Dynisco’s OPT-TROL System Retrofits Extrusion Line

Challenge

A high end medical disposable device manufacturing facility was operating with outdated technology that no longer met the requirements of the medical industry.

Solution

In order to retrofit this extrusion line, Dynamic Electronics worked with one of its manufacturing partners to assess the process and offer a proposal. After reviewing the entire extrusion system, Dynamic identified that data collection and full machine control capability were critical to the success of retrofitting this five-layer extrusion line. Dynisco’s OPT-TROL System was suggested to update the system and solve the issues. The OPT-TROL system is a low-cost modular polymer melt control system which gives users the ability to precisely control pressure and temperature on most extrusion lines. It offers adaptive, auto-tuned temperature, pressure and speed control as well as differential pressure control and process-variable trending from a user-friendly color touch-screen operator interface. Dynamic Electronics and its manufacturing partner, in conjunction with Dynisco, won the contract to retrofit the customer’s five-layer extrusion line with the new OPT-TROL advanced technology product. The result is a more sophisticated control package that allows the customer to retrieve stored data and to reproduce the process on a consistent basis.