Materials & parts handling.Dryers, feeders, blenders, loaders, metal detectors, level sensors, mechanical and pneumatic conveyors, silos, bins, pumps, filters, valves, box fillers, bag dumpers, and materials-handling control systems constitute one of the biggest categories of products on display at NPE NPE NullPointerException (Java) NPE Network Processing Engine NPE National Policy on Education NPE National Plastics Exposition NPE Natural Penis Enlargement NPE Nutrition Program for the Elderly . Lower cost, higher efficiency, energy savings, and higher accuracy in metering/feeding are common themes. In addition to familiar domestic suppliers, there is a wider-than-ever range of international equipment sources to meet at the show. Conveying systems & controls If you're thinking of installing or upgrading a pneumatic conveying system, a host of new and improved components from silos to hopper loaders will be introduced by firms such as AEC AEC US Atomic Energy Commission Noun 1. AEC - a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States Atomic Energy Commission , K-Tron, Lorenz, Meyer, Mould-tek, Pelletron, Premier Pneumatics pneu·mat·ics n. (used with a sing. verb) The study of the mechanical properties of air and other gases. pneumatics Noun , Process Control, Progressive Products, Salina Salina (səlī`nə), city (1990 pop. 42,303), seat of Saline co., central Kans., on the Smoky Hill River; founded 1858 by settlers opposed to slavery, inc. 1870. Vortex, Silos y Camiones, Sterling, Universal Dynamics, and Wittmann. You'll find everything from more wear-resistant tubing elbows to self-cleaning slide gates to quieter vacuum pumps. And if you're looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a way to control and monitor your plant from a single PC station, new-generation systems will be unveiled by AEC, Conair, Motan, Mould-tek, and Universal Dynamics. Mould-tek's new Excel system boasts the unusual capability to "learn" the optimum load times. For new products in mechanical conveyors for materials and parts, step by Bunting Magnetics, Dynamic Conveyor, and HFA HFA Harvard Film Archive (Harvard University) HFA Harry Fox Agency, Inc. HFA Housing Finance Agency (District of Columbia government) HFA Hyogo Framework for Action HFA High-Functioning Autism . Dryers of every kind More vendors are offering a choice of different drying technologies for different needs and budgets. They'll all be there at NPE: hot air, desiccant desiccant /des·ic·cant/ (des´i-kant) 1. promoting dryness. 2. an agent that promotes dryness. des·ic·cant n. , vacuum, and compressed air with or without absorbent membrane. Some come with integrated blending and/or conveying systems. The latest models boast improved energy efficiency, compactness, and easy cleanout. Whether you're looking for larger sizes or diminutive units for micromolding, you'll find new dryers and drying controls from Cactus, Comet, Conair, Dri-Air, Fasti, Matsui, Motan, Novatec, Sterling, Wittmann, and Thoreson-McCosh. Novatec, in particular, is adding its first wheel-type desiccant dryers, vacuum dryers, and infrared PET dryer/crystallizers. Feeders, blenders by the dozen In 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. and gravimetric feeders and blenders, the main goals of recent product developments have been improved accuracy and faster changeovers. New products range from additive feeders for less than 1 lb/hr (from CRG CRG Centre for Research on Globalisation CRG Council for Responsible Genetics CRG Contingency Response Group CRG Citizens for Responsible Government CRG Corporate Renaissance Group CRG Columbia River Gorge CRG Consulting Resource Group CRG Columbia Resource Group Logics) to gravimetric blenders for 10,000 lb/hr (Maguire Products). Other new feeding/blending hardware and controls will be shown by AccuRate, Acrison, AEC, Autoload, Colortronic, Comet Automation, Conair, Foremost, K-Tron, Meyer, Motan, Plast-Control (introducing its first line), Plastore, Premier Pneumatics, Process Control, Sterling, and TSM TSM Tivoli Storage Manager TSM Transportation System Management TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (stock symbol) TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Control. For more specialized needs, there are new metal detectors/separators from Bunting Magnetics and Eriez Magnetics, as well as new level sensors from ASI ASI, n See Anxiety Sensitivity Index. Instruments. Industrial Magnetics is also showing metal separators, and level sensors are displayed by Bindicator, Binmaster, HCS HCS - Heterogeneous Computer System A distributed system project. , ifm efector, Kistler-Morse, and Monitor Technologies. International vendors Each NPE attracts more suppliers from outside