A sheet extrusion line

Posted in Industry News on March 25th, 2011 by Ace

WPC Machine consists of an Extruder (single or twin screw), equipped with a Screen Changer and a Gear Pump, followed by a Static Mixer (sometimes feeding a Coextrusion Feedblock that is preceded by one or more additional extruders sets as described above), feeding a flat sheet die.

The sheet is then cooled by a 3 (or more) roll stack (sheet take-off) with temperature, pressure and roll gap control.

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Pipe Extrusion Machine

Posted in Industry News on March 25th, 2011 by Ace

A tubular liner for a pipe is collapsed on itself to define a pair of lobes. The lobes are folded into a central region so that bending modulus and radius are reduced. The liner can be stored in a tighter coil and can be introduced into an underground pipe to be lined at a more acute angle.
This pipe extrusion linerelates to pipe lining for renovating or rehabilitating pipes or other conduits bearing, for example, water, gas, sewage or other fluids. The corrugated Extrusion Machine is particularly applicable to pipe extrusion liners for underground pipes.
When such underground pipes have deteriorated by, for example, corrosion, ageing or other damage, repair or renewal by methods which require the digging of a trench along the full length of the pipe are expensive, timeconsuming and cause disruption especially in urban areas.
Various methods exist to rehabilitate pipes by the in situ insertion of a pipe extrusion liner which fits closely within the pipe and which may be bonded to the inside of the pipe. Several processes exist whereby relatively rigid plastics lining pipes made by corrugated pipe extrusion machine, are treated to reduce their original diameter sufficiently so that they can be pulled into the existing pipe and then further treated to regain their original diameter and form a close internal fit with the existing pipe.
A previously proposed collapsed corrugated pipe production line is illustrated in FIG. 1 of the drawings. Such liners have a smaller bend radius than a circular cross-section liner, require lower pull-in loads and may be used for lining pipes which are not truly circular in cross-section. However, such liners need to have relatively thin walls in order to be deformable into the described cross-sections and this limits their mechanical performance in terms of their ability to withstand internal or external pressure when unsupported. By way of clarification external pressure may be considered to be derived from loads transmitted through a saturated sub-soil from, for example, the vehicles on a roadway above. This external pressure can result in collapse of the liner if it is not sufficiently rigid.
A disadvantage with such systems is that the liners have a large bending radius due to their rigidity and circular cross-section. The diameter is only slightly less than the diameter of the pipe extrusion line to be lined and, thus, long lengths of liner have very large coil diameters which is both inconvenient for delivery and use on site. Furthermore, insertion is difficult because of the small diameter difference between the pipe and the liner.

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where machine up time efficiency is critical the need for an integrated palletizer becomes a necessi

Posted in Industry News on February 24th, 2011 by Ace

Inline palletizing stations allow for continuos flow with smooth transitions from one pallet to the next with no vibrations or abrupt start stop indexes. This prevents post compacted components from damages to dimensions or overall part integrity. The benefit of the palletizing station virtually eliminates the need to stop the powder compacting press to perform a manual changeover of the pallet.

Further down stream to the compacting process a conveyor system can be integrated to transfer the loaded pallets into the Sintering oven.

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Yudu Screen Printing Machine

Posted in Industry News on February 24th, 2011 by Ace

Here’s the sitch. 1) We were sent a Yudu screen printing machine in December to test out. Here it is February and we hadn’t tried it out yet. 2) Three and 1/2 years ago, I ordered 10 orange t-shirts to be decorated and given out as party favors at Ralph’s 8th birthday celebration. Alas, they arrived as the party was ending. They have been sitting in my garage ever since. All of them are size youth small. 3) My brother Josh has been seeking out kid size t-shirts featuring the cool bands of his childhood. We love that idea. 

We took an early U2 album cover and used Photoshop to make it a black and white bitmap image, then printed it out on a transparency.

We burned it into our screen in the Yudu machine, and then printed it onto the t-shirts. We tried different inks and different placements on the tees. And, because it’s hard to stop printing things once you get into the swing of it, we also tried the U2 print on different papers, one of Ben Blair’s tees, and a clipboard that was sitting on the counter.


