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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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How AI is Revolutionizing Resin Conveying
On-demand Webinar: How AI is Revolutionizing Resin Conveying Learn about Conair's patented Conveying with Optimizer system, which utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) to overcome resin conveying issues automatically. Conveying with Optimizer uses valves, remote sensors and AI to eliminate conveying challenges that operators face daily throughout the plant. With this new...
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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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Gravimetric Control Improves Extruded Pipe Processing
The key to optimum profitability in extrusion is pretty simple: Run a quality product at the minimum material specification while maintaining a maximum line rate. But achieving this balance—and the payoff it provides—is tricky because there are so many factors to manage simultaneously, including: Material mix Extruder output Extrudate fit...
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