Ashby Cross Adhesive Dispensing Machine Features Automatic Meter, Mix & Dispense

NEWBURYPORT, MA--(Marketwire - Sep 4, 2012) - Ashby Cross Company has introduced a new, fully automatic meter, mix, dispense machine for epoxies, silicones, and urethanes that produces small shots with high accuracy and repeatability and also stores up to 15 shot sizes.

The Ashby Cross Model 1125 Variable Ratio IDS is a PLC-based automatic meter, mix, and dispense machine that handles filled or unfilled epoxies, silicones, and urethanes, with ratios from 1:1 to 6:1 by volume. Featuring a touch-screen interface with menu-selectable shot sizes from 0.30 cc to 160 cc, depending upon ratio, this intelligent adhesive dispensing system stores up to 15 user-defined shot sizes, and provides ±1% by volume accuracy and repeatability.

Suitable for low- to mid-volume production and R&D, the Ashby Cross Model 1125 Variable Ratio IDS utilizes piston-cylinder metering, standard static mixers, handles viscosity up to 100,000 cps, has a compact 18" x 12" foot-print, and operates on 110 VAC and 100 psi air. Standard features include a digital encoder mode for shot control, pot life timer, dispense head and metering cycle counters, and cycle set points for preventive maintenance.

The Ashby Cross Model 1125 Variable Ratio IDS Intelligent Dispensing System is priced from $10,995.00 up, depending upon configuration.

About Ashby Cross

Founded in 1976, Ashby Cross Company is a leading manufacturer of adhesive and fluid dispensing equipment for both single and plural component reactive materials. The company offers a full line of multi-component adhesive dispensing equipment for epoxy, polyurethanes, silicones, acrylics, adhesive and structural bonding materials used in potting, encapsulation, coating, resin transfer molding (RTM), doming and sealing operations.

Ashby Cross Adhesive dispensing equipment is available in piston pump and gear pump versions, selected by viscosity and application. Their dispensing systems provide reliable, repeatable metering technology for a wide range of applications including; potting/encapsulating electrical circuits, molding and mold making, filter manufacturing, structural bonding, adhesive dispensing, filling and packaging, and gasket forming.

Ashby Cross serves the electrical, electronic, medical, aerospace, marine, white goods, leisure, automotive, or transportation markets and has the right dispensing equipment to match each application.