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Auger feeders for powder get new controls.


Plasticolor auger auger (ô`gər): see drill.
auger

Tool (or bit) used with a carpenter's brace for drilling holes, usually in wood. It looks like a corkscrew and produces extremely clean holes, almost regardless of how large the bit is.
 feeders from Woywod GmbH & Co. KG in Germany (sold here to wire and cable manufacturers by Unitek North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere.  Inc., Hamden, Conn.) are available in new versions to handle powders and other "difficult" materials. Plasticolor also has a new system for its feeders and gravimetric gravimetric /grav·i·met·ric/ (grav?i-me´trik) pertaining to measurement by weight; performed by weight, as a gravimetric method of drug assay.

grav·i·met·ric
adj.
1.
 or volumetric volumetric /vol·u·met·ric/ (vol?u-met´rik) pertaining to or accompanied by measurement in volumes.

vol·u·met·ric
adj.
Of or relating to measurement by volume.
 mixing stations (photo), which stores usage data on multiple materials, controls hopper loading, and performs semi-automatic calibration. It also readily interfaces with a PC or connects to a field-bus system.

Also new is the Colorette series of feeders and volumetric mixers designed for simplicity, economy, and ease of use. They handle two to four components at up to 1100 lb/hr. All these new products will be displayed at the K 2004 show in Dusseldorf next month. Woywod: +49 89 854800/PT Direct: 544KV * Unitek: (203) 230-5647/PT Direct: 525BP

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Title Annotation:Auxiliaries
Publication:Plastics Technology
Date:Oct 1, 2004
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