Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, USA, November 1, 2018: Nordson Corporation has developed a digital tool for comparing the cost of a standard sheet die with a removable lower lip and for quickly changing the film. Extrusion Dies Industries® SmartGap TM The cost of the device.
Sheet manufacturers can use a tool called SmartGap Payback Analysis to calculate the time to recycle after switching to SmartGap technology. The tool can be accessed online at http://www.nordson.com/en/divisions/polymer-processing -systems/support/calculators.
SmartGap die
SmartGap technology enables manufacturers to change sheet thickness at an unprecedented rate, expand the thickness range of their products, and improve sheet quality while achieving these improvements. The system uses a single point adjustment mechanism to change the lip gap. At the same time, the length of the flattened area of the lip is changed to provide the most appropriate conditions for the newly set thickness as the sheet exits the die. The SmartGap system ensures the die by mechanically connecting the adjustment of these two key process variables. The settings are correct, and you can save objective time and without guessing, you can achieve the desired sheet performance.
SmartGap Payback Analysis users can enter two types of information: 1) a one-time cost of a standard sheet die with a removable lower lip and the latest SmartGap system investment; and 2) process data, including die length, Productivity, die gap change and lip replacement times, working days, raw material costs, approximate product sales price, and hourly overhead costs for the sheet line.
Using these inputs, the tool calculates daily output values for both systems, including downtime, throughput gaps, downtime costs, gap product gross margins, and total downtime costs; comparing the time required to change the lip and changing the SmartGap system The time required for the die gap; and the estimated time required for the SmartGap system to complete the investment recovery.
According to Sam G. Iuliano, senior technology manager for Nordson's Extrusion Dies Industries brand, investment recovery is usually completed in just a few months.
Mr. Iuliano said: 'The SmartGap system can replace the lip parts without a long downtime, which is often required when switching to new jobs in the past, so using SmartGap can help you spend two hours in a matter of minutes or Work that takes longer to complete. SmartGap also overcomes the limitations of the product thickness range caused by the complexity of previous die modifications; the SmartGap system makes it easy to adjust the die gap in the 0.400 inch (10.2 mm) range. The industry is able to efficiently respond to multiple product changes per day. At the same time, the SmartGap system improves product quality and consistency, in part by straightening the upper and lower lip faces and lip during the thickness change. Keep parallel to achieve. '