Hi all. We are looking to purchase some Ethyl Cellulose to make a sample batch of hot melt coating. I have been quoted for Methocel, a Dow product. Is this the same? I also see they produce Ethocel, which certainly is the right stuff. So what is Methocel (methocel 311), is it the same? What is...
Thanks to all who have posted! Based in the East of England, but we don't mind where we do it! Apart from the 'normal' testing houses, which we have found pretty expensive, Universities seem prety good value and very helpful. A certified lab is not necessarily vital, we'd rather have good...
Well, the equipment has the CE marking on it, so I'm hopeful. In the past, other machinery had a voltage selector kit, basically a small wiring loom that was changed if the voltage and/ or the phase from 1 to 3 changed. But the overall machinery remained the same.
Although having said that, I'm...
Hmmm...thanks itsmoked, that's a good point about the charring and the like. I'm still slightly confused about the actual wiring involved in the machinery, in the UK we have the hot/ live carrying the whole 240V, with neutral and earth/ gnd. Doesn't the voltage get split in the US between the...
Thanks Waross and Itsmoked! The machinery used is an industrial glue/ adhesive malt tank. The problem is that the machine tends to go from the UK - US and vice versa. Ideally we'd like to go with the US spec machine, but we want it to work in both countries, without much 'tinkering'/ generator...
Hello, thanks to all who have answered previous posts, I appreciate it!
We are looking at buying machinery rated at 230VAC in the US and 240VAC in the UK, what is the difference (apart from the obvious one!) between the systems? How similar is the actual power available from each, as the...
We use Hot dipped strippable coatings to protect our parts for storage and transit. Sometimes these have to be left outside and find that the coating cracks when exposed to sunlight, is there any like products that can withstand UV?
Think I'm confused over the whole thing! Background is UK, yes, I've been forced into looking into this electrical sitution we have, its not really my field of expertise at all.
Its a modern building and the 'disconnect box' is brand new.
OK, there are 4 cables coming into the box, 3 live/ hot...
Hi all!
I'm in the US. basically the machine needs 3 phase 200..240v 50Hz (no neutral) for the US to power it but we need to somehow get 110v from it to power the small glue gun.
In the UK we used 400V 3L neutral and earth @60Hz , so it was ok to get a 240v leg off it, to power standard...
Well, the larger machine takes the three phase 208...240V but the other equipment is required to be powered from 'normal' us mains, it is only a small piece of kit, similar to a glue gun, they just like it to have the facility to be powered from a point from the machines electrical feed, this...
thank you all for your replies!
I want to power a 110v device from the 208...240v 3 phase. pretty certain i have the 240V, 3-phase, 3-wire, delta connected transformer with no neutral. Or a least that is what the machine requires.
What kind of cost would a delta primary to 208Y/120V wye...
Hi, our company uses a machine powered by US 3 phase mains/ generator (200...240VAC). In the UK we can power an auxilliary device that goes with the machine from the 400V, as the 3 phase is able to give a leg of normal mains power( with one live and neutral?)(240V). Is there a way to do this in...
Hi, the company I work for needs to use some machinery in the US, it says it requires 208v 3 phase, I think it requires 32amps ( >40 max ). Should I specify that a 40A circuit is required? The building already has 3phase to it.
Also, does the three phase give me 3 'normal' circuits to play with...
