Plastics News Show Daily - April 3, 2012 - (Page 27)

PLASTICS NEWS, April 3, 2012 27 Conair NPE offerings include ARM — and leg up on profit By Roger Renstrom PLASTICS NEWS CORRESPONDENT ORLANDO, FLA. — Auxiliary equipment maker Conair Group (Booth 3643) is displaying new products, offering interactive modules and showing NPE attendees ways to cut waste, save energy and improve yield. Its NPE2012 exhibit’s “Pathways to Profitability” theme sets the tone. Among its new products, Conair incorporates applied vision and robotic technologies in a material vision proofing system and an automated resin manager selection station. Typically, vision and robotic systems are familiar to manufacturers, but their use in auxiliary solutions is unusual. “Customers have a need to be more efficient and productive” and reduce mistakes, said Christopher Keller, president of Conair. “We are driving more efficiency to the plant floor and providing solutions to eliminate mistakes,” Keller said. Technology advances The patent-pending material visual proofing system functions in conjunction with Conair’s resin selection station and prevents operators from making incorrect or improper manual connections. MVP software programming automatically provides 100 percent validation that the right material goes to the right destination, said Conair mechanical engineer Matthew Baker. The system’s motorized camera is installed on a track behind See Conair, Page 28 Visit us at booth#1371 Putting all of the Pieces Together... Service (We service what we sell) Spare Parts (Just call 440-530-1000) Conair’s ARM — or automated resin manager — selection station uses a pair of three-axis robotic motion coordinators to connect any of up to 32 resin-source ports to as many as 16 destination ports via a single hose. Conveniently Located (Willoughby, Ohio - suburb of Cleveland) Top Quality Machinery High-Performance Products… Visit Lubrizol and Merquinsa in Booth #35004 from theLeaders in Engineered Polymers entire product line. ® ® TPUs, Stat-Rite® ® #35004. a success. www.lubrizol.com/engineeredpolymers Reps & Distributors Wanted Visit Us in Booth #1371 38241 Willoughby Parkway Willoughby, OH 44094 www.ShiniUSA.com 440-530-1000 Conair Group photo http://www.ShiniUSA.com http://www.lubrizol.com/engineeredpolymers http://www.ShiniUSA.com http://www.lubrizol.com/engineeredpolymers

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