Urethane processing systems.

ADMIRAL EQUIPMENT CO. SUB. OF DOW U.S.A.

Complete urethane processing lines may include:

* Bulk storage and blending, including fiber or filler.

* Low- and high-pressure metering and mixing, including RIM and RRIM.

* Mold carriers, including clamps, turntables and conveyor systems.

* Auxiliary robotics, ovens, hydraulics and materials-handling equipment.

* SRIM preforming systems with SRIM liquid injection and clamps.

ADVANCED PROCESS TECHNOLOGY

Meter/mix/dispense equipment for two-, three-, and four-component elastomers and foams. "Flying Wedge" features variable ratio, digital-readout temperature control to 300 F, vacuum degassing, positive-displacement metering, and output rates from 50 g to 50 lb/min.

ASHBY CROSS CO., INC.

Meter/mix/dispense equipment for two-component reactive materials. Piston metering units meter by volumetric displacement, providing precise ratio control. Instead of ball-check valves, system uses rotary flow-control valves. Single- and double-acting systems feature no-purge static mixing or disposable dynamic mixing, which eliminates solvent flushing. Applications include encapsulating/potting, gasketing, molding and sealing.

Gear-metering systems provide flow and ratio control using two independently controlled drive systems with ratio-control feedback loop. Uses include urethane casting and RTM.

AUTOMATIC PROCESS CONTROL INC.

Multicomponent metering/mixing dispensers for casting epoxy, polyester, polyurethane and silicone. Materials kept under vacuum and agitation for heating and outgassing. Systems for low-volume batch applications to high-volume automated production.

Positive-displacement metering systems for filled/unfilled materials, vacuum or atmospheric casting, preset shot or continuous pouring, dynamic or static mixers, and color and purge systems.

BASF CORP.

Meter/mix/dispense units for rigid and semi-rigid foams in densities from 0.35 to 10 pcf at 3 to 60 lb/min. Systems include dispensing gun and chemicals packaged in pressurized tanks. Autofroth system produces rigid froth foams for building insulation, refrigeration and flotation. Autopak system produces foam-in-place, semi-rigid foams for industrial packaging.

BINKS MANUFACTURING CO.

Complete systems and components for decorative and protective urethane, epoxy, or hybrid materials. Fixed- and variable-ratio proportioning systems deliver volumes from micro-shots to 60 lb/min; air- or hydraulic-powered. Manual or automatic spray systems use high-volume/low-pressure, airless, air-assisted airless, or conventional air atomization.

Foam systems offer high-volume spray, pour, or frothing, as well as micro-shots to fill voids. Low-volume special applications in standard packages or custom designs.

CANNON USA INC.

Complete line of standard and custom polyurethane equipment and turnkey systems. Models A, B, C, HE, L and S metering units; clamps from 2 to 800 tons. Turnkey systems include Capsotec for window encapsulation, Insotec for sound absorption, Stratotec for headliners, Compotec for SRIM, Rotoflex for flexible foam, Rimmodule for RRIM and polyurea, Zero-Time Change for appliance cabinet, laminators, and drum units.

CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY DIV. INVESTMENT HOLDINGS GROUP

Represents Mondomix Holland multi-component equipment with various types of metering devices for different viscosity characteristics, accuracy requirements, and overall process demands. Metering/ratio accuracy is controlled by mass-flow meters with computer-monitored interlock responsive to the instant demand of the production line. Temperature control available for all reactive components, including mixer rotor and stator. Special mixing-head design permits mechanical encapsulation of gases for foam cell-size control down to submicron range (in lieu of chemical blowing agents). This mechanically encapsulated gas blend emerges pre-expanded and may be considered "frothing equipment."

With the required elimination of CFCs and the potential substitution of HCFCs, the difference in thermal insulation properties can be eliminated by producing submicron-sized gas cells/voids using special Mondomix mixing heads.

Materials in contact with resin components are all stainless steel. Throughput capacities from 10 lb/hr to more than 10,000 lb/hr.

DECKER INDUSTRIES, INC.

Low-pressure and high-pressure (RIM) metering, mixing and dispensing machines for polyurethane foams and elastomers. Low-pressure equipment features patented Pulse-Surge air/solvent purge timer that reduces purge solvent usage up to 70%. Output from 50 g/min to 240 lb/min. Mix ratios infinitely variable from 5:1 to 1:5. Process temperatures from 65 to 100 F, controlled within [+ or -]1 [degree] F. Pressure, temperature, throughput digitally displayed. Operations data can be interfaced with PC.

