Closed-Loop Underwater Pelletizing and Chilled-Water System for Thermoplastic Elastomers
Closed-loop underwater pelle…
Eliminates strand stretching and die smearing for soft TPE, TPU, and hot-melt adhesives, producing spherical non-stick pellets.
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Material family
Production problem
- Batch-to-batch variation
- Blockage and bridging
- Cross-contamination between materials
- Dust at loading and transfer
- High surface moisture on the material
- Inconsistent regrind size and quality
- Insufficient cooling
- Intermittent or inaccurate feeding
- Internal moisture in hygroscopic resin
- Limited floor space and headroom
- Line output limited by auxiliaries
- Long changeover and cleaning time
- Manual feeding and internal transport
- Moisture re-absorption in conveying
- Odor and VOC acceptance target not defined
- Off-spec pellet size and fines
- Powder and pellet segregation
- Residual odor and VOC
- Sticking and agglomeration
- Uneven additive distribution