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'World's largest' granulators chop film. (Auxiliaries).


Two claim the title. Both were delivered last year in Europe. The world's largest granulators are grinding grinding, process by which surface material is removed from an object, usually metal, by the abrasive action of a rotating wheel or a moving belt that contains abrasive grains.  BOPP and nylon films on rolls up to 33 ft long.

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 in Germany delivered a Rotoplex granulator with a 36 x 114 in. cutting chamber and two 300-hp motors. It weighs 27 tons and recycles 15,000 lb/hr of BOPP film from 0.007 to 0.0025 in. thick. Cutting BOPP requires a double-angle cut, so the machine has 10 rotor rotor: see generator; motor, electric.  knives knives  
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 and seven rows of bed knives, maintaining tight tolerances of 0.006 in., vs. 0.020 in. for a normal granulator, says the U.S. rep, Hosokawa Polymer Systems in Berlin, Conn. The customer ordered an identical second unit. *96*

* Netzsch Condux in Germany, represented here by Netzsch Inc. in Exton, Pa., delivered an almost equally massive unit, model CS 1000/2400-III-G-W. It weighs 20 tons and has a 39 x 96 in. cutting chamber with one 300-hp motor. The cutting rotor for nylon 6 film has 12 segmented knives and a housing with built-in screens. It cuts any soft, non-brittle material to flake flake

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 smaller than 5 mm, Netzsch says. *97*
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Title Annotation:International Pages; Rotoplex granulator
Comment:'World's largest' granulators chop film. (Auxiliaries).(Rotoplex granulator )(International Pages)
Publication:Plastics Technology
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Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Mar 1, 2002
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