W O R K S H O P
NEW
ECODRY
SYSTEM
FIRST INTEGRATED, PROCESS-SYNCHRONISED
COOLING SOLUTION FOR THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Frigel is calling itself the
process cooling pioneer
– and it just might be
right - by introducing
the Ecodry System for the plastics
industry.
This revolutionary concept
integrates high performance mold
cooling units (Microgel) connected
to each mold with a closed circuit
adiabatic central cooling system
(Ecodry) for overall plant heat
dissipation (replacing old cooling
tower technology). Microgels are
super-compact units specifically
designed to significantly reduce
cooling cycle time in molding
applications and combine, in one
machine, a water cooled chiller
with one or two booster pump
high precision heated temperature
control zones.
For the last two decades, Frigel
says this technology has changed
the way plastics processors
approach their cooling and mold
temperature control needs. As a
result, this technical solution has
achieved outstanding results for the
industry by increasing productivity,
drastically reducing running costs
and minimizing environmental
impact and has been successfully
proven on more than 8000
installations worldwide.
THE INNOVATION: PROCESSSYNCHRONISED
COOLING
– THE NEW ECODRY SYSTEM
4.0
Now, Frigel takes Ecodry System to
the next level.
The new approach is based on
full digital connectivity between
mold temperature control and
molding machine that, together
with several innovative engineering
improvements, brings plastics
cooling and temperature control
into the future – the Industry 4.0
revolution.
From complex automotive injection
molded parts to high speed thin
wall packaging, this new "Process-
Synchronised Cooling" approach
covers all cooling demands in
plastics molding with unbeatable
performance improvements, cycle
time reduction and cost savings,
together with outstanding
reductions of environmental
impact.
The system is based on two
technologies:
1. Process-synchronised mold
temperature control units – a
complete, wide operating
temperature range from 5˚C
(41˚F) up to 200˚C (392˚F)
– Microgel, Turbogel and
Thermogel
A complete range of mold
temperature control units that
covers every specific molding
application: number of zones
and temperature ranges,
heating, cooling and pumping
requirements for each zone of
a mold.
Now digitally-synchronized
with the molding machines and
automatically operated by them,
processors can research the
best cooling parameters and
cycling sequence of heating
and/or cooling for each zone
of a mold that maximizes
quality and throughput for each
product.
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These parameters may
be recorded and then
restored whenever the line
manufactures the same
product.
2. Central adiabatic water
cooling system – Ecodry
To complete the Ecodry
System, all the cooling
units installed at each mold
are connected to a central
adiabatic water cooling
system installed outdoors,
in order to reject the heat
extracted from processes
to ambient. This modular
system – an alternative to old
style open circuit evaporative
cooling towers – consists
of closed circuit adiabatic
fluid coolers that can keep
the coolant temperature
even lower than the ambient
temperature.
Additionally, this central
system can also provide
direct cooling for all other
requirements, such as
hydraulic machine cooling,
resin dryers, air compressors,
etc.
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32 October 2019