EoW September 2012

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“ ACID-FREE PROCESS FOR STEEL ROD CLEANING & SURFACE PREPARATION” “New Way to Draw Steel Wire in the 21 st Century”

New dosing unit for all free flowing plastic The new Plasticolor 1500 Dosing Unit is suitable for the handling of all free flowing plastic material, such as powder, fine or coarse granules, reground, flakes or agglomerate. With an output range of 0.1–35kg/h the new Plasticolor 1500 is the right choice for the dosing/blending of all additives such as masterbatch, UV-stabilisers, fillers, kickers, etc. In the case of very small extruders and injection moulding machines with a capacity of up to 30kg/h the new Plasticolor 1500 could also be used as the main material dosing unit in mixing stations. With the Plasticolor 1500 the handling has been improved and time consumption for material change and cleaning of the unit can be reduced considerably. The main highlights on the new Plasticolor 1500 are: • Newly designed round flow channels in the material inlet and the dosing cylinder resulting in more precise and constant dosing • The quick discharge with a diameter of 60mm can be easily operated and allows very quick material changeover, for better and cleaner discharge of material, a flexible hose can be mounted • Based on the completely round flow channels – without any corners, steps or undercuts – it is possible to clean the unit extremely quickly and easily • The sealing at the screw shaft meets the highest requirements in respect to closeness of the unit and cleanness in the surrounding • The integrated neckpiece slide (for the closing of the material flow into the production machine and simultaneous diversion of the material flow into the test opening) now has a larger round material outlet. Also here, a flexible hose could be connected. This larger round outlet also allows the handling of more coarse materials without any problems • In order to protect motor and/or gearbox a backpressure protection is integrated in the new Plasticolor 1500 Various available options complete the Plasticolor 1500: • Both the quick discharge and the neckpiece slide can be upgraded for pneumatic operation. This shortens and simplifies the handling • For extreme fine powders an additional shaft seal can be installed. Between the outlet of the storage hopper and the material inlet of the Plasticolor 1500 dosing unit a sensor adaptation plate can be mounted • The new Plasticolor 1500 dosing unit can be upgraded with an additional screw detection, which works in conjunction with the PPM II Control. Thus wrong dosing results are avoided • For special applications the Plasticolor 1500 could also be supplied without the neckpiece slide. Woywod Kunststoffmaschinen GmbH & Co Vertriebs-KG – Germany Website : www.plasticolor.de

DCCD process features: • Eliminates acid, borax and precoatings • Zero energy consumption • Direct drawing from bare rod with no speed limitation, for H/C and L/C • New Lubricant Viscosity Control provides exceptionally adherent coating • Adjustable lubricant residual • Zero lubricant waste • Recommended for severe drawing applications (spring, rope, bead, CO 2 welding, PC strand, plating quality) • H/C wire drawn at 18 m/s (3600 ft/min) • Up to 8 times longer die life • Exiting wire temp. 45°C (113°F) • Greatly improved wire ductility

DECALUB 31, avenue de Condé 77500 CHELLES, FRANCE Fax: +33 1 60 20 20 21 E-mail: info@decalub.com Website: www.decalub.com

▼ ▼ The new Plasticolor 1500 fromWoywod

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September 2012