MACHINERY | PELLETISERS
have a pelletising system that achieved a throughput of four tonnes per hour. To achieve this target, IPS engineers took the core machine design used in its smaller IPS-UWG 75S and IPS-UWG 120S pelletisers, but incorporated a more powerful drive motor, installed a larger die plate with a pitch circle diameter of 200mm, and reinforced the machine
Above: The BXP20 strand pelletiser is one of Bay Plastics
Machinery’s models for
handling tough pultruded products such as LFTs
base frame for the swivel system to produce the IPS-UWG 200S model. “We have been impressed by the reliable machine technology from IPS for many years,” says Axel Eggers, Director of Engineering at Mocom. “We were therefore able to gain a comprehensive impression of the performance of the UWG in the IPS technical centre before we ordered it. All IPS systems are robust and even easier to operate thanks to the new visualisation of the user interface using special IPS icons. In addition, the IPS systems fulfil our high safety requirements, especially with regards to process monitoring.”
Right: Schematic image of Bay Plastics
Machinery’s new automated die wipe system for strand
pelletisers
Targeting LFTs Michigan, US-based Bay Plastics Machinery (BPM) has been a key player in pelletising technology for more than 60 years and currently offers a complete line of strand pelletisers, convey- ors, water baths, air knives/strand dewater- ing units, and spare parts. In October last year it announced it had joined forces with Colorado Legacy Group, led by industry consultant Creig Bowland, to support customers working with long-fibre technology (LFT) applications. “We have decided the time is right to
expand our capabilities in LFT,” says Jim Forgash, VP of Sales and Marketing at BPM. “We know pelletising and our machinery is being used on a number of LFT applications worldwide. Bringing Creig in provides great value to our customers. Combined, our companies are a great resource.” Bowland sees the partnership as well timed.
“There are a lot of small businesses venturing in to LFT, and many of them are using unique resins and blends,” he says. “We look forward to helping these companies improve their operations to help them succeed.”
Beyond the LFT sector, BPM launched a new
automated die wipe unit at the start of this year that will help compounders minimise downtime by providing on-demand startup of automatic strand pelletising lines. As an example, the company says the unit can wipe a 400mm (16-inch) wide die in as little as 0.25s and offers a full cycle time of around 4s (performance depends on die width). The automated system is said to mimic the manual die wiping action of a handheld scraper. It allows start-ups at higher throughput rates and is claimed to eliminate false starts. Further efficiency gains are realised through the pneumatically-oper- ated wipe’s low air-consumption requirements, which BPM says means accumulator tanks are not required. The unit mounts directly to the die body and
features a space-saving design that avoids thermal- ly-dependent dimension stack-ups. It is available for 45°downward-facing, vertical or horizontal
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