Conair Group, Cranberry Twp, Pennsylvania, offers innovative auxiliary equipment solutions to plastics processors, has recently demonstrated its first interactive display that simulates resin preparation, ingredient feeding and a final moisture check before a resin mixture enters processing. The demonstration employs a TrueFeed™ feeder that draws polycarbonate pellets in via its vacuum loading option before metering them into a discharge bin. From there, the simulated pellet mix is pulled into a TLM motorized tube loader, which discharges the resin through the new Conair Moisture Minder, simulating the movement of resin to a machine feedthroat.
The all-electric Moisture Minder sensor provides in-line resin moisture analysis, detecting residual moisture levels in a broad range of polymers at throughput rates of 20 to 5000 lb per hour. The Moisture Minder is available in two models: the M5 unit detects moisture levels in the range between 10 and 1000 ppm, while the M10 tracks moisture in the 300 to 3000 ppm band. The real-time monitor measures material moisture continually, based on user-configured set points that trigger an alert when moisture levels drift outside prescribed limits, enabling managers to adjust drying parameters and prevent the processing of material with excessive moisture.
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