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nize when conditions begin to shift in carefully managing both convey- guaranteeing its products will deliver
the wrong direction and make dryer- ing speeds and phases, Wave maximum productive uptime. Twenty
control changes. Stored readings can Conveying prevents loss of softer parts and service team members re-
also be used for process validation to materials due to angel hair or spond to tens of thousands of calls
confirm that parts were manufactured snakeskins and wastage of hard each year, answering in an average of
under acceptable conditions. or abrasive materials due to shat- about 15 seconds. Over 450 individual
The Thermolator® TW-T Series tering and dust. Slower convey- products include resin drying systems,
is Conair’s premium temperature- ing speeds also reduce convey- blenders, feeders and material-con-
control unit (TCU), equipped with ing system component wear and veying systems, temperature-control
Conair’s common control and a 4.3- maintenance requirements. equipment, and granulators. Extru-
inch color touch-screen HMI. TW-T • Carousel Plus dX 15-100 and sion solutions include line-control
Series units sized at 3 hp and under Carousel Plus dX 150-200 mobile systems, film, and sheet scrap-reclaim
also require 15% less floor space than desiccant dryers. These compact, systems, and downstream equipment
earlier TCU designs. All sizes (from cart-based units share Conair’s for pipe and profile extrusion. Conair
0.75 to 10 hp) have an open-back DC-B common control platform, also has specialized expertise in every
cabinet that allows for beneficial air displayed on a color, touchscreen major end market – such as packag-
flow around pumps and other internal HMI that provides the same look ing, medical, transportation, building
components and enables visual main- and feel across all major Conair and construction, and many others –
tenance inspection without having to auxiliaries to simplify operator and strives to ensure plastics proces-
remove cabinet panels. Other premi- training. The energy-efficient sors succeed in today’s competitive
um features include automatic phase units also feature closed-loop global marketplace.
detection to validate proper installa- drying, automatic dewpoint con- Built into a Resin Selection System
tion, a modulating cooling valve to en- trol, water- or air-cooled after- (RSS) tabletop, Conair’s wireless
sure consistent temperature control coolers, and an optional blower RFID line-proofing technology uses
without valve changes or deadhead- to enable material conveying. color-coded LEDs to guide operator
ing, and a maintenance-free heater. • Viper 6 beside-the-press granu- selection.
Rounding out Conair’s offerings at lator. The most compact in the Each flex tube handle contains an RFID
Plastimagen 2023 are a number of Viper line of granulators from chip (white rectangle, lower right).
other recently introduced products: Conair, this model features tan- When inserted into the slot of any

• A demonstration of patented gential feed, hardened cutting correct resin source (indicated with
Wave Conveying™ technology chambers and screens; sound- blue LEDs), the RFID chip aligns with
dominates the back wall of the proofed hoppers; and solid-core the concealed RFID antenna at that
Conair booth. Using intelligence rotors with replaceable knives. port and the connection is proofed by
from the Smart FLX control, spe- The Conair Group (www.conair- the SmartFLX conveying control.
cial Wave control valves, and a group.com) offers innovative auxiliary A green LED indicates a “good” con-
deep-vacuum conveying pump, equipment solutions to plastics pro- nection and enables conveying from
Wave Conveying offers multi- cessors around the world. With 32 that resin source. Wrong connections
ple, controlled conveying speeds degreed engineers, including 16 sen- are signaled with a red LED, prevent-
from 300 to 2,800 fpm that gen- ior team members with an average of ing conveying.
tly move high resin volumes in over 23 years of experience, Conair
two speed-controlled modes: brings unparalleled technical exper-
Wave Stream or Wave Pulse. By tise and support to its customers,

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