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Three Steps to More Profitable Feeding and Dosing
Improved dosing accuracy, backed by tracking, minimizes ingredient waste and boosts profit 1. Understand the Range of the Dosing Specification When it comes to feeding and dosing, everything starts with the rate specification. It’s a min/max ingredient level, expressed as a percentage rate of ingredient/resin rate for extrusion (3% of...
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How Color Feeders Can Improve Quality When Coloring at the Machine
Along with correct dimensional and mechanical properties, processors know that good color properties rank among the top factors in customer acceptance of a plastic product. Color is often an integral part of the identification and branding scheme of a product, and may, in some cases, be the determining factor in...