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Right: Farrag will show its Card E/S, Card M and Card L/ XL bulk materials dryers at K2019
ments continue to be made: better process integration, modern controls – such as the Sleep mode – and the reduction of the amount of air after reaching a particular temperature in the upper range of the drying hopper all help to reduce energy consumption further. The heat recovery from the air compressor has meanwhile led to resin drying which can mostly dispense with additionally supplied energy. At K2019, the company will show its Card E/S,
Card M and Card L/XL bulk materials dryers. These variants can, among other things, be combined with systems for condensation water protection and for internal mould cooling. This way, they make the whole process more efficient, says the company. “It has to be assumed that resin drying using
compressed air will become the standard in the plastics industry in the years to come,” said Farrag. �
www.farragtech.com
Below: American Kuhne will run a medical tubing line at K2019, including XC300 Navigator control
Graham Engineering will showcase live demonstra- tions of a range of its extrusion systems – equipped with its Navigator control system – to make end products including medical tubing and sheet. Real-time graphical display is a feature of the
Navigator control system, said the company. High visual correlation between the touchscreen and machine function ensures an intuitive user experi- ence for ease of use and rapid learning, it added. Control is delivered via hardware that is designed to withstand harsh industrial conditions such as vibration, electrical interference, high temperature, and humidity. “Navigator uses an industrial PC
with a Windows platform to enable intuitive, integrated extru- sion process control,” said David Schroeder, CEO of Graham.
Originally developed for Graham’s extrusion blow the ex- 32
moulding systems – and later adapted for Welex sheet extrusion lines – Navi- gator controls are now available for American Kuhne extru- sion systems such as those for medical tubing, profiles and wire and cable. There are three levels of functional- ity: XC100 for stand-alone extruders; XC200 for one or more extruders in simultane- ous operation; and XC300 for integrated production lines with truder and components such as a
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puller, water bath, or winder. During the show, American Kuhne will run a tri-layer tubing line, comprising three compact modular extruders and the XC300 Navigator control with an integrated TwinCat Scope View data-acquisition system. It will also showcase other medical extrusion systems, including Ultra MD and compact modular extruders. �
www.grahamengineering.com �
www.americankuhne.com
KraussMaffei says that all extrusion machinery – no matter its age – can be given a ‘digital retrofit’ to make it ‘fit for Industry 4.0’. The company’s Digital & Service Solutions (DSS) business unit will showcase a retrofitted machine at this year’s K2019 show. “As of now, various bundles enable the network- ing and use of data for all machine generations and makes in the area of injection moulding,” said the company. “Soon, extrusion technology will also be integrated into the common data ecosystem.” Industry 4.0 describes the way in which machin- ery can become more interconnected with its environment. For instance, fitting a variety of sensors to the machine – and instantly sharing the information from them – allows operators and managers to improve performance. With its retrofit program, KraussMaffei says it cre-
ates the technical prerequisite for connectivity— across processes, generations and, later, even across manufacturers. “Wherever data arises, it also needs to be stored,” said the company. “This can take place
www.pipeandprofile.com
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