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What You Need to Know About Drying Specialty Nylons

PPA is being used more frequently by molders for demanding high-heat applications in automotive and other markets. While in the nylon family, it does not dry quite like nylon. Follow these tips.

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COMPOUNDING: High-Throughput Polyolefin Pellet Dryer

Centrifugal dryer claims highest known capacity for drying polyolefins.

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Drying: Dryer Upgrades to New, Easier-to-Program Control Panel

More intuitive with more information, control panel conveys additional information on a single screen.

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Used Machinery Dealer Expands in Southeast

ZAG Equipment has bigger facility in Gibsonville, N.C.

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Water Droplets in the Feed Throat

And other reasons you must dry hygroscopic resins.

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Augmented Auxiliaries At K 2016

Incremental improvements to existing technologies combined with altogether new advances at the giant show.

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The Primary Importance of Secondary Equipment

Resin drying, resin conveying and process heating and cooling are as vital to the injection molding process as the press and tool, and they get their due at Molding 2017.

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AUXILIARIES: 3D Imaging App Is New Aid to Shopping for Equipment

Turn images around and examine interior components.

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DRYING: Vacuum Dryer’s Load Sensors Continuously Control Resin Levels

Addition to dryer line doubles capacity of previous model.

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What You Need to Know About Drying Specialty Nylons

PPA is being used more frequently by molders for demanding high-heat applications in automotive and other markets. While in the nylon family, it does not dry quite like nylon. Follow these tips.

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COMPOUNDING: High-Throughput Polyolefin Pellet Dryer

Centrifugal dryer claims highest known capacity for drying polyolefins.

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Drying: Dryer Upgrades to New, Easier-to-Program Control Panel

More intuitive with more information, control panel conveys additional information on a single screen.

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Injection Molding: Industry 4.0 Advances at Fakuma 2017

At October’s Fakuma fair in Germany, several injection machine suppliers will showcase their progress toward Industry 4.0 connectivity.

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Why Drying Polyolefins Might Be Right for Your Process

From a technical standpoint, drying non-hygroscopic materials such as polyethylene and polypropylene may not be necessary. However, doing so may be advantageous to your process. Here are details.

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Technology Takes Aim At Drying Specialized Resins

Novatec develops new at-the-press drying solutions for molders tackling highly tailored nylons and other specialty materials.

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Vacuum Drying Sucks Wasted Time From Process Set-Up

A switch to vacuum drying resulted in a completely revamped process for this custom molder.

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Drying: Vacuum Drying Line Extended

New, intermediate-range model in the VBD line of vacuum resin dryers from Maguire.

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Injection Molding: Wittmann’s U.S. Debut of Two Machines, New Robots &...

A high-speed packaging machine, two-shot micromolder, and new high-end and economical robots, plus several new auxiliaries bow in at NPE.

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Unique Machine Combines Dryer, TCU in Single Footprint

Novel, space-saving device co-developed by Novatec and Advantage Engineering offers a single control designed to reduce setup mistakes.

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Mobile Dry-Air Dryers for Small Throughputs with Integrated Conveying

Product can be integrated into existing conveying systems or be equipped as a stand-alone material loader.

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