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BMH Chronos Richardson launches materials tracking system
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6MH Chronos Richardson launches materials trucking system
Flake-ice machine solves pigment manufacturing problem Belgian pigment manufacturer Cappelle is using a FOOO flakeice machine from Geneglace to solve a heat problem in its manuf&turing process. The pigments are widely used in the plastics industry.
Mixing chemicals to produce dyes and pigments can generate heat through an explosive exothermic cffecr that needs ro be controlled. According < to Genrglacc, at terrain times in the process it is essential that rapidly increasing heat is reduced and specific temperatures are required to maintain the quality of the end product. Ice is now used to control the temperature. Ac C:appelle, the company used to buy in block ice and break it up. However, this has two problems. Firstly, some of the sharper lumps can damage the walls of the mixing vats and inconsistent lump size made accurate prediction of
Plastics Additives
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the cooling time impossible. So ice machines are required. The Geneglace F300 flake-ice machine can produce 25 tonnes of sub-cooled ice at -6°C in 24 hours. The flake-ice has a much larger surface area than chips, blocks or granules of ice, which means that there can be more efficient thermal exchange from the mixture within the vats resulting in faster cooling. There is no water mixed with the ice, which means that the latent heat that is the main source of cooling energy is 100% available and 1kg of ice will draw 350kJ of heat from the mix. Consequently, the consistency of the dry flake-ice enables precise calculations to be made of its cooling input. The vats at the critical mixing stage at Cappelle are 1O-40m ‘. In a typical example, the flakeice might be able to reduce the temperature of a mix that has reached 24°C (and is still rising) to 5°C. At Cappelle the flake-ice is taken from a holding silo in bins by trolley to the vats and operators manually introduce the appropriate amount. This enables the mix the mix to go forward to the next stages of the process at the optimum temperature and with the added advantage of less water in the mix, which reduces time at the later crystallization stage. Con tnrt. Gen&au 7J: +33 2 40 32 0606 I+E.. +.3.3 2 4'0 65 04’88
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KMH Chronos Richardson has introduced Batch Tracker MTS, a suite of software modules that are capable of tracking raw material movements and consumption by any manufacturing process. The company says that the system uses the Windows NT system and SQL server database and can include processes that have several converging stages and may involve multi-pass processing with the use of previously prepared ingredients. According to the company, Batch Tracker MTS can be integrated with a process con trol system to provide ingredient verification including quality disposition, use by date and ‘use oldest first’ regimes.
from financial or manufacturing execution systems. The company adds that the system can use both fixed and portable barcode technologies to report on material availability and provide plant operators with accurate process information. When integrated with a process control system, Batch Tracker MTS can ensure that only each correct and acceptable material is allowed to enter the manufacturing process. The operator can scan barcode labels associated with work in progress location and give directions to storage locations of acceptable consignments of the correct material.
Contrlct: BMH
Chonos
Richardson
Tel: +44 115 9.351351
Other compatible modules allow for warehousing control,
F&: + 44 I I 5 3606941
picking and shipment control and remote data transfer to/
COW1
UVUW. bmh~~Jmnosrichardson.
6MH Chronos Richardson launches materials trucking system
Flake-ice machine solves pigment manufacturing problem Belgian pigment manufacturer Cappelle is using a FOOO flakeice machine from Geneglace to solve a heat problem in its manuf&turing process. The pigments are widely used in the plastics industry.
Mixing chemicals to produce dyes and pigments can generate heat through an explosive exothermic cffecr that needs ro be controlled. According < to Genrglacc, at terrain times in the process it is essential that rapidly increasing heat is reduced and specific temperatures are required to maintain the quality of the end product. Ice is now used to control the temperature. Ac C:appelle, the company used to buy in block ice and break it up. However, this has two problems. Firstly, some of the sharper lumps can damage the walls of the mixing vats and inconsistent lump size made accurate prediction of
Plastics Additives
& Compounding
the cooling time impossible. So ice machines are required. The Geneglace F300 flake-ice machine can produce 25 tonnes of sub-cooled ice at -6°C in 24 hours. The flake-ice has a much larger surface area than chips, blocks or granules of ice, which means that there can be more efficient thermal exchange from the mixture within the vats resulting in faster cooling. There is no water mixed with the ice, which means that the latent heat that is the main source of cooling energy is 100% available and 1kg of ice will draw 350kJ of heat from the mix. Consequently, the consistency of the dry flake-ice enables precise calculations to be made of its cooling input. The vats at the critical mixing stage at Cappelle are 1O-40m ‘. In a typical example, the flakeice might be able to reduce the temperature of a mix that has reached 24°C (and is still rising) to 5°C. At Cappelle the flake-ice is taken from a holding silo in bins by trolley to the vats and operators manually introduce the appropriate amount. This enables the mix the mix to go forward to the next stages of the process at the optimum temperature and with the added advantage of less water in the mix, which reduces time at the later crystallization stage. Con tnrt. Gen&au 7J: +33 2 40 32 0606 I+E.. +.3.3 2 4'0 65 04’88
February 200
I
KMH Chronos Richardson has introduced Batch Tracker MTS, a suite of software modules that are capable of tracking raw material movements and consumption by any manufacturing process. The company says that the system uses the Windows NT system and SQL server database and can include processes that have several converging stages and may involve multi-pass processing with the use of previously prepared ingredients. According to the company, Batch Tracker MTS can be integrated with a process con trol system to provide ingredient verification including quality disposition, use by date and ‘use oldest first’ regimes.
from financial or manufacturing execution systems. The company adds that the system can use both fixed and portable barcode technologies to report on material availability and provide plant operators with accurate process information. When integrated with a process control system, Batch Tracker MTS can ensure that only each correct and acceptable material is allowed to enter the manufacturing process. The operator can scan barcode labels associated with work in progress location and give directions to storage locations of acceptable consignments of the correct material.
Contrlct: BMH
Chonos
Richardson
Tel: +44 115 9.351351
Other compatible modules allow for warehousing control,
F&: + 44 I I 5 3606941
picking and shipment control and remote data transfer to/
COW1
UVUW. bmh~~Jmnosrichardson.