the U.S. to provide domestic processors with a wider range of choices. This year's materials- and parts-handling exhibits include Aircomex and Silos y Camiones of Mexico; Ariostea, Doteco, Gima, and Zecchetti of Italy; Bry-Air Asia and Dynamic Engineers from India; Eisbaer of Austria; Axium, HCS, Industrial Metal Fabricators, and Orientec from Canada; Kongskilde from Denmark; Liad of Israel; Ming Lee of Hong Kong; Ningbo Fangli, Ningbo Huare, and Yann Bang from China; Shini from Taiwan, TSM from Ireland, and Zeppelin from Germany. Exhibitor Listings Includes raw-materials conveying, metering, feeding, blending, loading, and bulk storage, as well as finished-parts handling and packing. New developments appear in boldface type. ACCURATE/SCHENCK ACCURATE Booth 9813 Introducing CP-3 industrial PC controller (Windows XP) with 15-in. LCD touchscreen and Compact Flash memory in place of a less-reliable hard disk. Will run newest version of DG-2000 Group Manager control software with added graphics, recipe management, and trending. Demonstrating SolidsFlow Model 7000 vibrating vibrating, v using quivering hand motions made across the client's body for therapeutic purposes. fibrous material feeder for chopped glass or other fibers. Also showing Mechatron volumetric and gravimetric screw feeders, DEA DEA - Data Encryption Algorithm weigh feeders Tuf-Flex volumetric feeders with flexible-hopper agitation, and SacMaster bulk-bag discharger. ACRISON, INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic. Antonym: dec. . Booth 1191 Introducing new generation of weigh-feeder controls. Also showing new compact 407 Series loss-in-weight feeders and additional models of 270 Series weigh-feeder modules with "in-line" vertical configuration. ADDMIX See DMS (1) (Document Management System) See document management. (2) (Defense Messaging System) An X.500-compliant messaging system developed by the U.S. Dept. of Defense. . AEC, INC. Booth 1802 Introducing AFC-S Series central vacuum safety filter to protect vacuum pumps from damage by fines and dust and improved APD APD atrial premature depolarization (see atrial premature complex, under complex ); pamidronate. and APC (1) (American Power Conversion Corporation, West Kingston, RI, www.apcc.com) The leading manufacturer of UPS systems and surge suppressors, founded in 1981 by Rodger Dowdell, Neil Rasmussen and Emanual Landsman, three electronic power engineers who had worked at MIT. Series vacuum pumps, which are now quieter, more efficient, and ultra-compact. Also introducing A3 software package to control up to 1000 BD Series batch weigh blenders and 1000 resins, silos, or bins. Also new is Allen-Bradley controller with color touchscreen, animated graphics, and exclusive error-checking software for OL Series continuous loss-in-weight blenders. Showing recently introduced 24/128 VacTrac conveying controller for up to 24 vacuum pumps, 128 loading stations, and 128 purge valves. AIR-TRAN CO., INC. Booth 6118 Supplies air-conveying systems for molded parts. AIRCOMEX, S.A. DE C.V. Booth 10750 Mexican firm supplies components and complete systems for bulk handling of pellets. ALL-CON WORLD SYSTEMS, INC. Booth 10501 Systems integrator and manufacturer of automated bulk materials-handling systems. ARIOSTEA SPA Booth 4375 Italian manufacturer of steel and aluminum silos, mechanical and pneumatic proportioning units, mechanical and pneumatic conveying systems, weigh scales, and PC/PLC control systems for materials handling. Highlighting systems for making wood/plastic compounds. ASI INSTRUMENTS Booth 242 Introducing WaveTrack 5200 guided-wave radar level sensor that's unaffected by dust or product flow. AUTOLOAD (Exhibiting with Universal Dynamics) Booth 2249 Introducing two low-cost, augerless additive feeders: model OS-1 volumetric unit and OS-B loss-in-weight feeder. Also showing various Autoload minimum-inventory, glass-tube loaders and Autodry hot-air dryers. AXIUM INC. Booths 9249, 9252 (Exhibiting with Candian Plastics Industry Association) Canadian firm applies articulated-arm robots to case and tray packing and palletizing. AZO INC. Booth 8343 Supplies automatic handling systems for storage, discharge, screening, conveying, dosing, and weighing of bulk materials and ingredients. BINDICATOR Booth 6310 Supplies a range of level sensors for bulk solid and liquid materials, as well as aerator aer·a·tor n. One that aerates, as a machine for aerating turf or a device for aerating liquids. Noun 1. aerator - an apparatus for exposing something to the air (as sewage) pads. BINMASTER LEVEL CONTROLS Booth 5796 Supplies a range of level sensors for bulk solid and liquid materials, as well as sensors for solids flow detection and dust detection. BRABENDER