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Plastics Industry

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About Bunting® Magnetics Co.
Bunting Magnetics Co. is a prominent manufacturer of magnetic technology products, serving industries such as printing, automotive, plastics, food, electronics, pharmaceuticals, and recycling for over 50 years. The company is recognized for its reliability, quality, and customer service, continually innovating to enhance manufacturing efficiency and product safety.
Product Overview
The catalog offers a comprehensive guide to magnetic separation and material handling products designed to protect processing equipment by removing metal contaminants. Key products include:
  • FF Series Drawer Magnets: High-intensity rare earth magnets designed for easy cleaning and durability, suitable for extrusion, injection, and blow molding equipment.
  • Plate Magnets: Ideal for abrasive materials, available in various finishes including food grade, for installation in chutes.
  • Grate Magnets: Protect against tramp metal in mechanical or gravity conveying systems, available in various sizes and configurations.
  • Metal Detection Systems: Includes pTRON™ and quickTRON™ series for detecting and separating metal contaminants in processing lines.
  • Conveyors and Separation Equipment: Includes Move-It™ Conveyors, Eddy Current Separators, and Magnetic Cross-belt Conveyors for efficient material handling and separation.
Custom Solutions
Bunting offers custom sizes and configurations to meet unique customer requirements, ensuring optimal performance and protection for specific applications.
Conclusion
Bunting Magnetics Co. provides a wide array of magnetic separation and material handling solutions tailored to enhance efficiency and safety in various industrial applications. Their commitment to innovation and quality ensures reliable protection against metal contamination.
Magnetic Separation
  • Grate Magnets: Designed for suspension above conveyors to remove ferrous objects, featuring powerful ceramic magnets and optional stripper plates for easy cleaning.
  • Suspended Plate Magnets: Utilize computer-aided design for optimal balance between reach-out and holding force, available in ceramic and high-intensity rare earth magnets.
  • Cartridge Magnets: Engineered for durability with stainless steel tubing, available in various magnet types and end configurations.
Pneumatic In-Line Magnetic Separation
  • In-Line Magnets (PIM): Feature full-flow architecture for unobstructed product stream, suitable for horizontal installation with high-intensity rare earth magnets.
Metal Detection
  • General Overview: Bunting Metal Detectors detect ferrous, non-ferrous, and stainless metals, protecting processing equipment from damage.
  • Technology: Utilizes triple coil design for accurate detection, with advanced software for signal processing.
  • Mechanical Considerations: Sensitive equipment protected from environmental interferences, with epoxy-filled search heads to prevent water intrusion.
  • Quality Control: Features include recording and reporting functions, remote monitoring, and self-diagnostics.
Metal Separator Types
  • Machine Mounted All-Metal Separators (MMS): Detects all metals, designed for choke-feed applications with fast pneumatic rejection.
  • Inline Style Metal Separators: Detects and rejects metals in enclosed pipe systems, suitable for vacuum or pressure conveyance.
  • Gravity Free-Fall Style Metal Separators: Cost-effective for bulk material examination, with options for different product types.
Metal Detector Service Solutions
  • PRO-START™: Ensures optimal performance from installation with calibration and training services.
  • PRO-MAINTENANCE™: Regular service visits to maintain detector performance, including software updates and training.
  • PRO-WARRANTY™: Extends warranty coverage with additional benefits like software updates and spare parts.
Cleaning Systems
  • Combines magnetic and electronic separators for maximum protection against debris, with easy component access and receiving hopper.
Material Handling
  • Bunting conveyors offer solutions for efficient material movement, with options for custom designs and standard solutions.
  • Conveyor Styles: Includes Straight Frame, Gooseneck, and Z-Shape designs, each suited for specific applications and inclines.
Material Handling Styles:
  • Style D – Noseover: Designed for transferring parts from overhead to a lower level or elevating parts. Available with high friction or cleated belts, with incline angles of 30°, 45°, and 60°.
  • Style E – Elevator: Suitable for small parts from overhead operations, with inclines of 45°, 60°, and 75°. Features PVC belts with cleats and standard infeed hoppers and discharge chutes.
  • Style F – Cooling Tunnel Conveyor: Customizable for specific applications, equipped with a cooling chamber and high-temperature belt. Available in various widths and lengths.
Conveyor Systems:
  • Standard-Duty Low-Profile Conveyors (SLPC): Require minimal clearance and are built for durability.
  • Eddy Current Separator (ECS): Optimizes separation of nonferrous materials with customizable features.
  • Magnetic Cross-belt Conveyors: Used in recycling to separate ferrous from non-ferrous materials, available with different magnet types.
  • Magnetic Separation Pulleys: Designed for effective separation of ferrous contaminants.
  • High Intensity Separation Conveyors: For extreme magnetic separation, especially in recycling industries.
Additional Equipment:
  • Dragslide Conveyors: Designed for the plastic film industry, available with optional magnets or metal detectors.
  • Bale Break Stations: Improve loading and separation efficiencies with customizable features.
  • Grinder Feed Conveyors: Available in light, standard, and heavy-duty options, designed for various flow rates and equipped with optional metal detectors.
Magnetic Cylinders:
Bunting offers magnetic cylinders for various applications, ensuring reduced make-ready time and secure die placement.
Product Warranty:
Bunting provides a one-year warranty on defects in material and workmanship, with specific terms for replacement and repair. Lifetime magnet warranty ensures no loss of magnetism under proper use.
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Catalog excerpts

Plastics Industry-1

PLASTICS INDUSTRY 500 S. Spencer Road • P.O. Box 468 • Newton, Kansas 67114-0468 E-mail:[email protected] • www.buntingmagnetics.com For technical assistace or to order, call To locate a Bunting® representative in your area, please visit our website at 1/13 Specifications subject to change without notice

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Plastics Industry-2

About Bunting® As the industry-leading manufacturer of magnetic technology products, Bunting Magnetics Co. has developed precision magnetic products for the worldwide printing, automotive, plastics, food, electronics, pharmaceutical and recycling industries for more than 50 years. Our family-owned group of companies manufactures products which serve global markets and include a broad range of magnetic materials and components, magnetic separation systems, material handling equipment, metal detection equipment, magnetic cylinders and flexible dies for the printing industry, bonded magnets, and...