RIM equipment features high-pressure impingement, right-angle and straight mix heads with mechanical self-cleaning, fast hydraulic operation, and interchangeable and adjustable impingement ports.

Metering, with outputs from 10 to 120 lb/min and variable mix ratios from 5:1 to 1:5, is by positive-displacement, axial piston pumps with static wet lube for polyol pump seals and recirculating wet lube for isocyanate pump seals. Variable-speed a-c motors have precisely adjustment inverter drives. Closed-loop flow control has digital indication in g/sec. Heating and cooling for both components from 75 to 120 F. Heavy-duty hydraulic power package. Allen-Bradley microprocessor controls machine functions and multiple dispense-time programs. Options include three-port, right-angle mix heads; SPC communications; dual-head switching station; ring lines; larger day tanks; automatic tank-refill systems; remote dispensing controls; and custom engineering.

EDGE-SWEETS CO.

Broad range of equipment for metering and dispensing plural-component urethane systems. Low-pressure equipment from 0.3 lb/min up to 1000 lb/min. Patented valving system handles from 2 to 20 metered streams.

RIM equipment for outputs of 50 to 800 lb/min. Economical, sleeved mixing head comes in a straight-head or "free-pour" design to allow impingement mixing into open molds without splashing. Custom equipment available.

Elastomer metering/dispensing capability includes continuous degassing.

Batching of materials systems and in-line feeding of metered dry fillers available on urethane foam and elastomer systems.

ELASTOGRAN

See Linden Industries, Inc.

FLEXIBLE PRODUCTS CO.

Delta-Therm rigid urethane foam dispensing equipment includes:

* A and B components shipped in returnable pressure vessels.

* Chemical dispensing controlled by timer and monitored by a module that sounds an alarm if flow departs from designed ratio.

* Fixed-rate flow controllers and timer-activated on/off ball valves--the only moving parts on the gun.

Chemical components meet in the gun body and are mixed in an attached static-mixing chamber prior. Gun is solventless and flushless.

Rigid, semi-rigid and flexible urethane foam systems and elastomeric compounds offered.

FOAM ENTERPRISES

Custom formulates rigid, flexible, semi-rigid and elastomer urethane systems and distributes full line of low- and high-pressure dispensing equipment for pour, spray, and RIM. Complete turnkey systems include chemicals, equipment, and services.

GLAS-CRAFT INC.

Urethane spray (round and flat pattern), pour, packaging, and frothing equipment Probler gun has patented automatic air-purge, air-assisted trigger, and material shut-off valves, and fits all company's proportioners. T-series units have outputs up to 30 lb/min and separate solid-core primary heaters with solid-state controls. Optional automatic temperature-controlled hoses allow up to 400-ft extension. Timing and fluorocarbon injection available on all models. Variable-ratio proportioners (1:1 to 10:1) for 4 to 30 lb/min also offered.

GRACO INC.

Spray systems with outputs to 30 lb/min incorporate Foam Cat proportioning pump, heaters, heated hose to 208 ft, and low-maintenance foam-spray gun with mechanical or solvent purge. Selection of feed pumps for handling raw materials directly from original containers.

Froth systems in standard models to 60 lb/min, though custom systems can go up to 300 lb/min, such as for barge filling.

Installs complete turnkey systems and custom designs plural-component systems for special requirements.

GS MANUFACTURING CO.

Dual-component system for two-component, 1:1 ratio materials such as urethane foams. Compact pumping unit for spraying, pouring or RTM. Little Willie gun is used either as external airless sprayer or with internal-mix head attachment. Options include in-line heaters, heated hoses and digital timing systems.

Also provides pour equipment for foam packaging and spray equipment for insulation and waterproofing. Pack-and-Foam unit features air-purge gun, 20-ft heated hoses, and direct pumping from drums. FSF-20-1-50 foam-spray gun comes complete with heated hose, external-mix spray gun, and drum pump.

GUSMER DIV. OF PMC INC.

Integrated line of plural component meter, mix, and dispensing equipment for spray or pour in outputs from 2 to 240 lb/min. RIM division produces high-pressure metering units, mix heads, and optional equipment. Can design and build turnkey operations, bulk-storage systems for chemicals, RIM presses, clamps, turntables and multistation conveyors. Products include:

* RimCell series--Three models with outputs of 50, 100, and 240 lb/min and operating pressures to 3000 psi. Proportioner utilizes super-charged, high-pressure axial piston pumps for processing unfilled, nonabrasive, non-corrosive materials.