TECHNOLOGIE INC. Booth 5918 Supplies a wide range of volumetric and gravimetric feeders, bin activators, bag and container dischargers, and flow meters. BRICOR PRODUCTS, INC. Booth 4987 Distributes K-Tron Colormax feeders and hopper loaders. BRY-AIR (ASIA) PVT. LTD LTD 1 Laron-type dwarfism 2 Leukotriene D 3 Long-term depression, see there 4. Long-term disability . Booth 4799 Indian firm supplies hot-air and dehumidifying dryers, hopper loaders, mini-central conveying systems, volumetric feeders, and gravimetric blenders. BUNTING MAGNETICS CO. Booth 4609 Introducing Machine-Mounted Separator (MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) An enhanced transmission service that enables graphics, video clips and sound files to be transmitted via cellphones. Developed as part of the 3GPP project, MMS phones are generally backward compatible with SMS and EMS. ), an electronic metal detector that senses and rejects all types of metal particles as small as 0.5 mm. Also introducing Neo FF Series drawer magnet with high-strength neodymium neodymium (nē'ōdĭm`ēəm), metallic chemical element; symbol Nd; at. no. 60; at. wt. 144.24; m.p. about 1,021°C;; b.p. about 3,068°C;; sp. gr. 7.004 at 20°C;; valence +3. Neodymium is a lustrous silver-yellow metal. magnets that can catch ferrous particles so small they are "invisible." Also showing new low-profile metal detectors for low headroom and grinder feeder conveyors with integrated metal detection, including heavy-duty models for use with shredders. New Move-It conveyors in standard and custom sizes come in under-the-press and inclined versions and paddle-wheel parts separators. CABLEVEY Booth 6098 Supplies mechanical conveying system consisting of an endless cable with attached discs that pulls particulate materials through a tube. CACTUS MACHINERY. LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control Booth 6115 Showing its line of hot-air Superdryers, said to dry material in only 30 min. Newest model, Cactus 25, is designed for especially fast cleanout and material changes. CANAM MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS INC. Booths 9249, 9252 Supplies hot-air Speedryers said to dry resin in only 30 min, as well as Autohopper compressed-air hopper loaders. CARTER DAY INTERNATIONAL (Exhibiting in the Rubber/TPE Pavilion) Booth 5139 Supplies a stainless-steel Scalperator for removing agglomerates, streamers Streamers is a play by David Rabe. The last in his Vietnam War trilogy that began with The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel and Sticks and Bones , and fines from pellets in a single pass. CBW cbw - Crypt Breakers Workbench AUTOMATION Booth 2538 Showing L-790 lid-stacking system with stack accumulation, suitable for high-cavitation molds. COLORMAX, LTD. See K-Tron International. COLORTRONIC NORTH AMERICA, INC. Booth 5026 Introducing C-Flex M flexible-wall feeder for powders, pellets, regrind, fibers, and flakes. COLOURMATE INC. Booth 10405 Supplies ColourMate auger-type color/additive feeders, RG-500 regrind feeder, and FL-110 filterless vacuum loader. COLUMBIAN TECTANK Booth 3042 Supplies bolted and welded silos in epoxy-coated carbon steel and stainless steel. COMET AUTOMATION SYSTEMS, INC. Booth 3051 Introducing the Color Xpert, said to be the first all-stainless color-concentrate feeder, providing faster cleanout. Also showing newly redesigned FCD FCD FC Dallas (soccer) FCD Foundation for Child Development FCD Floating Car Data (now generally superseded by FDV) FCD Flood and Coastal Defence (UK) FCD Flood Control District honeycomb honeycomb a mosaic of closely packed units with depressed centers giving a honeycomb appearance. honeycomb ringworm see favus. honeycomb stomach reticulum. desiccant dryer with smaller footprint. Bringing out redesigned GraviMix blender based on Grado Series from Doteco in Italy. Comes in 14 models for 2 to 6 ingredients in throughputs of 330 to 2200 lb/hr. CONAIR Booth 2649 Introducing gravimetric additive feeder with unique dispensing technology for very high accuracy; SlimLine compressed-air dryers (15 and 25 lb/hr); new material-usage reporting software for TrueBlend gravimetric blenders; improved Drying Monitor II, now integrated into DC-2 dryer controls, reads temperature profile within drying hopper to prevent under- or overdrying; IL-64 color-touchscreen material-handling control for up to 64 loaders. Also showing conveying systems with Access loaders, vacuum pumps, dust collectors, and other components. COPERION CORP. Booth 5521 Coperion Waeschle supplies bulk materials-handling systems and components such as rotary, gate, and diverter valves. CRG LOGICS, INC. Booth 6165 Introducing gravimetric, vibratory vibratory /vi·bra·to·ry/ (vi´brah-tor?e) vibrating