Friday, 6 April 2018

Importance Of Pelletizer Blades And Shredder Blades


The manufacturing industries have many types of operations going on every day. The processes where cutting or reduction is required, there various types of blades are used for this purpose. Different materials need different types of blades for cutting. Some need sharp-edged and some need flat-edged. Some need blades of soft material and some need hard material. Depending on these differences, they are manufactured as per the requirement while meeting the specifications.

Pelletizer blades and Pelletizer Knives

They are mainly used in the rubber, chemical, animal compound feed, metals and plastics industries. Pelletizing is the process in which a material is molded or compressed. In this process, a material is cut and reduced to smaller pallets. The Pelletizer blades and Pelletizer knives are used for these.
Pelletizer blades are one of the main components of the palletizing machines and applications. These are manufactured to result in high-quality, durable, low energy consuming, reliable and efficient parts for such heavy operations and bear temperatures. These are made up of various materials for making them hard. They are given heat or temperature treatment for serving crucial operations in the industries. They should prevent the materials from breaking and so, they are made soft or hard depending on their application and materials to be cut.

Pelletizer blades


Shredder blades

Shredder blades are widely used in the industries where reduction technology is used. For reducing the size of different materials, these blades are required. These are required in the paper industries, metallurgy and manufacturing industries. The industrial blades come in different sizes, depending upon the requirements. Few examples of the materials that are shredded are tires, papers, wood, garbage, car wrecks, garbage, rubber, plastic, metals, etc. Waste materials like medical, nuclear or hazardous materials are shredded with these blades. These blades help to reduce the overall recycling costs.

Different shredder blades have different shafts like a vertical shaft, horizontal shaft, single or multiple shafts. A good includes the features like durability, resistance to vibrations, safety features, etc. 
So, these were few impotent industrial uses of these blades and knives. They are very important in operations of most manufacturing and chemical industries.

Saturday, 31 March 2018

Extruder Screens Packs and Their Industrial Benefits


An extruder screen is an important part of the melt filtration process.  It is useful for making sure that the extrusion process becomes viable and clean. These screens are used in rubber, fiber and plastic processing machinery. These screens can be of single layer or multi-layer. Extruder screen packs are made up of various screens of different mesh sizes. They are welded together to serve different industrial purposes. It can be made with materials like stainless steel, brass, nickel, copper, special alloys, etc. It is available in various shapes in the market like disc, circle, oval, rectangular, etc.
Extruder screen


These screen packs are of immense importance in the industry and let us see their benefits in details:
  •   For filtration of contaminants
  •   For improvement of product purity
  •   For reduction in the maintenance and repair costs
  •  They are highly durable and robust in nature
  •  They are anti-abrasive & anti-corrosive
  •  As they are used for various purposes, they are available in different sizes and specifications
  •   They come with high quality and filtration capacity
  • They provide constant quality control during operations
  • They come with smooth screening surface
  • They do not have sharp edges or burrs or acute angles
  •  They cannot be easily deformed
  • They do not rust for a long time
  •  They have high dirt holding capacity
  • They can bear high temperatures as required in the industries

The extruder screen packs are significant in an extrusion process for preventing contamination. It helps to avoid mixing of foreign particles in the extrusion product. These are mostly used in plastic, rubber, petrochemical, aerospace, metallurgy, pharmaceutical and chemical industries. So, while choosing them, you need to consider their working environment. Look if you require single layered or multilayered screen packs. Check their specifications.
The extruder screen packs are designed to fit a variety of products like auto screen belts, custom filters, cylindrical extruder screens, weld packs, frame packs & gasket, etc. They also serve the purposes like easy operation, process control assurance and better inventory control. Thus, these screen packs and spot weld screens are really very beneficial in many industries.