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Plastics Industry-3

Selection Guide Magnetic Separation Safeguard your product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 FF Series Drawer Magnets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Self-Cleaning FF Drawer Magnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 FF Series Drawer Magnet (Options) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Powder FF Drawer Magnets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Low Profile Drawer Magnets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Vacuum Drawer Magnets . ....

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Plastics Industry-4

Magnetic Separation Safeguard your processing equipment with Bunting® permanent magnetic separation equipment for all your applications. Bunting Magnetics Co. manufactures an extensive line of magnetic separation equipment to remove metal contaminants. Our lineup includes units designed to remove metal contamination from gravity, mechanical, or pneumatic conveying systems. Bunting Separators come in a wide range of models to handle virtually any application with exceptionally thorough removal of metal tramp. They can be ordered to meet specific construction standards and customized to satisfy...

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Plastics Industry-5

GRAVITY FREE-FALL STYLE MAGNETIC SEPARATION The plastics industry’s most popular choice for extrusion, injection and blow molding equipment. n Features the only temperature-compensated, Rare Earth magnets for superior high temperature operation. n Built out of rugged 11-gauge stainless steel housing built to support symmetrical compression loads of 10,000 pounds. n The drawer gasket is cut from Ethylene Propylene Diene (EPDM), resisting heat aging and compression set and offers much greater durability than sponge rubber. n Built with welded stainless steel housings for easy cleaning n High-torque...

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Plastics Industry-6

Magnetic Separation GRAVITY FREE-FALL STYLE MAGNETIC SEPARATION FF Series Drawer Magnets 2 1 Patented No-Spill™ Slide Gate completely and positively shuts off product flow, so you don’t have to worry about product spillage creating a mess or safety hazard when you remove the drawer for cleaning. 3 2 Purge Hopper speeds clean out of your equipment when changing color or compound – without sacrificing magnetic protection or requiring that you empty your hopper. 3 Dump Tube lets you completely empty the drawer housing and material hopper of plastic after a run has been completed. 4 Liquid Port allows...

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Plastics Industry-7

GRAVITY FREE-FALL STYLE MAGNETIC SEPARATION Magnetic Separation Low Profile Drawer Magnets When headroom is severely limited, this design provides protection with only 5 11/16” overall height requirements. n Features a single row of High-Intensity Rare Earth magnets. n Clear polycarbonate drawer front and 1—gauge mild steel construction. n Rugged ¼” thick flanges can be pre-drilled to your specifications. n Available in stainless steel and with an optional No-Spill Slide Gate. Vacuum Drawer Magnets Specially designed for small volume, closed-loop, just-in-time systems. n Mounts on the throat...

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Magnetic Separation GRAVITY FREE-FALL STYLE MAGNETIC SEPARATION Plate Magnets Plate-based magnetic separators available for installation in chutes and use with all materials. n Optional grain face for abrasive materials. n Ideal for 30° to 60° angles. n 300 series SS construction. n All finishes available including food grade. Tapered Step Plate Magnet n Tapered Step Face to prevent product wipe off n Ceramic and High-Intensity Rare Earth Plate Housing Magnets Designed to mount easily to enclosed spouting or directly on processing equipment. n For Hard to flow products. n A baffle at the top...

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GRAVITY FREE-FALL STYLE MAGNETIC SEPARATION Magnetic Separation Wedge Magnets Designed for economical protection against tramp metal damage for pellet mills and other equipment used to process particulate or semi-solid materials. n Designed for installation in narrow chutes where materials are under gravity flow. Stainless steel skin resists wear and corrosion. n n Minimum mounting space required. n Wedge shape helps prevent product build-up and bridging. n Ceramic and High-Intensity Rare Earth magnets are available. Grate Magnets Designed for economical protection against tramp metal in mechanical...

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Plastics Industry-10

Magnetic Separation Cartridge Magnets Thanks to computer-aided design technology, Bunting® Cartridges are engineered to achieve the optimum balance between reach-out and holding force. Cartridges can be mounted individually or in multiple-row arrays. General-Purpose Magnetic Cartridges Magnetic Cartridges n Ceramic, and High-Intensity Rare Earth magnets are available. n Select tapped, sealed, or studded ends. Heavy-Duty Magnetic Cartridges n Durable, heavier-gauge stainless steel tubing resists wear and lasts longer in demanding applications. n High-Intensity Rare Earth magnets standard. Heavy-Duty...

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PENUMATIC STYLE INLINE MAGNETIC SEPARATION Design features full-flow architecture that leaves the product stream unobstructed. Tapered transitions guide material directly over the face of the hinged plate magnet, which swings away from the housing for quick external cleaning. n For dilute phase conveying up to 15 psi. n Best suited for horizontal installation, portable cart available. n High-Intensity Rare Earth tapered step plate magnets Standard Pneumatic In-Line (PIM) n All finishes available including: food and sanitary. Dual Pneumatic In-Line Pneumatic In-Line Cart for PIM and CFM Magnetic...

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