* DeltaRim series--Four models with outputs of 40, 80, 120 and 240 lb/min and operating pressures to 3000 psi. Specifically designed to dispense higher viscosity filled and abrasive materials, polyurea, polyurethane, elastomers, composites and other plural-component RIM systems.

* H-2000--Dispenses at pressures to 2000 psi with outputs to 30 lb/min. Used for spray or pour; available with variable ratio.

* FF-1600--Air-driven, compact, lightweight unit capable of up to 16 lb/min and pressures up to 1600 psi.

* H-3500--For both pour and spray. Dispenses at pressures to 3500 psi and to 20 lb/min.

H&G INDUSTRIES

Precision meter, mix, dispense and cartridge-filling equipment.

The 527-A Mini Lab unit with working pressure of 300 psi mixes and meters dual-component, low- to high-viscosity materials. Air-operated unit comes with Model 100-A dispensing gun, and manually operated static mixer.

HENNECKE MACHINERY

See Miles Inc.

HI-TECH ENGINEERING, INC.

RIM process equipment includes cylinder and pump metering machines, bulk-storage systems, mold clamps and complete production lines.

Sure Shot two-component cylinder metering system features solvent-free operation, programmable controller, filler capacity, jacketed day tanks, hydraulic power system, and temperature-control unit. It fits a variety of shot-type applications with outputs from 10 to 200 lb/min.

Precision Flow pump-type continuous-metering series has high-pressure pumps mounted in day tanks for cavitation-free performance; eliminates pump shaft-seal leakage and allows cooler and quieter pump operation. Mixing-head boom doubles as a hoist to assist in pump maintenance.

Specialty equipment includes Accu Flow low-flow-rate, continuous, cylinder-metering RIM machine; Micro Shot laboratory series; Compu Shot series with closed-loop accuracy and integrated computer controls; Ultra Flow Rexroth-type metering machine; and rugged, cost-effective Tech Clamp series of self-contained, hydraulic RIM mold clamps.

IFTA CANADA, INC.

Individual machines and turnkey systems from Impianti OMS S.p.A. of Italy include Series 2001-C low-pressure pouring systems for foams. They have computer controls, recycling mixheads, rotary mechanical mixers (6000 rpm), and outputs from 3 g/sec to 11 lb/sec. Standard models handle up to six components.

Series VHP high-pressure metering systems for foams, elastomers and RIM have self-cleaning mixheads and axial piston pumps. Special version capable of rapid, automatic ratio changes designed for dual-hardness auto seating. The 2LC models with plunger-type metering cylinders permit use of fillers/reinforcements on both polyol and isocyanate sides. The most sophisticated models are hydraulic. Special models offered for nylon RIM.

Series EL elastomer pouring machines work at temperatures to 265 F and provide high-vacuum degassing and outputs to 100 g/sec at 1:1 ratio. They feature mechanically driven mixheads and self-balancing ratio and output control.

Rotary mold carousels and mold-support presses include tilting and other RIM-type presses. Continuous-pouring lines for flexible and rigid buns and blocks produce 220-1100 lb/min. Patented "Top Foam" lines produce blocks with square sections. Foam-core sandwich panel lines include special versions for phenolic foams. Turnkey refrigeration foaming systems also available.

IMPIANTI OMS S.p.A.

See IFTA Canada, Inc.

INSTA-FOAM PRODUCTS INC.

Self-contained, factory-pressurized, disposable and refillable systems for pouring and spraying foams in a variety of densities. Applications include cryogenic, cold-storage, packaging, caulking and sealing, void-filling, flotation, and insulating irregular surfaces.

ITALIAN TRADE COMMISSION

Information on a large range of Italian equipment for flexible and rigid foams, including low-pressure machines, high-pressure pouring, RIM and RRIM systems, and complete turnkey plants.

IVEK CORP.

Liquid dispensing, metering, and blending systems for urethanes, epoxies, additives, and other liquids. Complete systems with static mixers offered for low-flow applications. Features include solid-state electronics, stepping-motor drives and maintenance-free operation.

KFD SALES & SERVICE, INC.

Klockner Desma RGE metering series with self-cleaning, low-pressure mix-head requires no solvent flush. Meters up to six color-concentrate streams and two or three reactant streams directly into the mix chamber. Designs available for open pouring or injection into closed molds. Systems provide high mixing quality, even with wide differences in ratio and viscosities of components. High-production units can be interfaced with a complete range of turntable clamping systems.

