MLAN Software

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Maguire Gravimetric Blending
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? Introduction

• Products Software

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Introduction to Maguire

• 22 years manufacturing blending equipment
• for plastics
• 1989 Weigh Scale Blender launched
• 1993 Becomes the Worlds best selling
  gravimetric blender
• Sales are close to 3,000 per annum
• More than 80 WSB models
• Wide range of application throughputs
• Market Leader

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Maguire WSB Sales per Annum
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Maguire 97 98 World Sales
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Maguire World Sales Support
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? Dosing Blending

• Traditional Options for Processors

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The Dosing Choices

• In general, a processor who is going to switch
  from pre compounded materials to raw materials
  will have 3 options for mixing.
• Proportional Valve Doser
• Volumetric Blending
• Gravimetric Blending

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Dosing by Volume

• The Most Common Methods
• Pocketed Wheel Metering
• Screw Metering

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Pocketed Wheel Metering
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Screw Metering
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Volumetric Dosing Variations
Set
Required
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What about Regrind ?
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Proportional Valve
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Closed Loop Systems
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Problems Volumetric Dosing

• Time consuming manual calibration
• Skilled personnel required for setting
• Formulas and process data required for
  calibration
• Assumes consistent bulk density of materials

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Blending Requirements

• Minimise labour
• Minimise involvement of skilled personnel
• Accurately control material usage
• Cut waste and scrap
• Less down time More production time
• Repeatability of product
• Peace of mind

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? Gravimetric Blending

• Introduction to Maguire Technology

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Why Gravimetric ?

• Technological affordability
• Consistent accuracy
• Automatically adjusts for variations in bulk
  density
• Calibration is an automatic function
• Setup in minutes - not hours
• Measures by Weight - not Volume
• Eliminates errors calculation

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Maguire WSB Blender
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Maguire Weigh Scale Blender

• How does it Work ?

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Maguire Weigh Scale Blender
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Maguire Controller
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Maguire Slide Gate System
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Materials Dispensing
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Material Mixing
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Mixer Clean-out
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Maguire Auger Feeder
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Accuracy

• Every batch followed by error correction routine
• Accuracy rises by restricting a slide gate or
  auger feeder
• Immune to vibration
• 1 Setting Typical accuracy of / - 0.05

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WSB Trial Results(Courtesy of Cookson Polymer
Group - R D)
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Maguire Further Features

• Audible Visible Alarms
• Lock Out Settings
• Recipe Storage
• Password Access
• Regrind Control
• Off Line Batch Operation

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Off-line Batch Blending
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Maguire Advantages

• Only Gravimetric to mount directly on throat
• This system will never drop an incomplete batch
• Automatically adjusts additive quantities
• as regrind levels fluctuate
• Automatic calibration and correction
• Extremely user friendly

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Maguire Advantages

• Ease of maintenance, few mechanical parts
• Efficient mixing with no dead spots
• Highly accurate
• Excellent for ISO 9000 Standards
• Proven with over 11,000 units
• Quick Clean-out

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? New Developments

• New additions to the range

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Maguire Micro Pulse

• Patented new technology
• Revolutionary design
• Micro Pulse allows the processor to dose a pellet
  at a time
• Micro Pulse can replace conventional Auger
  feeders bringing cost and maintenance down
• This new technology is immediately
• available only with Maguire

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Maguire Micro Blender

• Maguire has launched a new innovative Micro
  Blender to its already comprehensive range of 80
  blenders
• Throughput of approximately 30 Kg/hr
• New patented Micro Pulse technology
• Immune to Shock Vibration
• New Pneumatic Mixer process
• Fully removable materials hoppers
• Weight of less than 29Kg
• Footprint of 15cm x 15cm

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Maguire Micro Blender
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Maguire Micro Clean-out
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? Data Retrieval

• Monitoring Recording blend data

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Standard Data Retrieval

• Individual material weights used
• Total batch weights dispensed
• Set percentages
• Achieved percentages
• Works order operator tractability
• Dates times
• Blender ID number

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WSB Printout
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Total Blend Data

• Benefits -
• Sales tool to develop client confidence
• Planning of material costs
• Historical information
• Quality control
• Job costing
• ISO 9000

