Extrusion International 4-2021

31 Extrusion International 4/2021 „ Maguire has made its ULTRA dryer touchscreen control- ler even more powerful and feature rich by integrating the Company’s FlexBus Lite software into the platform’s power- ful Arm Cortex microprocessor. FlexBus Lite, a standard fea- ture on all touchscreen blender controls, is now integrated into the ULTRA dryer touchscreen controls, allowing users complete pump and receiver control in a cell, in a user friend- ly and straightforward control system. FlexBus Lite features an Intuitive receiver and pump control – with features typically only found on larger central system Product Line Optimized controls. It allows control of 1 vacuum pump and full system functionality control of up to 10 materials receivers. The Icon based touchscreen shows each of the receiver’s activity in real time whether it is calling for material, receiving material into it, or showing material discharging. The pump and receiver settings can be easily adjusted in real time by the operator. “With the dryer, vacuum chamber and material retention hopper on load cells – you are able to completely regulate the drying rate to the process rate. This allows the operator to program a shutdown to any speci fi c day and time,” said Frank Kavanagh, vice president of sales and marketing. “The control system then monitors the rate so that the loader will stop calling for material and the dryer will be empty. With the control system monitoring the rate, this makes material changes even easier.” FlexBus Lite on the ULTRA dryer offers full feature conveying control with several advantages: • Designed to handle single or multiple dryers (up to 10 re- ceivers) with ground level receiver and pump control. With one operator friendly touchscreen you can control the dry- er’s onloading and of fl oading (and never set foot on a lad- der to do so). • Control of up to (10) receivers means that one ULTRA dryer can manage the conveying of an entire cell. • Remote control capability makes mezzanine and elevated installations easier than ever for the operators. • This important feature adds to the overall system value. There are no additional controls necessary with FlexBus Lite – the control system can work with any Maguire product and also any third-party system. Maguire www.maguire.com „ EREMA Group is a member of the Chemical Recycling Eu- rope association as of July 2021. The Austrian plastics recy- cling machine manufacturer and provider of services related to the recycling process has been committed to improving networking and intensive cooperation within the plastics in- dustry for many years. EREMA’s aim is to integrate recycling know-how into the value chain in such a way that bene fi ts the environment, the industry, and society. In order to achieve the European Union’s targets for plastics recycling and the use of recyclates, the technical capabilities of mechanical recycling need to be exploited to the full by ex- panding collection, sorting and recycling infrastructure and by further developing the technologies and end applications. For material fl ows where this recycling route is approaching its limits, it is important to regulate and apply additional pro- Chemical RecyclingEurope Joined cesses. Chemical recycling presents a viable option to recycle the maximum volume of plastic waste, and is the shared in- terest of the companies in the association. “In many cases, mechanical processes are at the beginning of the process chain for chemical recycling in order to prepare input streams and ensure a reliable, continuous and energy- ef fi cient material feed,” explains Klaus Lederer, Technology Research Manager - Chemical Recycling at EREMA Group GmbH. That is why EREMA extrusion technologies adapted to meet these speci fi c requirements are already being used in existing chemical recycling plants. As a member of Chemi- cal Recycling Europe, EREMA Group would like to contrib- ute the know-how of the group of companies to the further development of chemical recycling processes, broaden the group’s own understanding of the needs of plant operators and promote cooperation. EREMA Group www.erema.com