or causing vibration. vibratory vibrating or causing vibration; vibritile. additive feeder for as little as 0.25 lb/hr. Comes as stand-alone starve feeder with PLC controls or integrated with CRG Logics' Weigh Hopper. DALMEC, INC. Booth 3140 Italian supplier of robotic handling systems for heavy parts, drums, and other objects. DMS Booth 10546 Showing Addmix (U.K.) swirl-effect dosing system for injection machines. Adds different colorants to the machine barrel in a preset time sequence. DOTECO S.R.L. Booth 5091 Italian maker of gravimetric and volumetric feeders for extrusion will also show Blendo three-ingredient continuous gravimetric blender. DRI-AIR INDUSTRIES, INC. Booth 5561 Introducing PDIII three-component drying, blending, conveying system in a space-saving, one-frame design. DYCO INC. Booth 7925 Supplies turnkey container-handling systems, including packing, palletizing, depalletizing, debagging Debagging (the name used in Britain, especially historically at the University of Oxford and Cambridge in England, and derived from "Oxford bags", a loose-fitting baggy form of trousers) or pantsing , conveying, and robotic handling. DYNAMIC CONVEYOR CORP. Booth 985 Demonstrating new Heavy Duty Workzone module for conveyors that cannot be moved out of the way during press maintenance. It can support two technicians and their tools. Also showing new Ergonomic Tilt conveyor, whose 15[degrees] angle eases repetitive motions; split-belt conveyor, which exposes the bottoms of parts for barcode reading, printing, or label inspection; overhead fan module for cooling parts on a conveyor; adjustable side rails to divert, segregate, funnel, or stabilize products on a conveyor; sidewall brushes for small-parts containment; below-the-belt motor mount for cramped locations; lateral-transfer conveyor for 90[degrees] transfer in a limited space; and continuous box-filling conveyor, which can transfer a full box while starting to fill the next one. DYNAMIC ENGINEERS (INDIA) Booths 7825, 7831 Supplies hopper dryers. ECONOLOAD See Economizer e·con·o·mize v. e·con·o·mized, e·con·o·miz·ing, e·con·o·miz·es v.intr. 1. To practice economy, as by avoiding waste or reducing expenditures. 2. USA. ECONOMIZER USA Booth 3028 Showing EL Series economical hopper loaders with filter blowback blow·back n. 1. The backpressure in an internal-combustion engine or a boiler. 2. Powder residue that is released upon automatic ejection of a spent cartridge or shell from a firearm. 3. standard on most models. Capacities to 325 lb/hr. EISBAER TROCKENTIECHNIK GMBH (Exhibiting with Austrian Trade Commission) Booth 9946 Introducing GDS GDS Global Distribution System GDS Google Desktop Search (Google) GDS Goodie Domain Service (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) GDS Guards PET dryer with ceramic honeycomb dessicant wheel and capacity to 990 lb/hr. Lower regeneration temperature saves energy. ERIEZ MAGNETICS Booth 1396 Showing metal detectors and metal separators, including recently introduced E-Z E-Z Engdahl-Zigangirov (bound) Tec 9100 free-fall metal separator. FASTI USA, INC. Booth 5587 Introducing G Series compressed-air dryers for micromolding and larger hoppers for standard compressed-air dryers. FLEXICON Booth 4126 Supplies flexible screw conveyors, pneumatic conveyors, bulk-bag dischargers, drum dumpers, bag-dump stations, and weigh-batching systems. FOREMOST MACHINE BUILDERS Booth 5054 Introducing FDP-VII-AT weigh-blender controller. Also showing SEP-GA-4 metal separator and VF Series vacuum loader. GARDNER DENVER BLOWER DIV. Booth 4319 Formerly Rietschle Thomas Hanover, Inc. Supplies blowers, vacuum pumps, and central vacuum systems. GIMA S.P.A. Booth 4394 Italian firm's Molding Automation Div. provides systems for assembling plastic parts immediately after injection molding. HAMILTON AVTEK INC. Booth 3234 Introducing hoppers to feed HDPE HDPE abbr. high-density polyethylene powder for pipe extrusion. HAMMERTEK CORP. Booth 10413 Supplies Smart Elbow for pneumatic conveying, which is said to reduce wear and generation of fines and streamers. HCS (HEATERS CONTROLS & SENSORS) Booth 8445 Canadian firm supplies ultrasonic level sensors. HFA (HARVARD FACTORY AUTOMATION) Booth 962 New products include lightweight rotary box-fill system, improved over-under and parallel box-fill systems with new electric lift and transfer, redesigned rotary worktable with direct center drive, inclined "Z" conveyor with improved plastic link belt, and portable scales with wheeled base. HK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Exhibiting with Cleveland Vibrator vibrator /vi·bra·tor/ (vi´bra-tor) an instrument for producing vibrations. vibrator an apparatus used in vibratory treatment. ) Booth 4985 Vibratory