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engineering, inc. www.smartflow-usa.com New Tracer ® VM Bluetooth Interface transmits cooling water flow and temperature to your mobile device. How do you Know Your Flow if you can't see it? Used with standard Tracer VM Base flow and temperature sensors, the Bluetooth Interface transmits data to your smartphone or tablet wirelessly. • Connect up to 8 cooling circuits to one Bluetooth Interface unit. • Monitor unlimited Bluetooth Interface units from one mobile device. • View flow and temperature information on mobile devices up to 20 meters away. Visit our Web Site for Details! Find out how the MA XX series can make the difference…. • Higher torque, more volume, better cooling • Screw diameters from 16 to 180 mm • Systems for pelletizing & direct extrusion • Fully equipped NJ process laboratory • Twin Screw Extrusion Workshops Compounding • Devolatilization • Reactive extrusion • Foaming Twin Screw Extruders and Systems Leistritz Extrusion A Business Unit of Leistritz Advanced Technologies Corp. 175 Meister Avenue, Somerville, NJ 08876, USA Ph 908-685-2333 E-mail sales@leistritz-extrusion.com www.leistritz-extrusion.com COMPOUNDING EXTRUSION Up 30 Layers in Blown Film with Just a Few Extruders The Multi Microlayer (MML) Die from Tronoplast Technologies Inc., Brampton, Ont., reportedly can produce film structures of up to 30 layers at the cost of a conventional three- or five-layer die. Proprietary flow-splitting technology generates tens of layers from just a few extruders. The sequence and number of layers are adjustable. When extruded with the MML die, barrier materials like nylon are said to result in film that is flatter, more flexible, and easier to form. With the MML die, for example, a three-layer blown film line with three extruders (A-B-C) can be converted into 15-layer line using the same extruders (A-B-C-B-C-B-C-B-C-B-C-B- C-B-C). The die can be stationary or oscillating, with or without IBC. The die is also retrofittable, in some cases. 416-655-1540 • tronoplast.com Planetary Dispersers Have PLC Recipe Controls PowerMix Planetary Dispersers from Charles Ross & Son Co., Hauppauge, N.Y., now come with PLC recipe controls and are said to deliver superior batch- to-batch consistency in high-solids, high-viscosity mixing applications. Two indepen- dently driven agitators—a high-speed sawtooth disperser and a low-speed planetary stirrer—suit the PowerMix to dispersing powders and applying high shear to viscous materials without the risk of localized overheating. 631-234-0500 • mixers.com Stacking Robots for Packaging New stacking robots from Italy's Amut-Comi SpA (North American office in Vaughan, Ont.) are available in two models designed for use with the company's ACF line of thermoformers: The ER2X consists of a vertical axis to pick up and discharge formed parts and a horizontal axis to take the parts from the picking station to the stacking unit. The ER3X has a third axis that can rotate from 0° to 180°, allowing it to turn parts for A-B stacking or other purposes. The units are controlled by Amut-Comi's Easy software, which harmonizes the robot with the thermoforming machine. The robots operate at up to 40 cycles/min. A specific page has been added to the machine control panel to give opera- tors flexibility in setting all the cycle parameters of the robot. 905-761-9400 • amutgroup.com THERMOFORMING 64 SEPTEMBER 2017 Plastics Technology PTonline.com Keeping Up W it h Technolog y