K-Tron and Premier Pneumatics Welcome You
to Powtech 2008 

NEW Material Flow Aid: ActiFlow™

K-Tron's new ActiFlow reliably prevents bridge building of cohesive bulk materials in stainless steel hoppers. For the majority of difficult flowing materials, ActiFlow makes the common arch breaker obsolete when used in loss-in-weight (gravimetric) feeding applications. It is completely maintenance free and has no product contact. The ActiFlow eliminates the need for arch breaker / agitator for symmetric and asymetric hoppers. The ActiFlow can be used with all K-Tron modular feeders on all standard 4D and 6D asymmetric hoppers, up to 180 dm³ (6.4 ft³ ). ActiFlow is ideal for any application with sticky bulk materials that may bridge or build ratholes.

NEW Premier Pneumatics Series 4 Microprocessor Controller
(Series 4 MPC)

Premier Pneumatics introduces the new Series 4 Microprocessor Controller (Series 4 MPC) for operating up to 24 vacuum receivers on one blower. The controller consists of a central control unit which  features an easy-to-use, touch-sensitive keypad. The operator controls the whole system, including turning receivers on and off, setting draw times, etc from one central location.

The Series 4 MPC can be integrated into the K-Tron Smart Connex feeder controls, providing one simple control solution for both feeders and vacuum sequencing receivers. The unit is shipped pre-programmed, eliminating complex logic programming. Additional features include CE conformity, LED visual indicators, easy on-screen system setup, back-up blower capability, blower shutdown for automatic bag filter cleaning, password protection, built in networking capability, and computer interfaces for data acquisition.

NEW Powder and Pellet Receiver: Premier Pneumatics 2410

The Premier Pneumatics 2410 powder and pellet receiver is designed to handle powder, pellets, regrind or granular materials in the chemical, food and plastics industries. The 2410 receiver is available in either aluminum or stainless steel construction. Components of different construction are interchangeable allowing receivers to be specified with stainless steel material contact areas only. Central system units for the 2410 receivers utilize a common vacuum blower package, and are primarily used on multiple-destination applications where larger conveying rates or long distances are required.

Mechanical Features include rugged modular design, quick-connect clamps for easy cleaning and filter maintenance and full support discharge flange for mounting.  The modular designed receiver allows flexibility in the selection of material construction, power, filtration and receiver inlet sections to meet your current application requirements as well as your future needs.

Continuous Gravimetric Extrusion Control Software

K-Tron's new extrusion control package offers the ability to control the extruder speed so that its output has a predictable and repeatable mass flow. By accurately measuring material throughput, gravimetric extrusion control can compensate for material and process variations and provide more consistent end product quality.  It is primarily targeted for use with single screw flood fed extruders in both mono- and co-extrusion applications such as profile extrusion, cast sheet, blown film, cable coating and laminating.

Gravimetric extrusion control is virtually a necessity for multi-layer co-extrusion systems. Its benefits include exact control of end product quality, significant savings in material costs, highly accurate multi-layer co-extrusion of films, longer production runs due to consistent extruder output and the ability to detect problems before the product goes out of specification.

Low Rate Screw-less Feeder: Micro Cone Feeder

K-Tron Process Group will introduce a new Micro Cone feeder, featuring a highly innovative screw-less feeding mechanism that accurately doses free flowing color, masterbatch or additives into a blending system or directly in the process screw of an extruder. Utilizing a simple induced flow rotating tube/cone, the Micro Cone Feeder doses down to a few granules at a time, with a feed rate range of 0.2 to 2 dm³/hr (0.007 to 0.07 cu ft).

With use of an extension tip, the feeder can feed as low as 0.1 dm³.  Minimum dispersive rate is approximately 2 pellets per second. With no pockets or screws, the design is simple, providing ease of use and almost zero maintenance. The feeder housing swings open for fast material change. There are no areas for the product to trap, making cleaning very easy.

Other Equipment on Display - Hall 7, Booth 366:

• MT12 Micro-ingredient Feeder: for extremely low rate feeding of free flowing to difficult powders and micropellets with feed rates as low as 20 grams/hour.
• K-Tron Quick Change/ Quick Clean T35/S60 Feeder: First designed with the needs of the Masterbatch industry in mind, this feeder allows the customer to quickly change from a single screw S60 screw configuration to a twin screw T35 screw configuration, as material needs change and is ideal for short customized runs. Unit is available in both volumetric and gravimetric models and is ideal for applications where only one feeder must feed a large variety of products, where a “super clean” execution is required and where product contamination is not allowed.
• KT20 Pharmaceutical Feeder: Twin screw pharmaceutical feeder ideal for handling difficult materials such as active pharmaceutical ingredients (API's), excipients, lubricants, and pharmaceutical granulations.
• K-Vision: a Human Machine Interface (HMI) for controlling up to 16 feeders in a single process line. The K-Vision offers advanced trending and logging capabilities, and supports all of the different feeding control types for both continuous and batch operation. K-Vision offers multi-language support, including Chinese, and a selectable quad screen feature. K-Vision now includes integrated controls for Premier Pneumatics vacuum conveyors. 
• Premier Pneumatics P30 Sanitary Receiver: The P-Series provide a sanitary custom solution for difficult conveying applications in the food and pharmaceutical industries.