{"id":12137,"date":"2024-05-06T15:47:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T19:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conairgroup73280.e.wpstage.net\/cn\/?post_type=news-item&p=12137"},"modified":"2025-06-03T13:58:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T17:58:17","slug":"new-conair-autorss-combines-space-saving-design-autonomous-operation","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/www.conairgroup.com\/cn\/about\/news-press\/news-item\/new-conair-autorss-combines-space-saving-design-autonomous-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"New Conair AutoRSS Resin Selection System Combines Space-Saving Design, Autonomous Operation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The new Automatic Resin Selection Station (AutoRSS) from Conair offers processors a powerful, space- and labor-saving solution for resin management. Available in three models, this compact station performs fully automated, proofed and traceable material transfers from up to 60 resin sources with a speed and accuracy that conventional, operator-assisted fantail manifolds cannot match. The AutoRSS makes its debut at the Conair booth (W2113) at NPE 2024<\/a>, May 6-10 in Orlando.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Unlike fantail manifolds or tabletops that require operators to manually connect sources to destinations and then execute conveying commands, the AutoRSS station makes the connections and conveys automatically on command.\u00a0 An operator simply uses any SmartFLX<\/a> conveying control to input which source needs to feed which destination. The AutoRSS does the rest. Conveying commands can even be made remotely using either a SmartFLX HMI or any web-enabled device running Conair\u2019s SmartServices<\/a> monitoring and management dashboard. Material transfer is fast, traceable, and fully autonomous.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks to an elegant design, the <\/span>AutoRSS<\/span> station <\/span>uses less pipework than other material distribution systems and has a smaller footprint than fantail manifold systems.<\/span> When in operation, two centrally mounted arms <\/span>rotate along material ports held in circular manifolds (source<\/span> manifold<\/span>\/destination<\/span> manifold<\/span>) <\/span>located<\/span> at the top and bottom of the unit<\/span>.\u00a0 <\/span>When a <\/span>fill command is received<\/span>, the upper arm rotates <\/span>and clamps <\/span>to<\/span> the correct destination port, while the lower arm rotates<\/span> and clamps<\/span> to the correct material source port.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Compared to the<\/span> sliding <\/span>port contacts<\/span> used in similar resin selection sy<\/span>s<\/span>tems, the <\/span>AutoRSS<\/span> uses pneumatic clamping<\/span>, creating<\/span> vacuum-tight <\/span>port <\/span>connections that <\/span>reduce the risk of leaks or lost pellets. As soon as the port-to-port circuit is completed<\/span> through <\/span>the common port at the center of the unit, a conveying cycle begins, followed by an automatic line purge. The <\/span>AutoRSS<\/span> has an innovative cleaning system that prevents <\/span>cross-<\/span>contamination during and after resin changes.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWith the introduction of the <\/span>AutoRSS<\/span> station, Conair now offers a fully automated material management solution for processors who have to manage, proof, and trace a lot of material changes, but can\u2019t spare the time, labor, and space required to do them with older fantail systems<\/span>,\u201d says A.J. <\/span>Zambanini<\/span>, Director of Product <\/span>Management <\/span>for Conair. He adds that, with the addition of the <\/span>AutoRSS<\/span>, Conair now offers a full range of resin selection stations \u2013 manual, RFID-proofed, and fully automated \u2013 to meet varied processor needs.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Three AutoRSS models are available, which may be configured to handle incoming line sizes from 1.5 to 3 inches.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n