Material Handling Systems

A new single-drum tumbler was designed to turn unused corners of the customer's facility into a productive place to mix materials. The single material drum tumbler from IMS Company (Chagrin Falls, OH) now converts into a double tumbler with the addition of a rear leg set and a second drum holder instead of requiring the customer to buy a second drum tumbler when their mixing needs increase. 

Eriez (Erie, PA) has augmented its range of magnetic separators with the debut of the heavy duty Model CF Metal Separator; installable directly above the material feed throat of an extruder, injection molding or blow molding machine

Bringing together control technology developed for its TrueBlend family of gravimetric polymer blenders and the TrueBlend EXT extrusion-control system, Conair (Cranberry Twp., PA) is now offering three distinct blender-control options for both extruders and injection-molders.

Pat Smith, VP sales and marketing at plastics auxiliary equipment manufacturer Maguire, cuts to the chase when he describes the positive impact that the company's MaxiBatch brand of blenders are having on the company's business. "It is the single fastest-growing portion of our business," he explains, with plastics compounders and extrusion processors eagerly installing the machines in their plants.

The Maguire WSB 260R4 gravimetric-blender incorporates six hopper bins, including two large ones for natural resin and regrind and four minor-ingredient bins that are removable for fast color and additive changes and easy cleanout. While materials in the large bins are dispensed by means of slide gates like those in many other Maguire blenders, additive dispensing is carried out with vertical valves, which provide a high degree of accuracy when dosing minor ingredients.

A rugged, energy-efficient drive boasting a compact footprint, lower total cost-of-ownership and moreover enhanced usability is equally at home controlling motion in material handling systems or packaging conveyors. The Sinamics G110D drive from Siemens (Atlanta, GA) is ideal for installation in close proximity to motors located throughout facilities where dust and water ingression are a concern.

A hopper/mini silo system fabricated from HDPE that not only functions as a dry-bulk hopper and storage silo but also as a machine feed hopper that does not require constant operator attention, is "intended to replace the cardboard gaylord and wooden pallets that have been used in the plastic processing industry for years," according to its developer, David Wheatley.

BinMaster, a division of Garner Industries, a custom injection molder in Lincoln, NE, introduced its BinMaster MVL Multi-Scanner System for very large silos. The MVL multiple scanner system integrates multiple point measurement data from two 3DLevelScanners to measure a very wide material surface area.

A line of simple to operate and highly reliable Venturi vacuum transfer tubes that have no moving parts, cannot overheat, and feature a straight-thru interior for conveying powders and pellets is available from Anver Corporation (Hudson, MA).

A new dosing unit for injection molding machines will debut at this year's K Show that claims to guarantee total accuracy in dosing the smallest quantities, irrespective of external influences. On show at the Werner Koch Maschinentechnik (Ispringen, Germany) stand (10/A21), The Exako is fitted with scales which register the actual weight and compare the value with the calculated set weight using a new control system.