magnet Can Take the Heat
Bunting Magnetic's FF 350 Hi Temp Drawer Magnet is rated to 350 F.
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Automated Self-Cleaning Blender
Advanced Blending Solutions’ (ABS) Chameleon Simplicity 3000 can complete a blender material change without operator assistance.
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The 3-to-7-Minute Color Change—Step 2: Preparation & Equipment
Hopper and screw and barrel considerations come into play as do strategies: press-side loading, satellite hoppers or a combination of both?
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Compact System Combines Loading, Dosing, Mixing, and Dispensing Functions
Maguire’s Micro Tower mixes up to three materials—such as virgin resin, regrind, and masterbatch—in 10 lb. (4.5 kg) batches.
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Cart-Mounted Blending Systems Updated
Updates to Plastrac's cart-mounted blended systems which debuted at NPE2015 include a new touch-screen control.
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Materials Handling: Control for Bowl Feeder Gives Energy Savings, Gentler Feeding
Bowl feeder with new control adjusts its drive frequency according to the changing mass of its contents.
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New Features for STF's Polygonal Vertical and Horizontal Auger Combination
The company says the combination of a horizontal and vertical auger saves space since a long diagonal conveyor belt system is no longer needed.
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Materials Handling: New Volumetric & Gravimetric Feeders
Acrison has a new dual-auger feeder and a very compact model for mounting multiple units on one hopper.
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Materials Handling: Gravimetric Feeder for Compounding; Remote Monitoring for Predictive Maintenance
At the recent Fakuma show in Germany, Schenck Process (U.S. office in Kansas City, Mo.) presented a new feeder series for compounding and masterbatch production, as well as new remote monitoring capability for the company’s weighing, feeding, and conveying equipment.
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Auxiliaries: New Auxiliaries for Blending, Loading, Cooling & Granulating
Wittmann Battenfeld showed a variety of new and modified auxiliary equipment at the Fakuma show.
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