Custom compounder goes gravimetric

摘要

A custom compound manufacturer installs gravimetric feeders to ease ingredient changeover and parts replacement.Bayshore Industrial, LaPorte, Tex., supplies compounds and concentrates to North America's major resin producers. The company has been a pioneer in manufacturing polyolefin-based materials since 1980. It produces more than 350 products-more than 200 million pounds of material annually. To keep up with production demands, in 2000 Bayshore added a production line for its MasterSeries custom compound products. These custom compound products are additive concentrates that include several ingredients.