screeners for dry solids particle-size classification can use ultrasonics ultrasonics, study and application of the energy of sound waves vibrating at frequencies greater than 20,000 cycles per second, i.e., beyond the range of human hearing. to avoid screen blinding in powder applications. IFM EFECTOR, INC. Booth 4258 Showing capacitive level sensors and sensors for monitoring vacuum levels. INDUSTRIAL MAGNETICS, INC. Booth 4536 Supplies metal detectors and magnet separators. INDUSTRIAL METAL FABRICATORS (CHATHAM) LTD. Booth 9461 Uses equipment from Kongskilde to engineer and assemble pneumatic conveying systems for EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) A PostScript file format used to transfer a graphic image between applications and platforms. EPS files contain PostScript code as well as an optional preview image in TIFF, WMF, PICT or EPSI, the latter being an ASCII-only format. , film edge trim, virgin materials, and regrind. INOEX LLC Booth 10301 Showing "igs" (intelligent gravimetric system) D6 multi-component dosing station to feed liquid silane silane or silicon hydride Any of a series of inorganic compounds of silicon and hydrogen with covalent bonds and the general chemical formula SinH(2n + 2). and peroxide directly into an extruder for PEX pipe. KREYENBORG INDUSTRIES Booth 4668 Showing new IRD IRD Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (French) IRD Inland Revenue Department (New Zealand's tax revenue collection department) IRD Integrated Receiver Decoder infrared dryer for PET with shorter residence time, lower power usage. KISTLER-MORSE Booth 6310 Supplies load cells, weight indicators, weighing systems, and ultrasonic level-measuring systems. KONGSKILDE INDUSTRIES INC. Booth 5071 Supplies equipment for pneumatic conveying, railcar unloading, parts conveying, and edge-trim removal. K-TRON Booth 1158 Showing new models BSP-135 and BSP-150P of Bulk Solids Pump feeders. Also showing new KCM KCM Kenneth Copeland Ministries KCM Kercem (postal locality, Malta) KCM Kodály Chapter of Minnesota KCM Kerr Coal Mine KCM Knowledge and Content Management feeder controls and introducing K-Vision, a multi-feeder/single-line operator interface for the KCM. Also demonstrating newly expanded PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. pneumatic conveying line (formerly Hurricane); PCS batch weigh receiver; newly enhanced KT12 micro feeder (for as little as 20 g/hr); and Quick Change feeder with Shear hopper. For molding, will show Smart Weigh Belt feeder, Multi Weigh gravimetric blender, Multi Flow volumetric blender, Posimax additive feeder, Colormax Micro Feeder Bll0, and Pulsomax sight-glass loaders. KURIYAMA OF AMERICA, INC. Booth 10229 Supplies reinforced and unreinforced plastic hoses for materials conveying. Newest product is Kuri Tec Plus wire-reinforced clear PVC PVC: see polyvinyl chloride. PVC in full polyvinyl chloride Synthetic resin, an organic polymer made by treating vinyl chloride monomers with a peroxide. hose. LAIDIG SYSTEMS INC. Booth 10147 Supplies bulk-storage systems, including silos and silo-emptying devices. LAROS EQUIPMENT CO., INC. Booth 1327 Manufactures parts-handling conveyors, parts/runner separators, carton indexers, grinder feed conveyors with optional metal detection/separating and water-bath or ambient/chilled-air parts cooling. LIAD WEIGHING & CONTROL (Exhibiting with Fasti USA) Booth 5587 Israeli firm makes ColorSave 1000 color concentrate weigh feeder. LORENZ Booth 9446 Introducing Maintenance Gate for shutting off a silo or bin; Angel Hair Trap with drawer and removable screen; and Probe Box for mounting under a silo to allow direct routing of up to four conveying lines. Also showing new two-, three-, and four-way diverter valves for pneumatic conveying, plus a variety of other valves and gates. M-TEK--DIV. OF MOULD-TEK INDUSTRIES INC. See Mould-Tek Industries. MAGUIRE PRODUCTS, INC. Booth 5507 Introducing MaxiBatch HT, the "world's largest weigh blender," capable of running pellets at 10,000 lb/hr. Also showing gravimetric blenders, LPD See LPR/LPD. vacuum dryers, and Clear-Vu vacuum loader. MATSUI AMERICA, INC. Booth 738 Introducing Plasmini PMD (Polarization Mode Dispersion) The type of dispersion that occurs in singlemode fiber due to a lack of perfect symmetry in the fiber and from external pressures on the cable. Light travels over singlemode fiber in two polarization states. mini dryers in 3- to 20-lb hopper capacities. WM. W. MEYER & SONS, INC. Booth 10162 Introducing two new rotary airlock airlock Noun 1. a bubble of air blocking the flow of liquid in a pipe 2. an airtight chamber between places that do not have the same air pressure, such as in a spacecraft or submarine Noun 1. feeders: