Automatik Plastics Machinery Gmbh

Reinhardt-Karsten Müerb

Andreas Doll

The invention relates to a method and a device () for dewatering and drying a mixture made of plastic granulate and water, having at least one mixture intake (), through which the mixture is supplied to the device (), having at least one water outlet (), through which the precipitated water is removed from the device (), having at least one granulate outlet (), through which the dried granulate is removed from the device (), the device () having a dewatering line (), along which the mixture is dewatered, and the device () having a drying line (), along which the dewatered granulate is dried. The device () comprises at least one sensor (), using which at least one property parameter of the granulate, in particular the temperature and/or residual moisture of the dried granulate, may be measured directly or indirectly, the device () comprising at least one final control element (), and the property parameter monitored using the sensor (), in particular the temperature and/or residual moisture of the dried granulate, being able to be influenced as a function of the measured values of the sensor () using the final control element ().

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Aschaffenburg, Germany

Reinhardt-Karsten Müerb