KORNYLAK CORP.

Complete production fines and components for urethane and phenolic foams:

* Continuous foam slab, bun, and log production lines from 2 to 96 in. x 30 to 60 in. that operate at 5-60 ft/min.

* Continuous foam-core and honeycomb-core panel production lines from 2 to 12 ft wide, producing 1/8- to 6-in-thick panels at 2 to 200 ft/min.

* Continuous scrap foam rebonding lines.

* Rigid and flexible foam molding lines.

* Three- or four-component phenolic foam machine meters, mixes and pours or sprays phenolics in viscosities from 5000 to 100,000 cps.

* Complete line of high-production cutters for rigid and flexible foams.

* Complete turnkey package including operator training, equipment startup assistance, and assistance in chemical formulation and selection.

KRAUSS-MAFFEI CORP.

Complete range of RIM and RRIM machinery for molding flexible, semi-rigid and rigid urethane foam parts, as well as elastomeric and solid parts.

Rim Star machines (Models A, B, and ECO) range from about 10 to 1600 lb/min. Lance-type piston RIM and RRIM machines (type KK) allow shot weights to 80 lb. Standard equipment includes color-metering units and blending and metering systems for blowing agents. Filler blending also available. RIM and RRIM machines have patented self-cleaning impingement mix heads, which recirculate through injection nozzles to eliminate lead-lag problems. Two mix-head styles available: linear for closed molds, and UL for splash-free dispensing into open molds. All machines can be operated with multiple mix heads.

Also supplies mold carriers, race-track conveyors, turntables, mix-head manipulators, and robots. Machines and equipment controlled by programmable controllers and computerized systems.

KYMOFOAM CO.

Low-pressure dispensing equipment for rigid, semi-rigid and flexible PU foams (pour and froth systems), elastomers, epoxies and silicones. Standard and custom-built machines handle up to eight components with varying viscosity ranges and dispensing capacities from 1/2 to 800 lb/min.

Metering systems with adjustable ratio from 1:1 to 100:1 feature gear pumps with closed-loop recirculating systems, lightweight mixing head with electrically or hydraulically driven mixer, and unique calibration design. One-shot, nonrecirculating piston-metering systems also available. KF equipment is for both low and high production of molded parts, flexible/rigid foam slabs, and boardstock insulation.

LINDEN INDUSTRIES, INC.

Designs and manufactures Elastogran's line of Puromat standard and custom plural-component systems. Specializes in:

* Complete turnkey automotive and nonautomotive process lines, including stationary fixtures for refrigeration applications.

* Large-scale RRIM Lance Cylinder metering machines with high-pressure impingement and closed-loop control provide outputs to 25 lb/sec with 50% filler content.

* Nucleation and in-line density measurement.

* Flexible foam and rigid foam metering machines with outputs to 850 lb/min.

* Low-output, continuous-delivery machines for spray or pouring, with hand-held, self-cleaning, lightweight guns.

* Specialized low-pressure metering equipment.

* Laboratory-scale metering machinery and data-acquisition software.

* RIM recycling equipment.

* RIM, RTM, SRIM molding, booking and tilting presses, and RRIM molding clamps.

* Controls and SPC packages.

LIQUID CONTROL CORP.

Twinflo PU dispensing machine meters two or three components with Posiload volumetric piston pumps. Repeats shots accurately from 1 cc on up at speeds from less than 1 lb/min to 100 lb/min, and dispenses viscosities from water-thin to heavily filled pastes. Ratios from 1:1 to 200:1. Standard and custom-designed units for filling open molds or injecting materials under constant pressure into closed cavities.

LME-BEAMECH, INC.

Dispensing systems for PU foams have 300-800 lb/min capacity. Injector block has 16 ports, including a 2-in. resin port. All functions controlled and programmed from a single center. Systems supplied for flexible, and rigid foam slab, foam boardstock and sandwich-panel laminators.

Complete PU foam pour conveyor systems, automatic cut-off saws and trimmer saws also supplied.

Rigid foam laminator conveyors produce continuous rigid urethane foam board to 48 in. wide x 6 in. high on a double-metal-slat conveyor with top and/or bottom paper or other substrates. Laminators from 30 to 100 ft long and up to 20-psi operating pressure. Custom-built units available.

