Drying
Dryers are used to minimize or eliminate problems that moisture in the plastics cause during processing. Includes resin drying; hygroscopic resins; desiccant dryer; wheel dryer; vacuum dryer; drying PET; drying PC; drying ABS; drying nylon.
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Bozzelli’s Guide To Specifying a Dryer
Here's a list of 17 things to do when looking for new drying equipment.
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Why (and What) You Need to Dry
Other than polyolefins, almost every other polymer exhibits some level of polarity and therefore can absorb a certain amount of moisture from the atmosphere. Here’s a look at some of these materials, and what needs to be done to dry them.
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Follow These Seven Management Tips for More Consistent Resin Drying
Equipment and advice sure help, but ultimately, good management makes the difference.
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Spring Tips for Dryer Maintenance
The warm, humid weather really puts a strain on both the regeneration and process, so it is important that everything is in perfect working order. The time to check is now.
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What You Need to Know About Drying Specialty Nylons
PPA is being used more frequently by molders for demanding high-heat applications in automotive and other markets. While in the nylon family, it does not dry quite like nylon. Follow these tips.
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Latest Drying News And Updates
Compact, Mobile Dryer Has Unique Conveying Capabilities
Mobile dryer includes closed-loop conveying to minimize the use of ambient air for resin movement.
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NPE2024: Tracker Monitoring and Reporting Software supports ISO reporting and material validation, including PCR usage and equipment status monitoring.
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For the most part, subsidiary company names will remain, with slight modifications meant to enhance the Group’s identity.
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Conair Names New Execs in Sales, Systems, Product Management and Extrusion
Moves aimed at strengthening customer focus, market awareness, and technical expertise in key areas of our business.
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Novatec Announces Deal with Moisture-Analysis Specialist
Novatec will be aboni’s exclusive distributor in North and Latin America for offline moisture analyzer.
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Wheel Dryers for Beside-the-Press, Small Central Applications
Precision control on the dryer series reportedly prevents the thermal, chemical and physical material degradation that can result from long drying times at high temperatures and high air flow.
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Captive Molder Beefs Up Auxiliaries to Boost Quality, Consistency
SeeScan adds conveying, drying, feeding and chilling technologies to improve quality — and enhance employee safety — in production of its underground/underwater inspection systems.
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Bozzelli’s Guide To Specifying a Dryer
Here's a list of 17 things to do when looking for new drying equipment.
Read More
Why (and What) You Need to Dry
Other than polyolefins, almost every other polymer exhibits some level of polarity and therefore can absorb a certain amount of moisture from the atmosphere. Here’s a look at some of these materials, and what needs to be done to dry them.
Read More
15 Headlines I’d Like to See in ’22
Extrapolating from recent news and trends, I twisted the dial from “Reasonable Possibilities” to “A Bit of Fantasy”
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Medical Molder Boasts Showpiece Material-Handling System
Flex Manchester is so proud of its new, elaborate drying/conveying system that it greets visitors front and center on their way to view the cleanroom molding floor.
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Follow These Seven Management Tips for More Consistent Resin Drying
Equipment and advice sure help, but ultimately, good management makes the difference.
Read MoreFAQ: Drying
How to dry resins?
Proper drying requires attention to detail in the following areas: temperature and moisture content (dew point) of the inlet air, volumetric flow rate of the air across the pellets, time the material is in the drying hopper, and temperature of the return air coming back from the hopper to the drying unit. There are other areas of concern related to the design and maintenance of the system. This also assumes that a desiccant dryer is being used.
How can I achieve more consistent resin drying?
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Control Initial Moisture Levels in Undried Resin
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Size Dryers Properly
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Dry at Correct Temperature
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Keep Drying Hoppers Full
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Limit Machine-Side Material Inventory
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Keep Airflow Clean and Consistent
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Invest in a Moisture Analyzer
Drying Supplier Categories
- Chillers
- Water, Oil Manifolds and Couplings
- Water Treatment/Filtration Systems
- Hot-water or Oil-circulating Temperature Controllers
- Heat-transfer Fluids
- Cold-storage Chambers
- Heat Pipes and Related Thermal Conductors
- Used Molds
- Cooling Towers
- Heaters, Heating Elements
- Used Machinery
- Heat-recovery Systems
- Equipment Cleaning Services
- Heat Exchangers
- Ovens