Material handling, mastered.

Drying, conveying, blending, and control from one partner. Designed and built in Baltimore for 75 years.

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The Novatec drying line, from portable dryers to the central drying unit
The drying line, photographed at the Baltimore works.

We dry it, move it, and blend it. Every pellet, press-side to plant-wide.

Most suppliers sell you a machine. Novatec engineers the whole material path, because drying, conveying, blending, and controls behave as one system whether anyone planned it or not.

No hand-offs between vendors. No spec-sheet theater. Equipment that runs, from people who answer the phone.

75+years American owned and operated
No.1largest U.S. maker of resin drying and conveying
5yrwarranty, standard on every machine

Four disciplines. One partner.

NovaWheel desiccant dryer

Dry

Seven drying technologies under one roof, with dew points to -40°F. The recommendation follows your resin, not our inventory.

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VRX vacuum receiver

Convey

Loaders, receivers, and pump banks engineered plant-wide, with SmartConveying AI watching every line.

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Maguire WSB gravimetric blender

Blend

Gravimetric blenders and feeders with Maguire. Ratio accuracy at the machine throat, batch after batch.

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OptiFlex central control station

Control

Central controls that put every dryer, pump, and receiver in the plant on one screen.

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SmartConveying

Conveying that sees trouble coming.

AI now instruments every receiver and pump, learns your material paths, and rebalances the plant in real time.

  • Lines optimize themselves. Conveying rates adapt to demand without an operator touching a thing.
  • Wear is flagged weeks early. Maintenance happens on your schedule, not the machine's.
  • It retrofits. SmartConveying installs on the Novatec systems you already run.
VRX vacuum receiver with SmartConveying instrumentation

Every drying technology. Zero bias about which one you need.

Because Novatec builds all seven, our applications engineers size the system from your resin, rate, and floor plan. Not from a catalog page.

Press-side

Compressed air and membraneNovaDrier: no desiccant, no moving parts at the machine.
Vacuum dryingThe fastest material changes for high-mix molding.
Portable desiccant wheelNovaWheel, with a lifetime warranty on the desiccant rotor.

Central

Dual-bed desiccantThe proven workhorse for round-the-clock drying.
Infrared rotaryHigh-rate crystallization for PET and recycle streams.
Gas-fired process heatLower energy cost on large installations.

Verification

HydroTracer HT3Measures residual moisture in the pellet itself. Proof for QA, not a gauge reading.
Moisture guaranteeDew point and PPM targets, documented with your quote.

We publish what we know. All of it.

Central drying aisle at a plastics plant

The Resin Moisture and Drying Knowledge Center

Dew point, residence time, and PPM targets, explained by the people who build the dryers.

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Ultimate Guide to Resin Drying cover

The Ultimate Guide to Resin Drying

Every technology compared honestly, including the ones we don't sell.

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Processor's Guide to Conveying cover

The Processor's Guide to Conveying

Line sizing, pump selection, and layout. The reference our own engineers use.

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Five years on every machine. A lifetime on the NovaWheel desiccant. And a phone in Baltimore that an engineer actually answers.

The Novatec Promise, since 1950.

Let's engineer your next line.

Send your resin, your rate, and your footprint. An applications engineer takes it from there.

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