Cooling Conveyor handles hydroscopic materials.

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Designed to cool highly hydroscopic materials during strand pelletizing, Stainless Steel Conveyor handles bio-based plastics, highly filled metal compounds, and certain polymers used in medical industry that are water soluble. Conveyor belt employs very thin continuous sheet of solid stainless steel to carry strands, and cooling water under belt provides majority of cooling by transferring heat through thin layer of metal. Fans placed over conveyor bring temperature down additional few degrees.



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Reduction Engineering Scheer Introduces New Line of Cooling Conveyors for Hydroscopic Materials



Innovative Cooling Solution Utilizes Stainless Steel Belt Instead of Perforated Plastic Belt



KENT, Ohio, – Reduction Engineering Scheer, a leading global manufacturer of strand pelletizing systems, has expanded its line of cooling conveyors with the introduction of a new Stainless Steel Conveyor (SSC) which cools highly hydroscopic materials during strand pelletizing. The newly designed cooling conveyor is designed for materials such as bio-based plastics, highly-filled metal compounds, along with certain polymers used in the medical industry that are water soluble.



The cooling conveyor usess solid stainless steel belt instead of the standard perforated plastic belt which typically allows water and air to pass through it. The conveyor belt employs a very thin continuous sheet of solid stainless steel to carry the strands, and cooling water under the belt provides the majority of the cooling by transferring heat through the thin layer of metal. Fans placed over the conveyor bring the temperature down an additional few degrees, explains John Sly, Reduction Engineering’s sales manager.



“This is an important advancement for our line of cooling conveyors and represents a unique solution for materials, including high-temperature polymers that can’t be water cooled due to their moisture absorption,” said Sly.



The cooling conveyors are available as custom-built units to meet the unique requirements of laboratory and specialty compounders.  The cooling conveyor is commercially available and has found use in a range of applications including metal-reinforced materials, bio-based grades, and medical materials. Reduction Engineering Scheer is exploring the use of the new conveyor in a range of other applications.



About Reduction Engineering Scheer

Located in Kent, Ohio, Reduction Engineering Scheer is a member of Switzerland’s Maag Pump Systems AG. The company is a worldwide supplier of pulverizers, pelletizers, and rotational molding equipment, and it also engineers and commissions turnkey production systems. Founded in 1994 as a builder of pulverizers for converting pellets to powders, the company began machining rotor knives for Conair pelletizers in 2000, took over assembly of the pelletizers in 2002, and purchased the line from Conair in 2006. In late 2008, the company also purchased the pelletizer business of C.F. Scheer & Cie GmbH, the world’s largest manufacturer of strand pelletizers. The production of rotational molding equipment is carried out by a Brazilian affiliate, Rotoline Industrial Equipment Ltda., for which Reduction Engineering operates a sales and service center in Kent. More information is available by calling (330) 677-2225, e-mail info@reductionengineering.com, or visit www.reductionengineering.com  

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