In the injection moulding industry its very common to see temperature devices such as for example the brand Regloplas in double units to control the temperature with water or oil.
Depending on various aspects as material used, product size etc a very common setting what i have seen is 50 degrees celsius. This is ofcourse much lower temperature then what is used in the record industry but looking at the specifications of Regloplas temperature devices, especially the units using oil, a much higher temperature can be achieved, even to 300 degrees celsius.
Another aspect is pressure what is used, where you see in the record industry a pressure of 9 to 12 bar (140 - 170 psi) the Regloplas temperature devices go up to only 7 bar (100 psi) on the bigger units. You would say, there you have your answer, not enough capacity in pressure to sustain a record press but is a better (high pressure) pump the only obstacle to overcome what is keeping the record industry away from these?
Or are these units in a much higher price range then the common boilers and water cooling, as you would need 2 temperature devices for heating and cooling + a high pressure pump?
In terms of efficiency i can get it, when you are running for lets say 4 record presses 1 big boiler and cooling system would probably be more efficient then setting up all 4 record presses with double temperature devices but in a 1 record press configuration a double temperature device setup would not look as a very bad idea to me. Why aren't we seeing this in the record industry, what is the hurdle to overcome?
Here is a example of a Regloplas temperature device mentioned:
https://www.regloplas.com/gb/ProductDetails.aspx?prdtName=Product_150smart&path=Products_Root/Temperiergeraete/smart/Product_150smart
A benefit in addition is with the temperature devices running oil you wouldn't have any water pollution that is possible in common setups which would work negative on the heat exchange, plus the heat exchange of oil is even better then water if i recall right.
Is the common boiler/cooling setup more energy/electricity costs/purchase costs efficient then temperature devices? Or is it the capacity that's lacking on the temperature devices.
Anyone thoughts on this? Enlighten me!
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