Top 7000 Pro Elmet’s highest-performing liquid-silicone-rubber (LSR) dosing system processes from containers with capacities of around 5 gallons or around 55 gallons.
What’s new? The Top 7000 Cast, introduced in February at MD&M West in Anaheim, Calif. Based on the Top 7000 Pro, it’s for casting, coating and manual molding applications. Applications could include the manufacture of insulators and cable joints for high- and medium-voltage applications, as well as other electronic technology components; manual molding with and without dispensing guns; medical products, such as manifolds, LSR prosthetic liners and medical cushions; and cable coatings. The system can work with or without a dispensing gun.
Benefits Precision, stability, ease of use and continuous, stable volume flow. The self-learning control system can handle even materials with significant viscosity differences, and it adapts quickly to changing processes and small batches. Also, drum changes are fully automatic.
Elmet North America Inc., Lansing, Mich., 866-628-6499, www.elmet.com
Vital Statistics
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Capacity of drums that can be processed |
55 gallons or 5 gallons |
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Maximum material utilization |
Up to 99.8 percent per container |
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Maximum number of additives that can be dosed |
Six |
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Power consumption |
150 watt-hours (Wh) to 400 Wh |
About the Author
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.