Wittmann wins best dryer award

Following comparitive testing and analysis from US-based Plastics Product Review (PPR) Wittmann’s new polymer materials dryer – the Drymax 60 – is recommended as the Best Buy for the plastics processing industry.

The Wittmann Drymax 60 beat off rival dryers from competitors Conair, Motan, AEC, Novatec, Fasti, Matsui, Thoreson and four other companies to claim the PPR Best Buy recommendation. In a number of laboratory tests the Wittmann dryer came top in moisture removal; in energy consumption and had the best overall score as well winning points for its competitive price.

PPR notes that ‘Wittmann’s dryer is the best dryer in this evaluation based on the test data and its comparatively low pricing. This dryer particularly excelled in the moisture analysis portion of the evaluation, meaning that it dried the resin better than any of the competitors. Other strengths include energy efficiency, low decibel levels, and relatively consistent hopper temperatures…Wittmann’s dryer stood out from the pack with the best composite score.’

Vienna-headquartered Wittmann, mostly known for its automation and robotics expertise, entered the plastics materials handling business in the summer of 2000; launching a wide range of equipment that has been purpose-built and designed for plastics processing by a team of industry practitioners.

Wittmann equipment has excelled in the competitive world of comparitive testing; - also recently winning Best Buy for its plastics granulator performance, and last year for its sprue picker and de-moulding robot.

The US-based report on a dozen dryer manufacturers contains comparitive data across 37 categories and is based on 542 hours of testing. Further details from the company’s website on www.productreview.org

Wittmann will be showing the DryMax 60 and other equipment at the Interplas Plastics Exhibition at the NEC, Birmingham from September 30 to October 4. The company is exhibiting in Hall 5 on Stand 5342.

The Wittmann Group employs 580 employees and has a revenue of some 120 million euros. Wittmann is one of the world’s leading producers of robots, automation, ancillary and mould heating and chilling equipment for plastics and other manufacturing industries. Further details of materials dryers and other equipment from Wittmann UK. Tel. 01933 275 777