Rapid presents latest series in ‘Open Hearted’ concept at K 2007

Bredaryd, Sweden - Rapid Granulator AB presents its new 600 Series of ‘open-hearted’ granulators at K 2007. Thanks to its modular design with various cutter house, rotor, hopper configurations, the series can be tailored for injection moulding, blow moulding, extrusion and recycling applications. The Rapid 600 comes in three models, with 900, 1200 and 1500 mm processing width respectively and can handle capacities of up to 2,500 kg/h.

Rapid’s unique “open-hearted” concept, originally launched in 2006, is based on an ergonomic design that provides swift, direct and complete access to the heart of the machine, rotor and cutter house during production changes. This radically simplifies the inspection, cleaning and maintenance process – which can account for up to 80 percent of a granulator’s running costs. With just a couple of steps, and without the use of tools, the cutter house can be completely opened, facilitating clear visual access to the core machine parts. This allows “visibly clean” inspection and approval of the machine before it resumes operation, preventing potential contamination at colour and material changes.

In addition to the new 600 Series, Rapid is also displaying its full range of “Open Hearted” granulators including the 300, 400, 500 series. They include two new additions to the 400 Series: the 400-60 HD (Heavy Duty) for tough applications; and the 400-120, the widest model ever in this series, dedicated to recycle extra wide injection moulded and thermoformed waste product.

The Rapid ‘open-hearted’ granulators are well-suited for high-volume central or beside-the-press granulation of injection-moulded, blow-moulded or extruded plastic waste or rejects for direct recycling. They all use the Rapid cutting technique, comprising clean double-scissors cutting action and a constant cutting circle, to produce uniformly-sized granules with minimal dust content, even with the toughest materials. Moreover, the machines’ cutting action reduces the force needed to slice through the plastics waste, which results in reduced energy consumption.

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