K 2013: Conair presents new polymer drying control

The new DC-T TouchView? control from The Conair Group, which provides an easy-to-use interface for monitoring and controlling the entire polymer drying process, will be featured in Hall 10, Booth J59 at the K 2013 trade fair being held October 16 – 23 in Dusseldorf, Germany.  The new control will be part of a central-drying cell that includes a W300 Carousel? Plus desiccant dryer and a four-hopper ResinWorks? system equipped with the patented Conair Drying Monitor.

The DC-T TouchView dryer control has a whole host of convenient features that help plastics processors get more out of their drying system. A big 8-inch-diagonal graphical touch-screen interface shows at a glance everything going on in the drying system and operators can make adjustments with a touch of their fingertip. It shows current and historical temperature data and includes precise dew-point control.

The DC-T also provides a gateway for control of multi-hopper central drying cells, like the ResinWorks system, which combines multiple hoppers with integral air manifolds, ducting and wiring on a sturdy platform for simplified shipping, installation and operation. Each hopper can be equipped with a Drying Monitor probe that incorporates RTD sensors spaced along its length. The probe measures the temperature at up to six different points in the bed of plastic material so that a temperature profile can be created to verify that conditions for proper drying are maintained.

Up to 15 hoppers equipped with Conair temperature controls can be linked to the DC-T for monitoring and duplicate control. All settings can be made, viewed and adjusted at the dryer. Data from individual Drying Monitor probes, including trending graphs, can also be displayed on the DC –T monitor… or anywhere, thanks to the standard Internet connectivity.

Controls on other Conair equipment are also web-enabled and will be networked together at K 2013 so that anyone with a computer, tablet or smart phone with Internet access and the right password credentials can connect with the controls and monitor conditions or change settings.