'Dry water' cooling for extrusion blow.(KEEPING UP WITH: Blow Molding)

From: Plastics Technology | Date: March 1, 2007 | Copyright information

A new cooling system for extrusion blow molding incorporates chilled moist air to boost production by up to 30%. The Compressed Air Chiller (CAC) Dry Water system from Fasti GmbH in Austria targets large containers (20 liters or more) and technical parts. Fasti is represented here by Comet Automation Systems, Inc., Dayton, Ohio.

The new cooling system is a refinement of Fasti's CAC unit, which operates solely on chilled compressed air. The new ...

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