Hall 10 | Booth J59
The Conair Group will feature the new DC-T TouchView control, which provides an easy-to-use interface for monitoring and controlling the entire polymer drying process.
The control will be part of a central-drying cell that includes a W300 Carousel Plus desiccant dryer and a four-hopper ResinWorks system equipped with the patented Conair Drying Monitor. A big eight-inch-diagonal graphical touch-screen interface of the dryer control shows at a glance everything going on in the drying system and operators can make adjustments with a touch of their fingertip. It shows current and historical temperature data and includes precise dew-point control. The DC-T also provides a gateway for control of multi-hopper central drying cells, like the ResinWorks system, which combines multiple hoppers with integral air manifolds, ducting and wiring on a sturdy platform for simplified shipping, installation and operation.
Each hopper can be equipped with a Drying Monitor probe that incorporates RTD sensors spaced along its length. The probe measures the temperature at up to six different points in the bed of plastic material so that a temperature profile can be created to verify that conditions for proper drying are maintained. Up to 15 hoppers equipped with Conair temperature controls can be linked to the DC-T for monitoring and duplicate control. Controls web-enabled and will be networked together at K 2013.
The Conair DC-T TouchView control provides an easy-to-use interface for monitoring and controlling the entire polymer drying process (photo: Conair)
For central vacuum conveying, for instance, Conair is exhibiting the FLX loading control, an entry-level plastic-resin-conveying system that was recently expanded to handle up to 128 loaders and 40 vacuum conveying pumps. The system can include functions such as first in/first out (FIFO) and priority loading, multi-source/multi-destination loading, purge, ratio loading, ratio loading with purge, reverse conveying for regrind recovery and loader fill sensing.
Other highlights will include a TrueBlend TB-250 gravimetric blender, which offers throughputs of up to 431kg/h. TrueBlend blenders are available in many sizes to a maximum throughput of up to 5443kg/h and are accurate to within ±0.5% of setpoint on colourant and additive weights.
Among the exhibits will be the EP1A-03 air-cooled portable chiller with onboard process fluid pump and tank. A hot gas bypass valve controlled via a sophisticated PID algorithm enables precise control to within +/- 1°C of setpoint.
Being shown for the first time will be an NCF-819 super-tangential granulator, part of a new line of machines with footprint dimensions at least 30% smaller than many other granulators with similar capabilities. The cutting chamber configuration is ideal for handling lightweight bulky parts such as bottles, but also produces clean uniform granulate from runners and small parts. Four different models feature 203mm (8 inches) diameter rotors, in widths of 240, 360, 480 and 600mm (10, 14, 19 and 24 inches), and deliver standard maximum throughputs ranging from 68 to 205kg.
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