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IN THE NEWS

Conair to unveil 12 product demonstrations and patented, Al-
driven conveying technology at NPE2024

onair will be making its larg- source-to-destination material flows specifically the need for error-prone
Cest – and most interactive – regardless of material characteristics, manual interactions with the convey-
new-product introduction ever at distances, or destinations while auto- ing equipment.”

The Conair Group (www.conair-
group.com) offers innovative auxiliary
equipment solutions to plastics pro-
cessors around the world. With 32
degreed engineers, including 16 sen-
ior team members with an average of
over 23 years of experience, Conair
brings unparalleled technical exper-
tise and support to its customers,
guaranteeing its products will deliver
maximum productive uptime. Twenty
parts and service team members re-
spond to tens of thousands of calls
each year, answering in an average of
about 15 seconds. Over 450 individual
products include resin drying systems,
blenders, feeders and material-con-
veying systems, temperature-control
NPE2024, where it will display more matically compensating for common equipment, and granulators. Extru-
than 55 pieces of equipment, work- conveying problems. All the operator sion solutions include line-control
ing medical and filament extrusion needs to do is tell the conveying con- systems, film and sheet scrap-reclaim
lines, and 12 new products, all aimed troller where to send the material, systems, and downstream equipment
at helping users “Make Every Pellet and the technology takes care of the for pipe and profile extrusion. Conair
Count.” The Conair booth (W2113) rest. also has specialized expertise in every
will feature products in eight function- “At Conair, we have always sold aux- major end market – such as packag-
al areas, inviting visitors to encounter iliary equipment to processors with ing, medical, transportation, building
more than a dozen interactive “hands the understanding that it’s going to and construction, and many others –
on” demonstrations with a new gen- provide labor savings and increased and strives to ensure plastics proces-
eration of smart, AI-driven controls productivity,” says Sam Rajkovich, VP sors succeed in today’s competitive
and equipment. NPE2024 takes place Sales & Marketing. “Our latest prod- global marketplace.
from May 6-10 at the Orange County ucts, including our AI-driven convey-
Convention Center in Orlando. New for NPE2024, a patented, AI-
ing technology, offer processors a driven conveying technology from
Highlighting Conair’s NPE2024 booth practical, affordable, and technically Conair creates and maintains optimal
is a live, interactive demonstration of advanced way to meet high labor source-to-destination material flows
a novel and patented AI-driven con- training and turnover costs head-on. regardless of material characteristics,
veying technology that virtually elimi- Investing in this product is going to di- distances, and destinations while au-
nates the need for human interaction rectly save labor and simplify training tomatically compensating for com-
or adjustments to central conveying because artificial intelligence will not mon conveying problems.
system. This patented AI technol- only optimize the process of convey-
ogy creates and maintains optimal ing, but also will eliminate labor costs,

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