When Ralph came running down the stairs with every blank t-shirt he owns in his arms, I knew it was time to shut it down — before everything we owned was covered in the October album cover. By the way, the Yudu is still in development — the manufacturer is working out kinks and making sure the directions are clear, etc. So if you were hoping to buy one, so sorry, but you’ll have to wait. [ Edit: turns out I'm totally wrong. Yudu is now available for sale. Great news! You can find more info 

Overall, lots of fun. And since we don’t need a whole bunch of matching orange t-shirts, when we were finished, we dropped them off at some of our neighbors homes — neighbors with 8 year old fans of U2 in the house.

These 3 factors came together for a great day-off activity on Monday.here or here. Also. I couldn't find a link, but I here they are on sale at Jo Ann's. ] That said, we highly recommend this machine. We loved our experiment with it. Years ago, we actually tried to set up a screen printing space in our basement utility room, but dealing with the emulsion chemicals and figuring out a good light to make the exposure is tricky. The Yudu solves both of those problems.

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How To Properly Clean Your Automotive Spray Gun

Posted in Industry News on February 24th, 2011 by Ace

A very important point to remember is that spray paint guns need to be consistently cleaned and maintained every time you use them so they will continue to work properly.

Very small air and material passageways can become clogged very easily by bits of dry paint and debris and it can be very difficult to clear such blockages.

You MUST, form the habit of cleaning your spray gun after every single use.

Each spray paint system will have specific cleaning solvents allotted as part of the entire paint system. Make sure you check with an auto body paint and supply store worker to find out the correct cleaning solutions to use with the system that you are using.

Professional body shops use special enclosed cabinets for spray gun cleaning. Solvent is forced through the gun’s assembly under pressure while the trigger unit is maintained in an open position.

When you’re about to start the process of cleaning your spray paint gun, put on rubber gloves and a respirator. You should always wear rubber gloves and a respirator any time you are handling thinners, reducers, hardeners or any other paint products that contains chemicals.

Personal safety should always be paramount.

If you don’t have access to a cleaning cabinet, fill your gun cup partially full with solvent (thinner). Next, swish it around and then empty it. This will remove the majority of the remaining paint product.

Then, refill the cup again using clean solvent and this time spray it through the unit. This will clean out the inner passageways.

You will then want to fill the cup approximately 1/4 full with clean solvent and spray it through the unit once again. Make sure you then clean the cup thoroughly.

Next, spray further clean solvent through the gun head and make sure nothing but perfectly clean solvent comes out, this will tell you that you have gotten everything out.

Once you are sure the interior ports and passageways are clear, run clean, dry air through the unit to remove deposits of solvent.

There are brushes available designed specifically for spray paint gun cleaning, especially for the housing, air caps and other parts.

Under no circumstances use a sharp object to clear a clogged air cap or port. By not following this rule, you can place small scratches on spray gun parts that will interfere with its spraying performance.

To finish on; use a clean cloth dampened with the appropriate solvent, to remove paint drips and splashes from exterior surfaces.

Always hang or place your paint gun in a vertical position for proper storage once you have dried it with a clean cloth.

Spray Paint Gun Maneuvering

Realize that having a good quality spray paint gun and paint are essential to completing a professional looking paint job but they are not everything. The way you apply the paint is equally as important.

You should always hold a paint gun at right angles to the surface being painted from a distance of 6-10 inches. You will need to check what the recommendation for your particular spray paint gun is.

If you can’t achieve this by standing then you will have to use step ladders for high up areas or kneel down for lower areas. This will prevent excess paint build-up causing runs and dry spots. Your free hand should be holding the air hose to keep it away from surfaces you are painting.

If you tilt the spray gun toward the surface it will result in a non-uniform fan pattern and don’t use the spray gun in an arc or else the paint will be applied in varying thicknesses to the surface; with paint going on wetter and thicker where the nozzle is closer to the surface and drier and thinner where it is farther away.

If the outer layers of thick, wet paint dry before the underlying layers, the solvent evaporating from beneath will leave imperfections in the finish.

At the far end of the arc the paint will be applied too thinly to provide adequate coverage or it may be too dry by the time it hits the surface. The result will be something that resembles overspray rather than a proper coating of paint.

The only time painters would arc the spray gun is on small spot repaints. These spots call for full coverage in the center and less paint around their feathered perimeter as it blends with the existing paint. Practice this technique on a test panel before attempting it on your vehicle.

Automobile roofs, hood and trunk lids lie in the horizontal plane. This means that you should hold the paint gun horizontally when making smooth, even and uniform passes.

