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Conair expands service agreement benefits by adding training options and expanded spare-parts discounts
As increased production puts added stress on plastics machinery and more processors need auxiliary equipment service, Conair is adding new, flexible options and extended parts to its latest generation of annual service agreements. For processors, annual service agreements can represent a shift away from reactive, emergency equipment maintenance and repairs...
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Three Steps to More Profitable Feeding and Dosing
Improved dosing accuracy, backed by tracking, minimizes ingredient waste and boosts profit 1. Understand the Range of the Dosing Specification When it comes to feeding and dosing, everything starts with the rate specification. It’s a min/max ingredient level, expressed as a percentage rate of ingredient/resin rate for extrusion (3% of...
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Made in the USA: Conair’s Supply Chain Model Eases Tariff Concerns
Today’s competitive marketplace demands that you manage costs and maintain a reliable, stable supply chain. For U.S.-based processors, Conair has been a reliable and trusted partner since our founding in 1956. That's over 69 years of commitment to U.S.-based manufacturing. Over the years, Conair has built a robust and reliable...
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From Bulk Storage to Machine-Side: Why Conveying Is Essential to Plastics Processing
Conveying resin isn't just part of the process—it’s critical to plastics manufacturing. Whether you are a small or large operation, moving material efficiently and reliably is what keeps your production running. A Look Back In the early days, resin movement was entirely manual—think gaylords at the dock, buckets, ladders, and...
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Bringing our Best to You
Employee-led Project/Systems Installation Teams Anyone who has contracted for a major project or installation knows the anxiety of assuming risk – committing not only your resources, but your expectations, trust, and vision for success well before you can see and judge the outcome. On every project, from greenfield plant installations...
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Saving energy, cutting operating costs — in more ways than you think!
Managing your plastics processing costs goes beyond labor and equipment to utilities, specifically energy consumption and cost. And, as auxiliary equipment evolves, Conair continues to pursue energy-saving improvements throughout its product lines. Energy-saving potential may be realized in everything from simple design choices, such as improved insulation, to the selection...
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Getting Primed for More Regrind
Making productive use of not only in-house plastic scrap but also incorporating post-consumer material is essential to fulfilling recycling and sustainability goals. But the varied nature of scrap material and regrind can pose real challenges to reprocessing. Today, many processes can incorporate a modest amount of scrap (5-15%) without too...
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Older Chillers, New Refrigerant Rules: Five Things to Know
1. Why are HFC refrigerants being phased out? Most cooling and refrigeration equipment, including chillers used in plastics processing, rely on hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerant gases to operate effectively. HFC refrigerants were created in the 1990s to replace chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) refrigerants, which damage the Earth’s protective ozone layer. The most commonly...
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How Artificial Intelligence can Transform your Business Operations
Artificial Intelligence may be defined as the ability for computers or computer-controlled equipment to autonomously make complicated decisions or adjustments that would normally require human intelligence or intervention. To understand Conair’s approach to implementing Artificial Intelligence in auxiliary equipment, start where we did, with the problems that every processor faces:...
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Conair Team to Showcase New Products at Bigger-Than-Ever NPE2024
From May 6 to 10, some 55,000+ plastics industry people are expected to descend on Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center for NPE2024. NPE2024 is the largest plastics industry exposition in the Americas, featuring more than 2,000 companies exhibiting the latest plastics processing technology within over 1.1 million square feet of...
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