Training & Education
Pellets & Dust – Training & Education
Dedusting System – A problem in Medical, Automotive and Technical components. Fine dust arises during the granulation, transport or in-plant material supply of plastic granulate. These small particles can have major implications for the end product. This is...
Gravimetric Blending – Training & Education
Gravimetric Blending to Reduce Masterbatch Costs With the ever increasing polymer material costs, in particular masterbatch, Ferlin Plastics Automation have conducted many comparative tests between their Gravimetric Batch Blenders and various makes of Volumetric /...
Drying – Training & Education
Hot Air Dryer: Why would you use a Hot Air Dryer? Some say they have limited application as they are only effective for drying surface moisture from non-hydroscopic materials such as Polypropylene or Polystyrene. As they are not that effective when drying...
Conveying – Training & Education
Safe material Handling: With an increase in awareness of safely working at height, many of our customers have seen the advantages of using vacuum hopper loaders to convey the material from the floor to the machine hopper. By adding a hopper loader, they have...
Proven drying methods for plastic granules
What drying system should you consider, when looking for the most cost effective solution for your needs? Well, it depends. Because there are several factors that influence the right choice for you. There are six categories of drying methods. Each with its own pros...
Correct drying of Plastic Granules – how to reduce Moisture
Just how important is drying of plastic granules – really? Well, more important than you might think. In fact, faulty drying is known to be the biggest source of material related problems. You might feel, that when using non-hygroscopic materials, such as polyethylene...