Depending on your height and location of some panels, you may have a hard time reaching the middle of some larger panels. You would be well advised to remove the panel in order to be sure you get an even coat.

As shown in ‘How to Paint a Car‘ – VIP course, the body parts being painted in the spray booth upon holding racks makes the job for the painter a lot easier.

Referring to the car hood, once the painter has painted up to the middle of the hood he walks around to the other side and continues painting until the hood is finished.

In doing so, there is no chance that by leaning over the panel he will accidentally catch the freshly painted surface with an item of his clothing, thereby leaving blemishes on the surface.

To prevent paint from dripping on the panel being painted, it would be a wise move to apply tape around the top of the cup to hold the lid firmly in place.

Depending on the design of your spray gun and the paint cup, this may not be necessary. The paint cup may attach itself to your gun by screwing it from its base.

If this is the case, tape around where the two meet once the cup is screwed in tightly. This is a good idea even for those spray guns that are advertised as never to drip.

Hold the paint gun so that the nozzle is perpendicular to the surface. This is very important. Do whatever it takes to ensure a right-angle position. Moving from one panel to another in a smooth, steady and even walk will take practice to get it right, so make sure you do indeed practice using your test panel or paper.

Your fan spray should overlap the previous spray by half. The center of the first pass should be directed along the masking line with half of the paint on the masking paper, the other half on the body surface.

The second pass should be directed so that the top of the fan rides along the masking line. Each pass should then overlap the previous one by half, maintaining each pass at the same speed and at 6-10 inches away from the surface.

Start by painting the edges of an area first and then the main surface. This way overspray will help to cover the main area where you can then apply less paint if necessary.

If you apply paint at the appropriate thickness first to the main surface and then paint the edges, the extra paint from the overspray may cause imperfections on the main surface.

If you decided not to practice applying paint onto an old test panel, you may discover runs and flaws when you come to inspect your work. Runs are the result of too much paint being applied to a surface at any one time.

You may be holding the paint gun too close to the surface or fanning the spray too slowly. Whichever mistake you are making, make adjustments to your application until the paint is smooth and even.

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rotary drum Granulator

Posted in Industry News on January 27th, 2011 by Ace

Rotary Drum Agglomerator / Granulator (also known as balling drums or rotary Granulators) are very versatile pieces of equipment that can process a wide array of materials. The equipment is typically used for high capacity applications and usually requires some type of recycle depending on the product specifications. Drum Granulators are used when an Agglomeration – Chemical Reaction Process is required.
Typical applications of a Rotary Drum include, but are not limited to the following:
Agglomeration involving Chemical Reactions where the feed component(s) consist of reactive liquids or gases. The liquid and/or gas can be added into the bed of material to get a complete reaction and contain or reduce any emissions that may be generated. Many inorganic fertilizers are produced in this manner.
Conversion of fine Mineral Ores into easy to handle agglomerates or balls for further processing. Iron ore, copper ore, and gold ore are a few examples.
Granulation where the only feed or the majority of the feed is a Liquid or Melt such as urea granulation.
Coating of finished products by spraying a liquid onto the bed of material.
Mixing drums that can mix multiple solids and/or liquids.
Specialty Applications like a combination Granulation-Cooling Drum.
TAIDA’s custom designs can accommodate the addition of other equipment and accessories such as pipe reactors, discharge trommel screens, liners (rubber or metal), spray bars, and spargers. If you need to control emissions or dusting, TAIDA’s discharge breeching design makes capturing these materials easy so you don’t have to worry about contamination of the surrounding area.
As the one of the key equipments in fertilizer industry, rotary drum Granulator is applicable to cold, heat, and guniting and ammoniated granulation and big scale fertilizer production of high, medium and low concentration. The cylinder body adopts special stainless steel or rubber plate lining structure. It can remove scar and peel burl automatically It has the advantages of high intensity of granule, high production, erosion proof, abrasion proof, low energy consumption, long service life, convenient operation and maintenance etc.Remark: If the formulation, process and raw material are different, it will affect the yield, grain rate and the diameter of the grain.

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New digital printing machine

Posted in Industry News on January 27th, 2011 by Ace

Last week our production manager took a look at a new digital printing machine.  He found one he liked and we are in the process of getting it purchased and delivered to our production facility so we can better serve you, our customers.  With our new machine, we will be able to print more shirts an hour that we currenlty do which might get you your shirts a day or so earlier.  And with it being a new machine, quality should be top notch so you get what you want with the quality you expect from Broken Arrow.  If you have any digital printing questions, call our sales staff and they will point you in the right direction.

