Maguire Products, Inc.

Maguire Renames Its Unique Vacuum Resin Dryer  Ultra®  To Spotlight Drastically Lower Energy Consumption
Fluid & Gas Flow Equipment

Maguire Renames Its Unique Vacuum Resin Dryer Ultra® To Spotlight Drastically Lower Energy Consumption

Using Less Than a Tenth of the Energy Needed by a New Desiccant Dryer to Dry Resin, the ULTRA® Low Energy Dryer Saves Thousands of Dollars in Energy Costs per Year ASTON, PENNSYLVANIA, U.S.A., July 23, 2019: The world’s only vacuum resin dryer designed for plastics processors has a new brand name that reflects its proven capability to pay for itself through substantial savings in energy costs....

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Vacuum Dryer increases molding productivity.
Fluid & Gas Flow Equipment

Vacuum Dryer increases molding productivity.

While rated for- up to 150 lb/hr throughput, Maguire-® VBD™ 150 exceeds 200 lb/hr with hygroscopic materials such as ABS, acrylic, nylon, polycarbonate, polyetherimide, and PBT. Process-ready resin is delivered in 30+ min, and gravity moves material through- 3 vertically arranged vessels (heating hopper, vacuum vessel, and- pressurized retention/take-away hopper); discharge of material from...

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Low-Cost Gravimetric Feeder Gets a Big Boost in Accuracy and Throughput from a New High-Speed Stepper-Motor Drive
Communication Systems & Equipment

Low-Cost Gravimetric Feeder Gets a Big Boost in Accuracy and Throughput from a New High-Speed Stepper-Motor Drive

Enhanced MGF(TM) Feeder Still Costs the Same as Maguire's Volumetric Feeder and 35% Less than Other Gravimetric Feeders on the Market ASTON, PENNSYLVANIA, U.S.A., March 7, 2012: The widely used Maguire-® MGF(TM) gravimetric feeder for metering colorants and additives into plastics processing machines now provides substantially greater accuracy and up to double the throughput, it was announced...

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Construction Equipment and Supplies

Maguire Receives a Patent for a Pneumatically-Powered Hopper Lid That Cuts Downtime for Cleanout of Gravimetric Blenders

'Loader Lift(TM)' for Maguire-® Blenders Raises the Hopper Cover on Which Loaders Are Mounted, Increasing Productivity by Giving Easy Access to Removable Hopper Bins ASTON, PENNSYLVANIA, U.S.A., - Maguire Products, Inc. has received a U.S. patent for a pneumatically powered system that speeds job or color changes for gravimetric blenders that have been deployed with loaders mounted atop the...

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Gravimetric Feeder offers extrusion following option.
Communication Systems & Equipment

Gravimetric Feeder offers extrusion following option.

Designed to feed colorants and additives into plastics processing machines, Maguire-® MGF(TM) Feeder includes multilingual operator access and full data retrieval as standard. Installed in controller, optional extrusion following system monitors a or dc voltage output from tachometer, and since output varies with extruder rpm, controller instantly senses gross changes in extruder speed and...

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Loading Device meters additives into gravimetric feeder.
Communication Systems & Equipment

Loading Device meters additives into gravimetric feeder.

Designed for Maguire-® MGF feeder, loading device is used to meter colorant or additive into plastics processing machine. It transports material to feeder from gaylord, drum, or other container and fills feeder just once, upon signal from feeder controller that level of color or additive has fallen to 10% of feeder hopper capacity. Loss-in-weight measuring function of feeder continually tracks...

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Resin Dryer matches speed of plastics processors.
Fluid & Gas Flow Equipment

Resin Dryer matches speed of plastics processors.

LPD(TM) Low Pressure Dryer dries resin batches of 400 lbs within 4 hours, and requires 80% less energy than 100 lb/hr desiccant dryers. It uses vacuum to pull moisture from within pellets and carries out heating and vacuum drying simultaneously in separate stations. It essentially transforms batch processes into continuous processes. Dryer makes it possible to change materials or colors without...

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Maguire Products Acquires an Interest in O.A. Newton, Supplier of Bulk Material Handling Systems

ASTON, PA, U.S.A., January 25, 2021: Maguire Products, Inc., has purchased a minority share of O.A. Newton, a provider of bulk material handling systems to the wood-plastic composite, flexible and rigid PVC, and carbon black markets. Based in Bridgeville, Delaware, O.A. Newton engineers, fabricates, and installs complete systems for the unloading, storage, conveying, and blending of process...

