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Novatec – Maguire Purging Recovery System

edwardskiba — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:43:55 +0000

What do you do with your purgings?

Throw them out? How many lbs/year are you throwing out? Sell them? How much do you get paid for them? Pay someone to have them shredded and granulated for you? Can you reuse them in your process?

The Purging Recovery System is an economical way for processors . . . → Read More: Novatec – Maguire Purging Recovery System

Rapid Granulator Small 150 Series with Docking Feature

edwardskiba — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 23:47:57 +0000

The Rapid docking style granulator will fit into a workcell when a typically designed granulator is too tall. This 150 series docking concept is used when an auger granulator is not the best choice for safety reasons, or when the runner is flexible and can get wrapped around the auger. The hopper is much shorter than a normal hopper, the control box is compact, and . . . → Read More: Rapid Granulator Small 150 Series with Docking Feature

Guill Medical Tubing Dies

edwardskiba — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 19:20:41 +0000

Guill Tool is far ahead of their competition in extrusion tooling for medical tubing. As a company, Guill focuses on high technology, product development, and responsiveness to their customers needs, and it shows up in their product. Guill is one of those unique companies that relishes a challenge and is eager to develop new, innovative . . . → Read More: Guill Medical Tubing Dies

Recent CO Engel – Novatec Installation

edwardskiba — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 22:30:18 +0000

Vital Signs, a GE Healthcare company, recently installed two new Engel all electric machines, along with Novatec-Maguire blenders with the new touch screen controls. The two machines are a 110 ton e-Max, using Engel’s LC200 controls, and a 250 ton e-Motion using Engel’s CC 200 controls. The machines are used to produce proprietary medical components for GE Healthcare . . . → Read More: Recent CO Engel – Novatec Installation

Novatec / Maguire Gaylord Sweeper

edwardskiba — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:45:14 +0000

Greatly reduce the amount of labor associated with a typical gaylord unloading station. A typical gaylord unload station utilizing a gaylord tilter, really needs a lot of attention, and it uses quite a bit of floor space.

Think about some of the problems typical with a gaylord tilter:

A fair amount of floor space above and beyond the size . . . → Read More: Novatec / Maguire Gaylord Sweeper

Energy Saving Series: Vacuum Drying

edwardskiba — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:42:25 +0000

This is one in a series of articles that will deal specifically with ideas for energy saving products and technologies. Here we will specifically discuss the Novatec VDR Vacuum Resin Dryer. Save energy– If your plant uses a large number of dryers, this topic is important, because drying plastic pellets can be one . . . → Read More: Energy Saving Series: Vacuum Drying

Plastic Pellet Drying, in a Novatec vacuum dryer

edwardskiba — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 23:08:18 +0000

Novatec - Maguire Vacuum Dryer

For the right applications, Novatec’s VRD Series of dryers have a significant number of advantages over dryers using conventional dryer technologies.

Take a typicl size dryer used in the Rocky Mountain area, something sized for a 25 lb/hr throughput, drying Polycarbonate:

Footprint is 23″ x 26.5″ There is NO . . . → Read More: Plastic Pellet Drying, in a Novatec vacuum dryer

Skiba Inc Representing Novatec

edwardskiba — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 02:35:54 +0000

Going forward, Skiba, Inc will be representing Novatec for plastic resin conveying, drying and blending.

Although I will no longer be representing Conair by contract, as always, please do not hesitate to contact me if I can help in any way. I have a long history with Conair dating back to the late . . . → Read More: Skiba Inc Representing Novatec

x-melt basics: Why designers now have more part design options

edwardskiba — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:50:57 +0000

X-melt is a patented “expansion molding” technology available from Engel Machinery. It is a process that enables part designers to cross old design barriers in small, detailed part designs. The x-melt technology will consistently fill micro sized parts, thin wall parts, or small parts with minute detail, with accuracy . . . → Read More: x-melt basics: Why designers now have more part design options

Extruder control options

edwardskiba — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:49:39 +0000

Extrusion lines are still very often run with what is normally called discrete controls, or separate controls for each temperature zone, for screw speed, and for each piece of downstreme equipment. There has always been the high end, all encompassing control systems available, and for a few years now ther has also been a few . . . → Read More: Extruder control options