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Prior art of extruder machine

Posted in Industry News on January 18th, 2011 by Ace

An extruder machine  has a casing with at least one bore. One screw each is arranged in the bore in a rotatably drivable manner and is provided with a screw tip adjoining a nozzle plate. A shearing tool is arranged at the screw tip directly in front of the nozzle plate and is provided with at least one arm, with a shearing gap being formed between said arm and the nozzle plate.

An extruder  comprising a casing, at least one bore which is formed in the casing and has a diameter Da, at least one screw which is arranged in each bore in a rotatably drivable manner, which is provided with single-threaded screw elements with an external diameter Da, and which has a screw tip arranged at a downstream end, in relation to a direction of flow, said screw tip in turn being provided with a screw stem having a stem diameter Di, a nozzle plate which is arranged downstream of and adjacent to the screw tip so as to close the at least one bore, which is provided with a plurality of nozzle holes, and which is formed on an annular surface of the nozzle plate, wherein the screw tip is double-threaded with two screw flights which taper in the direction of flow down to the stem diameter Di, wherein the last half screw flight of each screw flight increases in each case in the direction of flow until the external diameter Da is reached, wherein a shearing tool is arranged at the screw tip directly in front of the nozzle plate, wherein the shearing tool has two arms which are in each case arranged superimposed with the downstream end of the respective screw flight of the screw tip and are attached to a hub, wherein to a diameter Dmin of the hub applies: Dmin
The invention relates to an extruder machine  comprising a casing, at least one bore which is formed in the casing and has a diameter Da, at least one screw which is arranged in the bore in a rotatably drivable manner and has a screw tip arranged at the downstream end—in relation to a direction of flow—said screw tip again being provided with a screw stem having a diameter Di and at least one screw flight, a nozzle plate which is arranged downstream of and adjacent to the screw tip so as to close the at least one bore, and is provided with a plurality of nozzle holes which is formed on an annular surface of the nozzle plate.

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Printing Machine History

Posted in Industry News on January 18th, 2011 by Ace

1439, Germany, Gutenberg produced wooden Toppan Printing Machine, this vertical spiral lever Printing Machine Although simple, it follows the 300 years; in 1812, first made in Germany Konig Taiwan round compacted Toppan Printing Machine; 1847, the United States of Hoy invention rotary Printing Machine; 1900 years, made six-color web offset Printing Machine; 1904, the United States, Rubel invention of offset Printing Machine. 50 years before the twentieth century, the traditional letterpress printing process in the printing industry dominance, Printing Machine development is dominated by Toppan Printing Machine. Letterpress printing process, but the existence of lead alloy and high labor intensity, long production cycle and the shortcomings of polluting the environment. From the 60′s, with short cycle, high productivity characteristics of offset lithography began to rise and development of lead alloy Toppan Printing have been gradually replaced by offset lithography printing. Soft letterpress printing, hole printing, electrostatic printing, inkjet printing, packaging printing, advertising printing have also been developed.

World Printing Machine 80 firearms since the 20th century has achieved great development. 20 years, Printing Machine armed undergone three stages of development.

The first stage of the 20th century to the early 80s early 90s, this stage is the development of offset printing technology heyday. This period the largest sheet-fed offset printing speed of 10,000 print / hours. A four-color Printing Machine pre-adjustment of the pre-press preparation time is 2 hours. Screen Printing Machine Automatic Control mainly in the auto-end paper, automatically receives the paper, self-cleaning, the black color of the automatic detection and automatic adjustment of ink and register remote control and so on. This period in addition to color, two-color machine, each sheet-fed offset press manufacturers they are even with four-color machine manufacturing capacity, most manufacturers are turning to the production of paper organization, carry out double-sided printing.

The second stage of the 20th century to early 20th century 90. 90 years into the 20th century, marked by sheetfed offset press, the international mechanical design and manufacturing standards Printing Machine is a great step forward. Compared with the first phase of the model, to further improve the speed of a new generation of models, from the 10,000 Indian / hour up to 15,000 print / hours, pre-press pre-adjusted time from the first stage substantially reduced to about 2 hours 15 minutes about. Level of automation machinery and production efficiency greatly improved.

