Infrared technologies As a cost-effective alternative to hot air-, vacuum- or other drying methods, Kreyenborg offers a large product family of infrared technologies for heating and drying bulk materials, including virgin PET material, recyclates, flakes and compounds. They bring heat directly into the core of the material by means of shortwave infrared light, heating material from the inside out. They gently and efficiently heat and crystallize all in one step in a few minutes. For continuous processes, Kreyenborg offers its IRD technologies; it offers its IR-Batch technologies for discontinuous processes.
What’s new? The availability of new controls, featuring either a 7- or 15-inch monitor, with graphical software, now standard with every new IRD system in the future.
Benefits Improved ease of use. The new software eliminates some operator steps, and offers a better overview and easy control; users can make more accurate and faster decisions in the production process on the machine. Depending on the size of the machine, bulk material density and process, hourly throughputs for the infrared heaters range from about 44 pounds to 11,023 pounds.
Kreyenborg GmbH & Co. KG, Senden, Germany, 49-2597-93997-0, www.kreyenborg.com
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Karen Hanna
Senior Staff Reporter
Senior Staff Reporter Karen Hanna covers injection molding, molds and tooling, processors, workforce and other topics, and writes features including In Other Words and Problem Solved for Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing, Plastics Recycling and The Journal of Blow Molding. She has more than 15 years of experience in daily and magazine journalism.