PLASTIC SERVICES & PRODUCTS, INC. – a new AutoScreen Customer
Plastic Services & Products are headquartered in Sun Valley, California and are part of the global PMC group. P.S. & P. has three manufacturing facilities on the West Coast, where they produce HDPE drainage, water and irrigation pipe, as well as HDPE lawn edgings and ABS drain waste and vent pipe. They are one of the largest users of post consumer and post industrial recycled materials. www.psppipe.com
"We installed our first AutoScreen in June of 2001. It was simple to install and is very easy to operate. The AutoScreen has performed flawlessly with virtually no down time or maintenance. It is a very well designed screenchanger."
DYMETROL COMPANY, INC. – a longtime AutoScreen Customer
The Dymetrol Company was established in may 1993 when management of the Dupont Company's Dymetrol ® product line acquired the business from Dupont. Dymetrol products are based on a unique polymer orientation technology developed by Dupont engineers which imparts strength three to four times that of unoriented extruded shapes. Dymetrol's manufacturing facilities are located in Bladenboro, North Carolina. http://www.dymetrol.com/
" When our comapny was a part of Dupont Co., Dymetrol purchased AutoScreens for all extrusion lines in 1975 or 1976. Before the introduction of the AutoScreen, we were shutting down at least every 8 - 12 hours to manually change the screen pack. After the introduction of the AutoScreen, we only shut down to change products, or when the screen expired.
Dymetrol elected to have a manual indexing cycle rather than an automatic cycle. The operator would determine at what point to index the screen, but the screen was moved at last once every 2 hours ( 1-2 inches). If the feedstock was dirty, indexing would occur more frequently, sometimes as often as every 20 minutes.
During the years these AutoScreens have taken a lot of abuse, but they are still in operation today. Our mechanics have reworked the screen inlet box on 2 of the 4 units, and they now work as well as a new one out of the box.
The AutoScreen is a simple piece of equipment, but a vital part of any continuous extrusion process."