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Get the Best Regrind to Make Every Pellet Count
What’s the actual cost of a pellet? Is it insignificant? Can a pile here or there add up to make a real difference? At Conair, we strive to make every pellet count. When the goal is to increase production rates, any material you lose to scrap is a waste. Conair...
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Conveyor belting manufacturer efficiently recycles regrind with equipment that pays for itself
In an era of unpredictable material prices and routine supply chain challenges, it has never been more imperative to maximize resin usage in plastics processing. Re-entering regrind into production is one way to keep costs down and optimize material usage — and reduce the demand on natural resources. At one...
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How to Know if You Need “Smart” Size Reduction Controls
“Smart” equipment controls and the future of Industry 4.0 are definitely hot topics in the plastics industry right now. But, according to my colleague Alan Landers, realizing the vision of Industry 4.0 – the seamless exchange and processing of data using intelligent machines that can self-adapt and optimize processes autonomously – is...
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Plastic Size Reduction FAQs
There’s an old saying: “The older I get, the less I know for certain.” After 35 years of answering questions about shredding and grinding equipment, I continue to learn about what size reduction equipment will—and will not—do, and I am often reminded why this statement rings true. For this reason,...
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Seven Key Factors for a great size reduction solution
It’s easy to think of shredders and granulators as “brute force” equipment, with all brawn and no brains, but the opposite is true. There are few pieces of plastics processing equipment that allow for so many variables, so much configurability, as a shredder or granulator. Thus, the application information that...
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