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Improved deduster cleans mixed virgin and regrind.


The redesigned model P5 deduster from Pelletron Pelletron is a type of electrostatic particle accelerator similar to a Van de Graaff generator. Pelletrons have been built in many sizes, from small units producing voltages up to 500 kilovolts (kV) and beam energies up to 1 megaelectronvolt (MeV) of kinetic energy, to the largest  Corp., Lancaster Lancaster, city, England
Lancaster (lăng`kəstər), city (1991 pop. 43,902) and district, county seat of Lancashire, NW England, on the Lune River.
, Pa., is more efficient and economical than before. The improved version now can clean mixtures of virgin pellets and regrind. It also has been simplified by removal of the Pellefeeder attachment to control material flow into the deduster. Substituting an agitator ag·i·ta·tor  
n.
1. One who agitates, especially one who engages in political agitation.

2. An apparatus that shakes or stirs, as in a washing machine.

Noun 1.
 for the feeder feeder

abbreviation for self-feeders. Used in feeding groups of animals at intervals of several days. Feed has to be dry and comminuted so that it will run down the spouts from the hopper into the troughs.
 (as on Pelletron's P1 mini model) means less equipment to clean and reduces the cost by nearly 30%. The new P5 removes dust down to 100-micron size at rates of 500 lb/hr. Tel: (717) 293-4008, www.deduster.com
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Title Annotation:Auxiliaries
Publication:Plastics Technology
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Nov 1, 2003
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