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Company News

Maguire Taiwan Opens to Serve Important Taiwanese Market, Expanding the Global Network Supporting Maguire Customers

New Taiwanese Company Is Maguire’s Sixth International Subsidiary, Providing Sales, Technical Support, Stocks of Equipment and Parts, and a Fully Functioning Lab for Trials TAICHUNG CITY, TAIWAN, September 27, 2019: Maguire Products, Inc. has established Maguire Products Taiwan Co., Ltd. as a new subsidiary to serve the large and growing Taiwanese market for plastics auxiliary equipment. The...

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Maguire Renames Its Unique Vacuum Resin Dryer  Ultra®  To Spotlight Drastically Lower Energy Consumption
Fluid & Gas Flow Equipment

Maguire Renames Its Unique Vacuum Resin Dryer Ultra® To Spotlight Drastically Lower Energy Consumption

Using Less Than a Tenth of the Energy Needed by a New Desiccant Dryer to Dry Resin, the ULTRA® Low Energy Dryer Saves Thousands of Dollars in Energy Costs per Year ASTON, PENNSYLVANIA, U.S.A., July 23, 2019: The world’s only vacuum resin dryer designed for plastics processors has a new brand name that reflects its proven capability to pay for itself through substantial savings in energy costs....

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Company News

New Dosing Technology for Injection Molding Ensures Uniform Color Without Pre-Mixing and Ends Over-Coloring

100% Injection Coloring™ Technology from Riverdale Global Meters Liquid or Pelletized Colorant during Both Injection and Recovery Phases ASTON, PA, U.S.A., March 5, 2018: A patent-pending color metering control system for injection molding ensures color uniformity and saves costs by dosing colorant during the injection phase, when conventional color and additive metering systems are inactive....

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Vacuum Dryer increases molding productivity.
Fluid & Gas Flow Equipment

Vacuum Dryer increases molding productivity.

While rated for- up to 150 lb/hr throughput, Maguire-® VBD™ 150 exceeds 200 lb/hr with hygroscopic materials such as ABS, acrylic, nylon, polycarbonate, polyetherimide, and PBT. Process-ready resin is delivered in 30+ min, and gravity moves material through- 3 vertically arranged vessels (heating hopper, vacuum vessel, and- pressurized retention/take-away hopper); discharge of material from...

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Low-Cost Gravimetric Feeder Gets a Big Boost in Accuracy and Throughput from a New High-Speed Stepper-Motor Drive
Communication Systems & Equipment

Low-Cost Gravimetric Feeder Gets a Big Boost in Accuracy and Throughput from a New High-Speed Stepper-Motor Drive

Enhanced MGF(TM) Feeder Still Costs the Same as Maguire's Volumetric Feeder and 35% Less than Other Gravimetric Feeders on the Market ASTON, PENNSYLVANIA, U.S.A., March 7, 2012: The widely used Maguire-® MGF(TM) gravimetric feeder for metering colorants and additives into plastics processing machines now provides substantially greater accuracy and up to double the throughput, it was announced...

Read More »
Construction Equipment and Supplies

Maguire Receives a Patent for a Pneumatically-Powered Hopper Lid That Cuts Downtime for Cleanout of Gravimetric Blenders

'Loader Lift(TM)' for Maguire-® Blenders Raises the Hopper Cover on Which Loaders Are Mounted, Increasing Productivity by Giving Easy Access to Removable Hopper Bins ASTON, PENNSYLVANIA, U.S.A., - Maguire Products, Inc. has received a U.S. patent for a pneumatically powered system that speeds job or color changes for gravimetric blenders that have been deployed with loaders mounted atop the...

Read More »
Gravimetric Feeder offers extrusion following option.
Communication Systems & Equipment

Gravimetric Feeder offers extrusion following option.

Designed to feed colorants and additives into plastics processing machines, Maguire-® MGF(TM) Feeder includes multilingual operator access and full data retrieval as standard. Installed in controller, optional extrusion following system monitors a or dc voltage output from tachometer, and since output varies with extruder rpm, controller instantly senses gross changes in extruder speed and...

Read More »
Loading Device meters additives into gravimetric feeder.
Communication Systems & Equipment

Loading Device meters additives into gravimetric feeder.

Designed for Maguire-® MGF feeder, loading device is used to meter colorant or additive into plastics processing machine. It transports material to feeder from gaylord, drum, or other container and fills feeder just once, upon signal from feeder controller that level of color or additive has fallen to 10% of feeder hopper capacity. Loss-in-weight measuring function of feeder continually tracks...

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