stainless-steel pellet valve that avoids shearing, and DC (dust collection) Series. Also introducing Screwveyor Pump to feed dry material into a dilute-phase pneumatic-conveying line. Also showing HDX See half-duplex. hdx - half-duplex Series heavy-duty, drop-through airlocks. MING LEE INDUSTRIAL (HK) LTD. Booth 8347 Hong Kong firm produces dehumidifying dryers, stainless-steel hoppers, color feeder/blender, and central materials conveying systems. MINNESOTA AUTOMATION PRODUCTS, GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL Booth 10717 Parts-handling equipment includes placers, denesters, collators, and restacking systems. MOLDING AUTOMATION CONCEPTS INC. Booth 5471 Makes a variety of conveyors, automatic box-filling systems, part diverters, part/runner separators, rotary index tables, rotary work tables, inspection tables, guide skirts, side curtains, gaylord/drum covers, and mobile/stackable resin bins. MONITOR TECHNOLOGIES LLC Booth 4686 Offers a wide range of level sensors, solids flow sensors, and bin aerators. MORRIS COUPLING CO. Booth 10906 Product line includes tubing, hoses, elbows, and pipe couplings. MOTAN, INC. Booth 1138 Introducing Luxor 1800 and 2400, its two largest central dryers, capable of up to 4400 lb/hr. New Intelliblend technology for gravimetric blenders reportedly improves mixing accuracy tenfold. New ControlNet Materials Management Technology is an Ethernet-based control platform for integrating drying, blending, and conveying. Also showing Metro central-system and stand-alone hopper loaders. MOTOMAN INC. Booth 6352 Showing HP50 articulating-arm robot packing plastic bottles into cardboard trays and handling trays with a multifunction gripper. MOULD-TEK INDUSTRIES INC. Booth 1476 Introducing Excel control to handle vacuum loading, batch blending, and film extrusion. It has easily expandable distributed I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output architecture and "learning" capability. Also introducing Silhouette Series of self-contained vacuum loaders for up to 1100 lb/hr. Also showing HRB HRB H&R Block, Inc. HRB Harbin, China (Airport Code) HRB Human Resources Branch (Canada) HRB Haiti International Airline (ICAO code) HRB Human Rights Bureau ("Herbie") gravimetric blender for up to 145 lb/hr. NATIONAL BULK EQUIPMENT, INC. Booth 5739 Supplies equipment to store, discharge, move, mix, weigh, and fill dry bulk materials. O.A. NEWTON Booth 3059 Provides components and systems for handling dry bulk solids like PVC, wood-fiber composites, and friction products. NINGBO FANGLI GROUP CO., LTD. Booth 7231 Chinese firm makes ZSJ Series vacuum loaders for powders. NINGBO HUARE MACHINERY MFG MFG Manufacturing MFG Manufacturer MFG Mit Freundlichen Grüßen (German: With Best Regards) MfG Mitfahrgelegenheit (German) MFG Marithe Francois Girbaud (French clothing company) . CO., LTD. Booth 10320 Chinese firm supplies color blenders, dryers, hopper loaders, and heavy-duty mechanical conveyors. NORTHERN SUPPLY CO., DIV. OF MILACRON, INC. Booths 1702, 1715 Distributes resin bins, surge bins, box tilters, and drum dumpers. NORWELL PLASTICS, INC. Booth 7537 Offers Chinese-made compressed-air dryers of stainless steel, insulated for up to 400 F operation, with programmable functions, graphic display. NOVATEC INC. Booth 2576 Introducing cost-saving, fast-acting, non-desiccant IRD infrared rotary drum dryer/crystallizer for PET. Also introducing improved NovaDrier compressed-air membrane dryers with higher efficiency, reduced air usage, and longer-lasting air filters. Also introducing its first wheel-type desiccant dryer, and first vacuum dryer. Also showing twin-tower desiccant dryers. OPTI OPTI Optical OPTI Osteopathic Postdoctoral Training Institution OPTI Optimal/Optimum OPTI Organizational Process Technology Innovation (process area) TEMP INC, Booth 8426 Supplies Optiload venture hopper loader. OPTIMA MACHINERY CORP. Booth 4390 Offers German-engineered packaging machinery and integrated systems for carton filling and film overwrapping. ORIENTEC Booths 9249 (Exhibiting with Axium) Canadian firm supplies vibratory feeders and hoppers. PELLETRON CORP. Booth 4320 Showing recently introduced Pellbow, designed to reduce wear and prevent "streamer" formation in conveying-line elbows. Also showing pellet dedusters and rotary valves, diverter valves, and air-management stations for bulk materials-handling systems. PLAST-CONTROL INC. Booth 6364 Introducing its first line of vacuum loaders for use with its gravimetric hoppers. Showing for first time in the U.S. Pipe-Ident, a control system for materials handling that verifies that the right material is being sent to the right machine for a particular recipe. PLASTORE, INC. Booth 6115 Introducing Plasticolor 2000 