Intelligent Controllers

In order to operate high quality mixtures, it is essential to use optimally designed temperature control units.

Temperature control unit with digital intelligent controller - iTC

• iTC especially developed for HF MIXING GROUP equipment

• Temperature control depending on the mixing process

• Optimal energy consumption

• Trouble-free integration into the mixing line controls

• Frequency regulation of the pump as an additional control parameter

Benefits

• Easy installation

• Optimised operation communication and maintenance

• Regulator optimisation

• No heating phases during the mixing cycle

• Reducing operating costs

• Process data recording

• Short commissioning time

• Fully integration into HF MIXING GROUP control concept

• Standard controller for all HF MIXING GROUP temperature control units

• Available for different TCU´s manufactures

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Intelligent controller for state-of-the-art mixing technology.

The intelligent dust stop – iXseal

The digital dust stop controller iXseal for environmentally friendly mixing

• Reduction of dust seal pressure

• Optimized slipring lubrication

• Optimized annular gap lubrication

• Less undenfied lubrication oil in the compound

Benefits

• Easy installation

• Reduce mechanical wear of dust stops

• Reduce brake effect & main drive energy input

• Increase dust stop life time

• Reduction of fresh slipring oil consumption and therefore reduction of recycling costs

• Reduction of fresh annular gap oil consumption and therefore reduction of recycling costs

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The intelligent ram controller

iRam Basic version

• Ram up, down and cleaning position

• Ram pressure control

• Ram floating

• Reduce pressure by drop door opening

Benefits

• Easy installation

• Individual ram speed adjustment

• Slowly approach of end positions

• Fast and eficient pressure control

• Increase system availability and thus increase the production output

• Reducing of noise and thus improved working conditions for the operator at the mixer

• Minimize wear

• Included in ADVISE^®CS

iRam Extended version

• Variable ram layback controlled by recipe parameter settings

• Ram „slow“ down and up movement controlled by recipe parameter settings

• *HF MIXING GROUP hydraulic control (PLC) is required!

Benefits

• Easy installation

• Possibility to achieve safe & better degassing

• Possibility for improved distribution

• Possibility for throughput increasing

• Reduction of fillers on top of the ram

• Reduction of raw material losses through dust collection system

• Improved process oil injection achieving by sealed ram gap

• Reduction of batch cycle time

• Less ram cleaning time

• iRam basic and extended functions are included in ADVISE^®CS & ES

ADVISE^® ES process controller

Ram position profile controller based on iRam

ADVISE^® ES ram intelligent positions and pressure profile controller ADVISE^® ES profile designer with iRam intelligent position and pressure profile controller. *HF MIXING GROUP ADVISE^® ES mixing room control is required!

Benefits

• Easy configuration of ram position profile control in the ADVISE^®

• ES software

• Simple design of individual ram and pressure profiles in the ADVISE^®

• ES office application

• Reduction of accident risks by degassing of the mixing chamber (WPC and silica) during controlles ram moves

• Additional mixing effect when using the sinus function

• The batch may be pushed partially up into the feeding chute to allow better dispersion to improve batch quality

• Slowly incorporate fibers to prevent fiber nests (excessively compressed the fibers) in the compound, thereby improving the compound quality

• Reduce the time required for ram lifting steps

• Possible process optimisation for silica compounds

Constant batch temperature controller

The digital constant batch temperature controller based on ADVISE^® ES software Opportunity to mix for an extended time at a constant batch temperature

Benefits

• Easy configuration of constant batch temperature controller in the ADVISE®ES software

• Constant batch temperature by varying of rotor speed

• Possible process optimisation

• Avoiding unintentional crossing of temperature limits during the automatic process

• Controlled silanisation at constant temperature over an extended period of time or transition

• Simplified mixing of accelerator and crosslinking chemicals at controlled temperature

• Prevention of scrap compound

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Torque related oil injection controller

The digital torque related oil injection controller based on ADVISE^® ES software.

The torque related oil injection controller is an intermitting oil injection controller by monitoring the torque of the main motor.

Benefits

• Easy configuration of torque related oil injection controller in the ADVISE^® ES software

• Prevent slipping of mixer rotors after oil injection

• Incorporation of large amounts of oil in shortest possible time

• Better temperature control of cool the compound in a single stage process

• Reduction of batch cycle time

• Minimize power loss at oil injection

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iCMSpot

Online condition monitoring Increasing of equipment availability - Reduction of costs Online dust stop monitoring - iCMSpot

iCMSpott - Online condition monitoring of dust stops

• 24 V DC power supply

• V DC power supply

• Steady “life bit“ sensor monitoring

• Robust stainless steel housing

iCMSpot Sensor technology

• Steady online condition monitoring of fixed dust stop wear surface

• Sensor wear signal at 80% wear and 20% time to schedule maintenance

iCMSpot - Check Kit

iCMSpot - Check Kit for iCMSpot technology ensure years of continuous proper wear detection

• No separate power supply necessary

• Upper LED button - Check of iCMSpot sensor logic

• Lower LED button - Reset & restart iCMSpot sensor