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PRODUCT NEWS

Maguire renames it vacuum Kiefel’s newly developed
dryers Speedformer KMD 90

ennsylvania, based Maguire products has renamed iefel has designed its newly developed Speedformer
Pit vacuum dryers. The world’s only vacuum resin KKMD 90 to be launchedat the K 2019 The new
dryer designed for plastics processors has a new brand generation of Kiefel steel rule machines offers the
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ULTRA®, the dryer uses energy productivity, process control and availability, as well as
to dry resin at such a drastically trend-setting intuitive user guidance with considerable
lower rate than a comparable added value in operation and maintenance. The heating
new desiccant dryer that its system is ready for use within a very short time and
manufacturer, Maguire Products, excels with a 20% higher heating capacity - despite
Inc., says “with costs so low, it’s reduced energy consumption! In combination with
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with the ULTRA dryer are even considerable energy savings. The new KMD generation
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Low Energy Dryers are based on produce superior molded parts. The ergonomic tool
technology introduced by Maguire change systems can significantly shorten set-up
in 2013 under the name VBD™, times. The many improvements and details add up
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polymer to its required temperature is roughly the same and data transparency are a matter of course. And of
for both vacuum and desiccant dryers, we now know that course, in addition to common materials and products,
the ULTRA Low Energy Dryer uses much less energy in the
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ULTRA design is smarter too, by leveraging off Maguire’s
years of experience with gravimetric controls, measuring
materials movements by weight, as seen with the range of
Maguire gravimetric blenders and feeders. The adoption
of load cells into the dryer on the vacuum hopper and
retention hoppers allows the touchscreen controls of the
dryer to automatically control the process in a way not
seen with desiccant dryers, noted Mr. Kavanagh. “The
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achieve many functions automatically, such as automatic and produce even complex products whilst consuming
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materials changes extremely rapid. It also makes possible only needs a few parameters to be input, the rest are
automatic adaptive drying, which means that the dryer automatically determined by installed algorithms. The
is able to automatically regulate materials in process display shows the entire forming process and other
according to demand and to increase or decrease materials important processes at a glance.
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