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The new 1200 Series Blenders from Maguire Products

new series of gravimetric blenders for larger- of plus or minus 0.1% for every material dispensed into
A throughput applications that precisely dispenses up the weigh chamber, regardless of its form.”
to twelve materials of widely diverse types and can be
configured to dose up to six major ingredients, including Asahi Soft Drinks invests in
virgin polymer, regrind, and post-consumer resin (PCR) has
been developed by Maguire Products.The new Maguire® InnoPET Blomax system
Weigh Scale Blender (WSB) 1200 Series has a throughput
range of 900 to 2,040 kg/hr (2,000 to 4,500 lb/hr) and
is suitable for extrusion, high volume injection and blow apan’s Asahi Soft Drinks has bought a stretch blow
molding, and central blending applications. The series is Jmoulder from KHS for the production of PET bottles
for its Rokko No Mizu water brand. The beverage
the latest addition to Maguire’s WSB product range, which company has installed KHS’s InnoPET Blomax Series V
already includes over 120 models with throughputs ranging to produce 600ml to-go bottles and large 2l containers.
from 40 to 5,500 kg/hr (90 to 12,125 lb/hr). Maguire According to KHS, the Series V saves up to 40 per
has sold more than 58,000 WSBs since it introduced the cent in energy compared to its predecessor thanks
gravimetric blender in 1989. The 1200 Series blenders can
dispense as many as twelve batch ingredients, from pellets,
powders, and liquids to poorly flowing ingredients like
regrind, flake, wood flour and talc filler. Each ingredient
hopper has a dispensing device designed for a material
in a specific form. Like the larger units in the WSB-2400
and WSB-3000 series, the new blenders can be outfitted
with up to six large-component slide gates for dispensing
major ingredients, along with any combination of large
corner valves (11,000 g/sec), 4-inch vertical valves (2,000
g/sec), 2-inch vertical valves (400 g/sec), auger feeders,
and liquid color pumps.“By providing the same capability to the implementation of a new heating concept.
as the 2400 and 3000 Series units for dispensing up to The near infrared (NIR) heater is centrally installed
six large-component ingredients, the WSB-1200 Series in the closed reflector tunnel. The preforms pass the
blenders enable processors working in a somewhat smaller centrally arranged heating units to both the left and
right. This means that every single NIR heater is used
twice. Meanwhile, the Series V also offers a 40 per
cent reduction in compressed air as a result of KHS’s
EcoDry air management system. The system uses the
residual air from the blowing and recycling process to
replace a separate air drier in the base mold area and
in the blow wheel. Matthias Gernhuber, Head of Area
Sales and Product Management for Asia-Pacific at KHS
Corpoplast GmbH, said: “When a Japanese company
like Asahi trusts in us thanks to the notable efficiency
and reliability of our machines, then that’s a great
honour indeed saving energy in the interest of the
throughput range to meet growing demand for products environment and the demand for product quality are
that incorporate regrind and PCR along with virgin resin,” of especial importance to the Japanese.” Convinced
said Frank Kavanagh, vice president of marketing and by the system performance, Asahi recently announced
sales. “And like all Maguire blenders across the throughput plans to commission a second stretch blow moulder
range, the 1200 Series WSBs provide consistent accuracy from the new series.

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