Counter-slanted rotor and bed knives provide a high shear slicing action that achieves clean, uniform granulate, with very low plastic dust and fines at high throughput rates with less noise and fines, lower energy consumption and heat buildup. The rotor diameter of Press Side Granulators is greater than the feed opening, allowing clear, unobstructed access to the cutting chamber to utilize every inch of the cutting circle. This unique design maximizes granulator capacity and throughput by eliminating bottlenecks at the entrance, and increasing the effective screen area.

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Double Angle Cut™ Counter-slanted rotor and bed knives provide a high shear slicing action that achieves clean, uniform granulate at high throughput rates with less noise and fines, lower energy consumption and heat buildup. The steep angle approach of the rotor pulls material into the chamber for faster processing with reduced flyback. Two-blade & three-blade rotor configurations provide optimum granulating efficiency and throughput for your specific application.

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Clean, Uniform Granulate - The high shear, Double Angle Cut slicing action produces clean, uniform granulate from thick, thin, rigid or elastomeric materials. Polymer's counter-slanted blade configuration is considered the industries most efficient and economical granulating system, requiring less energy and producing less fines and noise than other designs.

The vast majority of auger feed granulators are used in automated setups, especially closed loop systems where regrind is immediately remolded. Therefore, Polymer Systems makes its auger feed models very easy to equip for unattended operation.

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The Premium Shurfeed Granulator is a press side & central plastics granulator designed for quiet operation. Hosokawa Polymer Systems has taken its proven Shurfeed granulator chamber design a giant step forward with refinements that dramatically improve operating efficiency. A specially designed back wall smoothes material transition to the cutting circle to practically eliminate flyback while reducing overall shock to the system, noise and energy usage as well.

Another improvement: New Premium Shurfeed Granulator rotors run at slower speeds to decrease the velocity of materials in the chamber, reducing the ricochet effect. In total, operating efficiency achieved with this new chamber design delivers substantial improvement in noise reduction, flyback and energy efficiency. Polymer Systems has system-matched chamber, rotor and drive components in this new line of granulators to deliver efficient, trouble-free performance with the lowest possible power requirements.

The original Double Angle Cut configuration which includes three steep-angle rotor knives and two counter-angled bed knives, provides a high shear slicing action that produces a clean, uniform granulate at high throughput rates with low energy consumption. The new rotor design also puts more weight at the outer diameter to maximize use of kinetic energy and inertia for easier cutting of materials without jamming. Polymer Systems uses larger sheaves to further increase inertial forces.

When specified, a blower evacuation system can be fitted inside the machine's sound-proof enclosure for quieter operation and to minimize floor space requirements. The cyclone is mounted on the back of the granulator, so it doesn't require a separate stand and is portable with the granulator.

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Shurfeed cutting chamber design allows material to fall directly in front of the rotating knives and to be pulled quickly through the cutting action for fast, complete granulation without piece bounce and flyback. Three steep angle rotor knives and two bed knives mounted in Double Angle Cut configurations reduce energy consumption, noise, heat and fines, while increasing throughput.

Shurfeed® cutting chamber design allows material to fall directly in front of rotating knives to be pulled quickly through the cutting action for fast, complete granulation without piece bounce and flyback. Only Polymer Systems gives a clear, unobstructed feed opening equal to rotor diameter for maximum performance through every inch of the cutting circle. This unique design maximizes granulator capacity, eliminates bottlenecks at the entrance to the cutting chamber and dramatically increases effective screen area for fast throughput. Ask for a comparison!

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Only Polymer Systems’ granulators have a clear, unobstructed feed opening equal to rotor diameter for maximum performance through every inch of the cutting circle. This unique design maximizes granulator capacity, eliminates bottlenecks at the entrance to the cutting chamber and dramatically increases effective screen area for fast throughput. A special sound-deadening composite material is used for hopper walls on all Press Side, Large Part, Shurfeed 2000 and Heavy Duty Polymer granulators.

This unique triple-ply laminate has a thin elastomeric membrane between two sheets of steel, identical to what is used in firewalls of some luxury automobiles. It dramatically reduces noise transmitted through the hopper walls and out the feed opening by dampening the sharp, metallic ringing noise caused by material hitting the inside walls. Double wall designs offer little noise reduction when compared to our triple-ply design.

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As a standard feature, Alpine compact line granulators CL offer all the integrated technology that is necessary these days for the cost-effective comminution of all kinds of plastics – and at an attractive price. Developed as a universal granulator, the success of this product line is based on the many details aimed at maximum user benefits. Alpine cross-scissor-cut rotor guarantees optimum material intake and distribution and thus high throughput rates at reduced energy consumption.

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The Rotoplex features a cross-scissor-cut rotor which offers process technological superiority, saves energy, increases the service life, and improves the material feeding characteristics. These machines are capable of extremely high capacities due to our unique design and multiple knife geometry. Besides the classic field of plastics size reduction, Rotoplex large scale granulators are exemplary for fiber, film, purgings, wire and cable and many more difficult materials.

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The DGH series, heavy duty granulator is used for many demanding applications such as; PVC and HDPE pipe, PET, thick sheet, film, post-consumer plastics, large curbside garbage cans, plastic purgings and wire and cable recycling. This machine is built to perform and last for many years.

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No Sticking or Clogging: HMG® Hot Melt Granulators feature a modified Shurfeed® cutting chamber specially designed for recovery of hot plastics up to 600° F without pre-cooling. Hot extrudate falls directly in front of the rotating knives and is passed through the cutting action immediately. The evacuation blower provides high volume air flow through the open rotor and expanded chamber area to cool material quickly. Close, uniform rotor-to-screen clearance and the scissors-cut blade configuration produce fast, positive throughput without material build-up in the chamber.

For certain applications our Hot melt granulators provide an inline, low cost solution to plastics recycling. Much simpler than an expensive large pelletizing system, our Hot Melt Granulator is ideal for recycling of hot plastic such as FEP, PE and PVC used in the wire and cable manufacture. With a water cooled chamber and rotor and using high volumes of air our Hot Melt Granulator can recycle plastic up to 600º F. The granulator is low profile and can fit under extruder and accept extrudate of PVC, PE or FEP directly from the die.

Our hot melt granulators can process materials that are hundreds of degrees and molten. By water and air cooling we can take this extricate from an extruder die and process it into smaller useable regrind. (Not all materials lend themselves to this process contact our office for more information).

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