GR gravimetric color/additive feeder. Special software compensates for vibrations on a molding machine. Also introducing Remote Feeder Control software that can control up to 60 feeders from one location. Also showing four-component Plasticolor 2000 and 3000 mixing stations, feeders, and Plastiloader hopper loader. PLASTRAC INC. Booth 888 Supplies disc-type additive feeders, volumetric blenders, and hopper loaders. PREMIER PNEUMATICS, INC. Booth 1170 Introducing low-profile Model 2420 PVC compound receiver, a vacuum receiver designed specifically for efficient air separation from fine powders and regrind, granules Granules Small packets of reactive chemicals stored within cells. Mentioned in: Allergic Rhinitis, Allergies , or pellets. Combines cyclone primary separator and internal cartridge secondary separator. Also introducing ProBlend Zone blender for homogenizing free-flowing bulk materials within a hopper or silo. Ten flow zones provide different velocities and residence times (FIFO (First In First Out) A storage method that retrieves the item stored for the longest time. Contrast with LIFO. See traffic engineering methods. FIFO - first-in first-out ) to prevent segregation of dissimilar materials. Also showing Model 2410 perforated pellet receiver; Models 2415 and 2423 powder receivers, modular cartridge bin vent; Cyclone/Aerolock rotary valve group; gravimetric batch blender; MD Aerolock with flextip; HD Aerolock with adjustable, spring-loaded packing seals; and PLC/PC controller. PRICEFITTERS, DIV. OF H-P PRODUCTS Booth 7928 Components for pneumatic materials handling include tubing, bends, couplings, fittings, hoses, vacuum components, and accessories. PROCESS CONTROL CORP. Booth 2926 New and recently introduced products include X-Series continuous gravimetric powder blender, Guardian gravimetric batch blender with powder feeders, X-Series continuous gravimetric blender with liquid feeder, AFV AFV Alternative-Fuel Vehicle AFV America's Funniest Home Videos (TV show) AFV Armored Fighting Vehicle AFV America's Funniest Videos AFV Amniotic Fluid Volume AFV America's Funniest Home Video AFV Avantage Fiscal Series additive feeders, LC Series self-contained compressed-air loader, PF Series stand-alone powder feeder, and touchscreen blender control. PROGRESSIVE PRODUCTS INC. Booth 245 Supplies pipe elbows with abrasion-resistant ceramic backing. New Cast-Back elbow has curved ceramic backing, which provides added protection against contamination. RENNCO INC. Booth 4143 Showing four vertical packagers with infeed systems: Model 501-36T with CCL 1. CCL - Coral Common LISP. 2. CCL - Computer Control Language. English-like query language based on COLINGO, for IBM 1401 and IBM 1410. cup counter/loader; Model 501-36SF with Pocket Infeed conveyor and bag sealer sealer, n a substance used to fill the space around silver or gutta-percha points in a pulp canal. Most contain some combination of zinc, barium, and bismuth salts and eugenol, Canadian balsam, and eucalyptol. ; Model 201PP (Pouch Pack) with bucket infeed and ID Technology printer for date coding; and all-electric E-Pac with automatic belt infeed and integrated discharge conveyor. ROMAX, INC. Booth 4417 Distributes Movacolor additive feeders, Fabri-Dyne premixers, and Bunting Magnetics metal detectors and magnet separators. S&S METAL DETECTORS NORTH AMERICA, INC. Booth 944 Supplies metal detectors and separators. SALINA VORTEX CORP. Booth 10923 Introducing Vortex HDP HDP High Density Polyethylene HDP High Density Plasma HDP Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Programme HDP Hazardous Duty Pay HDP Hurricane Destruction Potential HDP Hydrocarbon Dew Point HDP Hard Drive Password self-cleaning slide gate that seals pressurized pres·sur·ize tr.v. pres·sur·ized, pres·sur·iz·ing, pres·sur·iz·es 1. To maintain normal air pressure in (an enclosure, as an aircraft or submarine). 2. bulk-solids conveying lines. SCHENCK ACCURATE See AccuRate. SCHNEIDER PACKAGING EQUIPMENT CO., INC. Booth 9620 Supplies case/tray erectors and packers, robotic palletizing and packing systems, conveyors, and shuttle/transfer cars for full pallets. SEPARATOR ENGINEERING LTD. (Exhibiting with Kason Corp.) Booth 244 Represents Kason dry solids screeners and K-Tron feeders, loaders, and gravimetric batching systems. SHINI PLASTICS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Booth 9829 Taiwanese firm makes hot-air and dehumidifying dryers, self-contained hopper loaders, central conveying systems, volumetric color/additive feeders, and volumetric and gravimetric blenders. SILOS Y CAMIONES, S.A. DE C.V. Booth 10750 Mexican firm will introduce SYCSA blending silo, which can be used as a recirculation Noun 1. recirculation - circulation again