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equipment for cyclists, especially exercise bikes and rollers for racing drivers, as well as drinking bottles and bottle cages. The company is best known for its bottles, with which it has been equipping several professional teams in cycling for years. The company recently set up a new produc- tion site in Oegstgeest, close to its headquarters. The Dutch representative of Koch Technik,
Koch Technik has installed a complete central conveyor system from the silo to the plastics processing machine for Netherlands-based manufacturer Tacx
the TrueRate system to SmartServices, Conair’s cloud-based Industry 4.0 solution for auxiliary equipment monitoring, management and analysis. All that is needed is a SmartServices hub and an Ethernet cable connected to the TrueRate system’s electrical control panel. “TrueRate is a new and elegant way to track and
Right: Motan- Colortronic has developed a compact remote
maintenance box for digitally
maintaining and caring for system controls anywhere in the world
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regulate the receipt, flow, and usage of valuable resins and flowable powders throughout a plastics processing facility,” says Landers. “In totaliser mode, the system can, for example, accurately measure and validate the quantity of resin con- veyed from a process bin that was loaded from a silo. Or, it can track the dispensing of that resin to the plant, leaving the processor with an accurate, running inventory. In job mode, an operator can program the system to measure out a precise amount of material into a bin. For example, you can unload 400 lb of material into a Gaylord, 25 lb into a mixer, or 65 lb into a container that is used to manually fill a rotational mould. Just put the container in place beneath the TrueRate system, and input the desired weight on the control interface. The system will dispense exactly the right amount and stop, so there is no need for manual weighing and no guesswork or error in tracking the total throughput.” Koch Technik has installed a complete central conveyor system from the silo to the plastics processing machine for Netherlands-based Tacx. The new energy-efficient EKON dryer system was also used. Tacx is a manufacturer of training systems and
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Thiele & Kor Plastics Machinery, installed the complete central conveying and drying system from the silos to the dryers and pipe systems to the plastic processing machines. The system supplies around 20 fully electric injection moulding ma- chines, on which technical parts are moulded, and four blow moulding machines, on which drinking bottles are produced. The main materials used are polyamides and polycarbonates, both in granular form and as regrind. The EKON dryer unit (introduced by Koch
Technik at K2019 – see Injection World March 2020 issue) combines the advantages of the company’s existing two dryer concepts CKT and EKO. EKON dryers are available in eight different sizes from 110-2,000 m³/h. For the system for Tacx, the EKON 1100F (for the generation of 1,100 m³/h of dry air) was selected, together with a total of 16 drying containers of different sizes. Tacx says that there is currently increased demand for exercise bikes for home use, due to the coronavirus pandemic, so production expan- sion for the cycling equipment supplier was well timed.
Motan-Colortronic has developed a compact
remote maintenance box that can keep a system running no matter where it is located in the world – a simple and secure solution for digitally main- taining and caring for system controls. The com- pany adds that modern raw materials handling systems require complex controls to run efficiently. In the case of a problem or an update to the control, a specialist service person is usually required to get the system up and running again and to keep operational downtime to a minimum. However, in today’s challenging times, it is not always possible for qualified service personnel to be present when they are needed most. The maintenance box contains a powerful industrial PC with comprehensive software packages for
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