Edge-trim saws and cut-off units synchronized to conveyor speed for accurate cut. Foam-slab storage and multiple-tier automatic handling systems cut foam to length using a belt and aluminum slat design. Other systems include automotive seat-pad routers, seat-pad dust-removal units, continuous-pattern routers for rolled material, and handling equipment.

MARCHEM CORP.

Mistafroth gun for froth foams and Mistamixer for pour-in-place and packaging foams. Mistamixer requires no purging solvent and handles packaging foam, pour-in-place foam or froth foam. It meters, mixes and dispenses foam from 5 to 15 lb/min. Mistafroth gun, for use with pressurized tanks, does not require electricity and has few moving parts. Also offers line of rigid and flexible foam systems.

MAX MACHINERY INC.

Liquid mixing/metering systems for two or more components heat materials to desired process temperature, degas, meter with accuracy of [+ or -]0.5% of desired flowrate, mix and dispense. Suitable for urethanes, silicones, epoxies, and other liquids. Systems are designed around user requirements, using standard sub-assemblies.

METER-MIX, INC. SUB. OF ACCUMETRIC, INC.

Volumetric dispensing and mixing machines employ unique cylinders designed so that seals are not subject to metering-stroke pressure. Static or dynamic mixing heads have valving systems that eliminate lead/lag problems. Also offers equipment utilizing positive-displacement gear and rotary piston pumps driven by d-c motors with digital control for precise ratio and metering accuracy. Such machines can process up to five chemical components. Optional temperature control of chemical components.

MILES INC. HENNECKE MACHINERY

Broad line of standard and custom-designed polyurethane machinery includes bulk-handling facilities, blending systems, temperature-control and metering equipment, and lay-down systems. Double-belt laminators produce up to 150 ft/min of rigid foam board. Stationary fixtures for refrigerator applications; and turntable and conveyor lines for flexible foam molding and other applications.

Also supplies RIM and RRIM metering units and mold clamps to 250 tons. Metering equipment from 1 1/2 lb/min to 600 lb/min or more can include several proprietary impingement mix-head types, such as the self-cleaning MQ head.

MONDOMIX HOLLAND

See Construction Technology.

NORTECH ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES

Computer-controlled plural liquid-component urethane processing machines have gear-pump drives, mass flowmeters, dynamic mixing, and provide instant on-line quality control. Capacities to 20 lb/min.

QUIK-FOAM, INC.

Equipment for pouring industrial foam-in-place packaging and spraying insulation. Small portable unit uses nitrogen propellant and has two 10-gal refillable tanks. Larger unit pumps directly from 55-gal drums. All equipment has separate preheat and hose-heat controls, separate pressure controls for each side, and patented self-cleaning gun. Full line of urethane chemical systems includes semi-flexible, flexible, and rigid foams.

RYNEL

Meter/mix/dispense systems for variable-ratio processing of plural-component liquid systems such as urethanes, epoxies, polyesters and silicones. Components, groups of components incorporated into an existing system, or complete production systems created for a specific purpose. Indexing and fixtured equipment can be supplied as part of a system. Lab and pilot-plant to full-scale production capability.

Equipment incorporates up to 80% solid fillers in urethane foams.

SEALANT EQUIPMENT & ENGINEERING, INC.

Variable- and fixed-ratio meter, mix and dispense equipment with volumetric or timed shots, or operator-controlled volume and flow rates to 20 lb/min. Can be supplied with heated pressure tanks and gravity, pump or positive-displacement feed. Applications include packaging and fireproofing.

SEALED AIR CORP.

Instapak line of foam-in-place dispensing systems. Several different models include semi-automated systems that handle rigid, semi-rigid and flexible foams. Also offers family of Instapak polyurethane packaging foams.

URETHANE SERVICE, INC.

Equipment for processing multicomponent, thermosetting materials such as urethanes, polyesters, silicones, polysulfides, etc. Elastomers in a wide range of hardness and also syntactic or chemically blown foams over a wide range of densities. Filled and unfilled materials in viscosity ranges from 30 to 2000 cps. With special techniques, materials in excess of one million cps can be easily processed. Machines can deposit from less than 0.1 gram of material, up to large void-filling equipment that dispenses mixed and metered materials at over 400 lb/min.

Equipment for pouring, casting, bead laying, frothing, potting, spraying, RIM and RTM.

Self-cleaning impingement mix heads use no solvent purge. Disposable static mixers also eliminate solvent usage. Dynamic mixing heads furnished when required.