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Press-side to plant-wide.

American owned and made, 75 years in Baltimore. One nameplate from the press to the whole plant.

NovaWheel portable desiccant wheel dryer
Novatec infrared rotary dryer
Novatec dryer, front cutout view
HydroTracer HT3 residual-moisture analyzer

Four families under one nameplate.

Drying, conveying, blending, and complete systems. The recommendation follows your resin, rate, and floor plan, not our inventory.

Drying

The industry's widest range, portable to central. Seven technologies, one nameplate, with dew points to -40°F.

NovaDrier ND series compressed-air dryer, front cutout
Press-side

NovaDrier

Compressed-air and membrane drying. No desiccant, no moving parts at the machine.

NovaWheel portable desiccant wheel dryer on casters
Press-side

NovaWheel

Portable desiccant wheel, with a lifetime warranty on the desiccant rotor.

Press-side

Vacuum drying

The fastest material changes for high-mix molding floors.

Novatec infrared rotary drying unit
Central

Infrared rotary

High-rate drying and crystallization for PET and recycle streams.

Central dual-bed desiccant drying aisle at a plastics plant
Central

Dual-bed desiccant

The central workhorse for round-the-clock drying, plant-wide.

Central

Gas-fired process heat

Cuts drying energy cost on large central installations.

Verification

HydroTracer HT3

The seventh technology is proof. The HT3 measures residual moisture in the pellet itself, so QA signs off on data instead of a gauge reading.

HydroTracer HT3 moisture analysis unit

NovaWheel

The drying flagship, read like a rating sheet.

NovaWheel portable desiccant wheel dryer, full portrait
TechnologyDesiccant wheel, portable. It rolls to whichever press needs dry material.
Dew pointTo -40°F.
Machine warranty5 years, standard. Like every machine in this catalog.
Desiccant rotorWarranted for life.

Conveying, blending, systems

From single loaders to the whole plant, on the same nameplate.

VRX vacuum receiver
Material handling

Conveying

Single loaders to plant-wide, including AI-enabled SmartConveying that flags wear before a line goes down.

Gravimetric blending station
Dosing

Blending

Gravimetric blenders and feeders from Maguire, holding ratio at the throat for repeatable part quality.

Whole plant

Systems

Complete plants, designed and installed by us, with MCS and OptiFlex controls putting every machine on one screen.

We design, build, and install the whole plant.

Our systems experts visit your site, engineer the complete plant (drying, conveying, blending, and everything around it) and manage it end to end. Everything but the presses, from one partner.

Site survey System engineering Build Installation End-to-end management
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Down now? We can help.

Genuine parts and 24/7 U.S.-based support, fast. Call the parts desk and reach someone who knows the machine, in your time zone.

Contact parts and service

The most advanced equipment. The most hands-on support.

Every major competitor is European-owned, with support routed through distributors and time zones. Novatec engineers, builds, and supports everything in Baltimore, and has since 1950.

Questions we hear most.

Can I buy just one dryer or one pump?

Absolutely. Most of what we sell is single equipment: buy one unit or build a whole plant. The expertise is the same either way.

Not sure which model you need?

Send your resin, your rate, and your floor plan. An applications engineer sizes the system from those three and takes it from there, or call 410.789.4811.

Where is it built and supported?

Baltimore, Maryland. American owned and operated for 75 years, with engineering, manufacturing, and 24/7 U.S.-based support all in the U.S.

Can you integrate with equipment we already have?

Yes, where the system allows it. SmartConveying retrofits onto Novatec conveying already on your floor, and MCS and OptiFlex central controls put every dryer, pump, and receiver on one screen. An applications engineer confirms fit before anything is quoted.

What if something fails?

Every machine carries a 5-year standard warranty, and the NovaWheel desiccant rotor a lifetime one. Genuine parts and 24/7 U.S.-based support keep downtime short.

See why plants switch to Novatec.

Bring your resin, your rate, and your floor plan. An applications engineer in Baltimore takes it from there.

Talk to an Expert or call 410.789.4811
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