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46 PLASTICS NEWS, April 4, 2012 Dynisco LLC continues global expansion By Angie DeRosa PLASTICS NEWS STAFF ORLANDO, FLA. — Dynisco LLC (Booth 6263) is looking at geographic expansion. Its recent acquisition of Shanghai Hao-Ying Measurement & Control Technology Co. Ltd. in China is a great example of that. Dynisco now also is looking at growth in South America, Canada and Eastern Europe, officials said at NPE2012 on Monday. In addition to that announcement, officials are showing off new technology. The company acknowledges that the melt flow rate tester, otherwise known as the melt flow indexer, is probably the most common piece of equipment in any polymer laboratory. The design has not changed much in decades, officials said. But now that has changed, according to Dynisco. The company has developed a new LMI Series melt flow indexer, incorporating key features such as a new weight measurement system. Dynisco stores all weights in the unit, and changing the weight load is as simple as moving a pin from one slot to the next. The design has borrowed an ergonomic feature from gym equip- ment. Force packing is made easy, officials said. The goal is to avoid inconsistent packing of resin samples, which can cause data inconsistency. Dynisco has developed a force Davis packer that delivers a constant force regardless of the size or strength of the operator. A touch-screen display replaces the two-line vacuum fluorescent display. That larger, backlit touch screen allows for easier programming and viewing of testing status and results. A new digital encoder provides accurate measurement of piston displacement during Method B tests. By detecting the speed of encoder movement, the LMI can automatically determine flag length. The LMI also delivers data in digital form, including melt index values, shear stress, shear rate, viscosity and apparent melt density and testing conditions. Optional software makes it possible to record these values and present them in various reports. Separately, officials also are taking safety to a new level. Its new pressure sensors, marketed as Guardian Series, comply with the European Machinery Direc- tive. The internal relay switch responds to input from the pressure sensor bridge, detecting an open bridge, a loss of power to the pressure sensor or user-selected pressure levels. When any of those faults is detected, the relay contacts open, sending a signal to return the extruder to a safe operating condition. The company also teased a new sensor technology that is coming this summer. “It’s a technological breakthrough from the way that we’ve typically built pressure sensors,” said Mike Davis, product manager. Dynisco’s customers have demanded a more sustainable, greener solution. Davis said this product will address that. EMS shows nylons By Charlotte Eyre EUROPEAN PLASTICS NEWS ORLANDO, FLA. — EMS-Grivory (Booth 35021) is exhibiting a new range of nylons for media conveying at the NPE2012 show. The company has expanded its Grilamid L Nylon 12 range and is now producing 2D Nylon 612, 2S Nylon 610 and 1S Nylon 1010 for applications such as tubing and connectors, sales manager Darryl Goodwin said at the show. “Our new Grilamid products are resistant to fuel and oil, as well as chemicals, which is very important in automotive applications. They are also resistant to zinc chloride, which is found in road salts.” Grilamid L nylons are designed to replace rubber in media conveying systems. “Metal, glass and rubber replacement is very important for us as it provides benefits such as weight savings and design free- dom,” Goodwin said. “You can also eliminate parts of the manufacturing process when you use polymers, for example painting of the finished part.” Grivory GV is designed to replace zinc and aluminum in die cast components and provides high stiffness, good dimensional stability, creep behavior and vibration damping. Grilamid TR is a range of transparent nylons for glass replacement in technical applications for optical clarity, good impact strength and chemical resistance, the company said. “We make the base polymers and do the compounding so we can control the whole process, including the feedstock. We can custom the tailor compounds for various qualities, for example, stiffness,” Goodwin said. 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