circulation - the spread or transmission of something (as news or money) to a wider group or area blender or as a gravity blender, creating product flow from multiple elevations. Also showing a working pneumatic conveying system with an aluminum welded silo, SYCSA weighing system, Pelletron deduster, UnaDyn dryer, and Ferlin blender. STAR AUTOMATION Booth 549 Introducing new generation of tote-handling equipment. Also supplies belt conveyors in straight, angled, and curved configurations. STERLING, INC. Booth 1849 Showing new SDAP SDAP Service Départemental de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine SDAP Sociaal-Democratische Arbeiders Partij (Dutch: social democratic workers party) SDAP Special Duty Assignment Pay SDAP Soap and Detergent Association of the Philippines 90-225 cfm Series portable drying/conveying system; new SGBD SGBD Sistema de Gestión de Bases de Datos (Spanish: Database Management System) SGBD Système de Gestion des Bases de Données SGBD Sistema de Gestão de Base de Dados (Portugese) 150 gravimetric blender for 10 to 150 lb/hr (smallest in the line); and new stainless 8SR and sight-glass SSI (1) See server-side include and single-system image. (2) (Small-Scale Integration) Less than 100 transistors on a chip. See MSI, LSI, VLSI and ULSI. 1. (electronics) SSI - small scale integration. 2. Series vacuum receivers. TEC ENGINEERING CORP. Booth 814 Introducing a 90[degrees] curved conveyor with a plastic belt. Also introducing a "soft-drop" conveyor to handle PET preforms gently from the injection press and a screen-type parts/runner separator. THORESON MCCOSH INC. Booth 2238 Introducing low-temperature desiccant drying with modular in-line process-air precooler; low-temperature dry-air material storage bins; and hopper-inlet preheaters to dry at different temperatures simultaneously. New Delta Temperature monitor on hopper air inlet and outlet senses when resin is dry and reduces temperature. New modulating airflow valves redirect drying air away from hoppers not in use. Also showing gravimetric blenders. TSM CONTROL SYSTEMS, INC. Booth 4017 Irish supplier of batch and continuous gravimetric blenders and vacuum loaders is introducing a system for automatic color changes in blenders. It combines the firm's AutoClean air jets to blow out the inside of the blender with new Easy Drain, a gravity drain below the hopper. UNIVERSAL DYNAMICS, INC. Booth 2249 Showing new Factory Acquisition Control System (FACS FACS Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. FACS abbr. Fellow of the American College of Surgeons FACS fluorescence-activated cell sorter. ) to control and monitor materials-handling and other auxiliaries from one location. Can integrate both PCs and PLCs. Also showing new compact and very quiet Power Pack Series positive-displacement pumps (3 to 25 hp) for central vacuum loading systems. Also showing systems for injection molding with GS portable dryers, GTC GTC See: Good 'til cancelled order GTC See good-till-canceled order (GTC). conic-seal glass tube chambers, PAF PAF platelet activating factor. PAF abbr. platelet-aggregating factor PAF platelet activating factor. feeders, Shini self-contained loaders, and Maguire blenders. WALTON/STOUT, INC. Booth 5744 Supplies pneumatic conveying systems, in-plant resin bins, volumetric and gravimetric blenders, dryers, and crystallizers for PET. WITTMANN, INC. Booth 2549 Showing new Drymax PDC (1) (Primary Domain Controller) A Windows NT/2000 service that manages security for its local domain. Every domain has one PDC, which contains a database of usernames, passwords and permissions. portable drying/air-conveying package for one or two molding machines; Feedmax IMX IMX In My eXperience IMX Interactive Music Exchange (TV show) IMX Integrated Multimedia Exchange IMX Industrywide Mortgage Exchange IMX Intermodal Marketing Extension IMX Inverse Multiplexor 200 and 300 Series self-contained vacuum loaders for low to medium throughputs (400 and 800 lb/hr). YANN BANG ELECTRICAL MACHINERY CO., LTD. Booth 9243 Taiwanese supplier offers central materials conveying systems, self-contained vacuum loaders, color feeders, gravimetric blenders, hot-air and desiccant dryers, and belt conveyors. ZECCHETTI USA Booth 10340 Italian firm supplies air conveyors, palletizers, depalletizers, tray formers, and complete lines (with stretch wrapping) for packaging PET bottles. ZEPPELIN SILOS & SYSTEMS GMBH Booth 8330 German firm designs and supplies pneumatic dense- and dilute-phase materials conveying systems, railcar loading systems, and conveying components such as rotary valves, diverter valves, samplers, weighing and dosing units, and storage and blending silos. |
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