Auxiliary Equipment (September 01, 2007)

Screenless beside the press granulators

Motan’s Twincut screenless beside the press granulator uses a two-shaft, patented cutter design to granulate conventional plastics including glass-filled materials as well as soft thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) and similar materials.

The unit is available in three sizes. The TC 68 accommodates sprues and runners measuring up to six inches by eight inches, and is designed for presses of 50 tons or less; the TC 1013 accommodates sprues and runners that measure up to 10 inches by 13 inches, and is designed for presses of 250 tons or less; and the TC 1517 accommodates sprues and runners measuring up to 15 inches by 17 inches, and is designed for presses of 500 tons or less.

Motan Inc. (Plainwell, Mich.);

www.motan.com; 269-685-1050

Dier International Plastics Inc. (Unionville, Ont.);

www.dierinternational.com; 905-474-9874

Force-feed control system lowers downtime

The updated Bridge-Buster by Size Reduction Specialists (SRS) Corp. is a specially designed force-feed control system within the hopper that smoothly moves large runners into a two-stage cutting system for reduction to a desired size.

Benefits include elimination of large runner bridging, reduction of many of the downtime problems associated with feeding large runners into an automated regrind cutting system, and minimal loss of regrind material.

Featuring an integrated electrical system (230 or 460), the same granulator can be used for both large and small runners.

Also, SRS custom conversion service allows customers to add Bridge-Buster to their existing SRS granulators.

SRS Corp. (East Lansing, Mich.);

www.srscorp.com; 517-333-2605