- RETURN ON INVESTMENT - MGF software and hardware reduce waste of colorants and additives drastically. Maguire Gravimetric Feeders eliminate manual handling and mixing and reduce operation costs.
- SAVE - typically 30% on masterbatch costs compared to manual or volumetric dosing.
- TWIN LOAD CELLS - Lightweight aluminium hopper mounted on 2 load cells which measure the weight of the hopper and the material ONLY.
- AUTOMATIC DOSING - Continuously monitors the loss-in-weight as material is dosed and automatically adjusts flow rate.
- MAXIMUM ACCURACY AND CONTROL - Measuring only the hopper and masterbatch allows for finer resolution load cells versus weighing complete feeder assembly and motor.
- ACCURACY OF ± 0.2% - Automatic, continuous updates to flow rate calibration during production process.
- RESOLUTION CONTROL - Stepper motor provides high resolution control to dose masterbatch accurately to ± 0.2%.
- CHOICE OF DOSING SCREWS - combined with software control provide industry-leading accuracy.
- PRIME CALIBRATION (PATENTED) - Fast-track calibration on startup. Fully automatic and ready within seconds. Primes screw and barrel with material, ready to start production.
- 100% INJECTION COLORING (PATENT PENDING) - For critical additives, masterbatches and tints. All material in injection molding machine barrel is now colored and gaps are eliminated. No scrap.
- MODULAR DESIGN - Modular design allows key components to lock together easily. Easily disassembled for cleaning and reassembled for next job – no tools required.
- FAST CLEANING AND MATERIAL CHANGE OVER - Hopper fitted with quick release latches. Empty unused material, quick clean, start next job.
- TOUCHSCREEN CONTROL OPTION - Each feeder is equipped with a user-friendly control system. Quick set up and start ups. Comes as standard or 7’’ touchscreen controller.
- EXTRUSION CONTROL MODES: • Continuous – Feeder automatically doses according to extrusion throughput reference entered into control. • Extrusion Following – Feeder follows 0-10 V interface signal of extruder to ensure correct setting as throughputs increase / decrease. • LIW – Follows complete process data from LIW live. Loss in weight updates process consumption every second.
- SIMPLE SET UP - The MGF operates in 3 simple steps: 1. Ready – Load material hopper with masterbatch. 2. Set – percentage setting (LDR): in shot weight or lb/h (kg/h). 3. Go – Automatic calibration and error correction. Guaranteed feed rate held within ± 0.2% of the desired setting (LDR).
MGF Gravimetric feeder
Gravimetric feeding solution for all molding and extrusion applications.
Gravimetric feeding solution for all molding and extrusion applications.
Robust hardware, integrated with industry-leading software control to achieve repeatable consistent dosing accuracy.
MGF software and hardware reduce waste of colorants and additives drastically. Unique twin load cell technology provides maximum accuracy and control. High resolution control doses masterbatch accurately to ± 0.2% on 1% setting.
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