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MLAN PC Communications

• 2 way communication for Maguire blenders
• Maintain material database
• Set blends from a remote location
• Monitor all blends from one terminal
• Produces Reports from retrieved Data
• Graphical data interpretation
• Download data to Disk or Hard copy

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MLAN PC Communications
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? Client References

• Sample of users applications

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Maguire WSB Users extract

• 3M Company
• AEI Cables
• Aeroquip Corporation
• Amplas
• ATT
• Autobar Polyfilms
• Bayer GmbH
• Bic Corporation
• Bischof Klien
• Blowspeed

• Bonar Textiles
• Bowater Liquid Packaging
• BP Chemicals
• BPI Group
• Briggs Stratton
• Chrysler
• Clingtech Films
• CMB
• Cookson Plantpak
• Cebal

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Maguire WSB Users extract

• CVP
• Delta Crompton Cables
• Dolphin Packaging
• Du Pont
• Dunlop Slazenger
• Eastman Kodak
• Electrolux
• Exxon
• Fisher Price Toys
• Ford Motor Corporation

• General Motors
• Gillette
• Hasbro Toys
• Hunstsman Containers
• Hutchinson
• Insulpak
• ITW
• Johnson Controls
• Johnson Wax
• Legatech

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Maguire WSB Users extract

• Link Plastics
• LINPAC
• Little Tikes
• Littlefuse
• Lucy Housewares
• Merlin Flexible
• Metzler
• Montell
• Orbitel Cables
• Otto

• Peugeot
• Phillips Consumer Electricals
• Plasti Omnium
• Plysu
• Polarcup
• Rexam Group
• Roll-a-Rap
• Romar Packaging
• Royalite
• RPC Containers

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Maguire WSB Users extract

• Sansetsu
• Sealed Air
• SGS Geosystems
• Smer
• Smith Nephew
• Sony Corporation
• Swains Packaging
• Toshiba

• Trigon
• Tupperware
• Valeo
• Viskase
• Visqueen
• Wardle Storeys
• WCB Linpac
• Zotefoams

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BPTA - Blow Moulding
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Rexpak - Blow Moulding
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Johnson Wax - Blow Moulding
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SGS Geosystems - Film Extrusion
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Derby Plastics - Film Extrusion
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WCB Linpac - Injection Moulding
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Rexam Packaging - Injection Moulding
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Dolphin Packaging - Sheet Extrusion
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Insulpak - Sheet Extrusion
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? Client Cost Analysis

• Increased performance at a lower cost

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Cost Savings

• Why specify a Maguire?
• Maguire now is proven as the market leader due
  to features and benefits at an affordable price.
• How can Maguire help with Materials?
• Maguire gives the manufacturer the ability to
  blend with ease and confidence at a fraction of
  the cost of utilising a compounded material.

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Cost Saving Analysis

• Time
• 5 days, 20 hr/day, x 50 weeks 5000 hr/yr
• Materials
• 200 kg/hr 1,000,000 kg consumption
• Masterbatch addition
• 2.0 masterbatch used 20,000 Kg/yr
• Price
• masterbatch price US16/Kg US320,000 per year

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Cost Saving Analysis

• Maguire
• In our experience with volumetric systems we
  estimate that processors while aiming to dose at
  2.0 actually dose between 1.9 to 2.6 on this
  basis 20 fluctuation is not unusual
• Financial saving
• 20 of US320,000 masterbatch
• US 64,000 in masterbatch saved per annum

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Compound v Natural

• The savings for companies using compounds will
  again be high.
• Direct material costs savings can range from 5
  to 30.
• Indirect costs for the manufacturer include
• Warehouse Stocking
• Distribution costs
• Re Drying
• Materials degradation in regrind

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Compound v Natural
US / 1000Kg
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Maguire Synopsis

• Market Leading Gravimetric Blender Worldwide
• Proven in every application every time
• Designed to be easy to use set up
• Patented Smart Technology
• Highly Accurate Cost effective
• Enormously flexible
• MLAN software for Data
• Unrivalled 3 year warranty

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Maguire Gravimetric Blending
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