Printing Machine into the 21st century ushered in the third stage armed. Currently, sheet-fed offset printing press of some models can reach 17000-18000 print / hours, but the manufacturers did not aggressively pursue Printing Machine printing speed have increased, but through the application of information technology to further shorten the pre-press preparation time and replacement of live parts of the time to pursue higher productivity.

The Printing Machine mechanical automation, network, production integrated, digital workflow, and management information system (MIS) to link the development of key technologies such as. Heidelberg’s CP2000 control system in addition to the paper from the whole machine, feeding and lead paper, inking, water, change edition, register, cleaning, drying, glazing coating, powder, and received certificates of compliance Working sessions were held each preset, control and fault diagnosis in addition to printing companies with all production processes to achieve network-based, online data transmission prepress image processing (CIP3/PPF or CIP4/JDF data) capabilities. The new century, the majority of offset press manufacturers have developed a corresponding DI digital Printing Machine.

In addition, to meet people’s demand for high-end color printing, 8 or even 10-color group group color group of multi-color double-sided printing, additional on-line finishing capabilities into all kinds of sheet-fed offset press (including a small offset, DI direct Offset plate making machines and large) development trends, and technology maturity, the type Printing Machine has begun to squeeze the original web Printing Machine is part of the market.

The European Printing and paper processing machinery manufacturers associations (EUMAPRINT) statistics show that due to the impact of the global economic downturn, Germany, France, the United States, Italy, Switzerland, mechanical devices Printing Machine of Seven sales in 2002 compared to 2001 down 13.08%. Analysis of economic sentiment index, Europe and the United States and China, Russia, Japan and other 11 countries, only China and Russia on the rise, the rest are falling, which, in Germany in 2002 sales of about 68 billion U.S. dollars, 2001 a drop of 12%; the United States was about 2.27 billion U.S. dollars in sales, down more than 16% in 2001; United Kingdom in 2002 compared to 2001 sales declined by 24%, about 1.064 billion U.S. dollars; Italy fell by 8% about 763 million U.S. dollars.

2001 Printing Machine mechanical equipment of the annual output value of the top five countries were: Germany 7.73 billion U.S. dollars, 3.918 billion U.S. dollars in Japan, the U.S. 2.702 billion U.S. dollars, 1.4 billion the United Kingdom, Italy 829 million U.S. dollars. Mechanical devices Printing Machine 2001 top 5 export countries are: Germany, 6.325 billion U.S. dollars, 1.578 billion U.S. dollars in Japan, the U.S. 1.246 billion U.S. dollars, 1.06 billion, Italy, Britain 940 million U.S. dollars. 2001 Offset Printing Machine mechanical equipment import six were: the United States 2.2 billion U.S. dollars, China’s 1.3 billion, 1.228 billion U.S. dollars in Germany, Italy 922 million U.S. dollars, the United Kingdom 920 million U.S. dollars, Japanese 798 million U.S. dollars. 2002 China Printing Machine firearms market a single flower, Printing Machine mechanical equipment sales increased 13.8% to become the world’s printing and printing equipment manufacturers and defend.

According to the German Machinery Manufacturers Association (VDMA) print the latest statistics branch in 2003, output value of the German Printing Machine firearms industry about 70 million euros, down 13% in 2002. Printing Machine which accounted for 4.8 billion euros mechanical, paper processing machinery accounted for 1.1 billion euros, the rest of the paper production machinery. Germany continued to hold the current world leader in printing technology, its global market share of over 30%, exports up to 80%, mainly exported to the United States, China and the EU member states. In 2003 Germany’s exports to China Printing Machine armed 370 million euros, representing the German armed Printing Machine 9.8% of total exports, China has become Germany’s second-largest single armed Printing Machine export market. The United States remains the largest German Printing Machine firearms importer, accounting for the German armed exports Printing Machine 1 / 6.

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Kit Airbrush

Posted in Industry News on January 18th, 2011 by Ace

Fake Bake Airbrush Kit

The most beautiful, flawless tan under the sun! Fast, easy to apply and contains a high percentage of two tanning agents.

Our exclusive AIRBRUSH formula contains high percentages of two tanning agents, DHA and Erythrulose, that bond with your skin’s pigment. Our technology transports these active ingredients to deeper layers of skin. The results.. a tan that is more intense, even and natural looking than anything on the market.

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