[PHOTO — splayed molded part]
“…their parts came out splayed and the dewpoint read fine.”
Resin drying, conveying, blending & complete systems
Up to 70% of your costs are resin.
Our only business is protecting and enhancing it, from the initial delivery to the throat.
RCU-150
Railcar unloading unit
Material path
- Resin Delivery
- Railcar Unloading
- Silos & Surge Bins
- Conveying Pumps
- Dust Collection
- Receivers & Loaders
- Plant-Wide Controls
- Blending
- Drying
- Process
Novatec scope
Some loss is built into the process. The rest is preventable, and that’s where we work.
Is your resin leaking profit?
Every one of these started upstream. That’s where we work.
- Splay
- Brittle parts
- Warpage
- Black specks
- Voids
- Short shots
- Fines & dust
- Angel hair
[PHOTO — molded part with splay]
What we make
Wherever your resin starts — railcar, truck, silo, bag, or Gaylord — this is where it leaks, and what we make to stop it.
01
Receive
- After the coupling, the resin’s condition is yours
- A rough unload adds fines and moisture before anything else can
- Ours unloads it clean, dry, and without damage
RCU-150
Railcar unloading unit
02
Store
- Silos breathe humid air every time the temperature swings
- Wet material at the wall stops matching the core
- Ours keeps the air inside dry, however long it sits
Silos & surge bins
03
Convey
- Every transfer is friction
- Elbows shed fines, high line speeds make angel hair
- Ours controls velocity so pellets arrive whole
Vacuum pump skid
Receivers
Control cabinet
04
Clean
- Fines and streamers don’t leave on their own
- Dust at the machine means black specks in the part
- Ours pulls it out before the resin is blended or dried
Cyclone dust collector
05
Blend
- Virgin, regrind, color, and additives meet here by recipe
- An off-spec blend wastes the most expensive part of it
- Ours holds the recipe to tolerance and shows you the weight
Blender
06
Dry
- Under-dried resin makes defective parts
- Over-dried resin makes structurally compromised ones
- Ours dries to a number, not a timer
Dryers
07
To the throat
- This is where it stops being resin and starts being your part.
- Delivered dry, blended to your recipe, and protected the whole way — because getting resin to the throat is easy.
- Getting it there ready is the job.
[PHOTO — resin entering the press throat]
Every stage above stands on its own, or connects into one plant-wide system.
Buy a single unit or the whole thing. We build both.
One unit or the whole plant — have it your way.
Buy a single unit. Or let us design, build, and install the whole path.
Specialists in every stage that touches your resin, from delivery to the throat.
Our engineers visit your site, design the piping and controls that connect it all, and manage it end to end.
When a system needs mold-temperature controllers, chillers, or granulators, we bring in the best in each category — the specialists who make nothing else — to your spec.
[PHOTO — plant systems installation]
Proof
Every claim we publish starts here.
The Resin Proving Ground is Novatec’s working laboratory in Baltimore — 4,200 square feet where dryers, conveying systems, and resins are tested before anything gets claimed in print.
More than a thousand validation tests across ABS, PC, nylon, PBT, and PET.
[PHOTO — Baltimore laboratory]
How-to articles & videos for the plant floor
The Knowledge Center: where processors solve resin problems.
Practical guides on drying, conveying, blending, and molding defects, written by the people who run the lab.
No sales pitch.
People came here this week because…
[PHOTO — incoming resin at the dock]
“…nobody could tell them what condition their resin was in when it arrived.”
Incoming Moisture: The Number Nobody Measures →
[PHOTO — resin storage in summer]
“…the same recipe that worked in February was making scrap in August.”
Resin Storage and Moisture Pickup →
Go here…
…to solve your conveying problems →
- Angel hair
- Fines & dust
- Streamers
…to solve your blending problems →
- Off-spec color
- Wrong ratio
- Layering
…to solve your drying problems →
- Splay
- Brittle parts
- Voids
…to solve your molding defects →
- Short shots
- Warpage
- Sink marks
Already own Novatec equipment?
Down now? We can help.
After the sale, the resin is still moving.
Filters, desiccant, wear in the conveying line, a dryer that drifted back to being a timer — service is how the chain doesn’t break two years in.
Genuine parts and 24/7 U.S.-based support, fast.
Talk to a real person — by phone, by chat, or through your local rep.
Common questions
Questions we hear most.
Q·01 Can I buy just one dryer or one pump?
Absolutely. Most of what we sell is single equipment. Buy one unit or build a whole plant — same expertise either way.
Q·02 Not sure which model you need?
Tell us your resin, your throughput, and your process. We’ll point you to the right fit.
Q·03 Where is it built and supported?
Engineered, manufactured, and supported in the U.S.
Q·04 Can you integrate with equipment we already have?
Yes. We’re often brought in to work around what’s already on your floor.
Q·05 What if something fails?
One number, one team. No vendor-to-vendor finger-pointing.
Everybody else is looking at a share of your wallet.
We’re looking after your pellet.