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Software turns recycle & wide-spec into standard compounds.


Patented formulating software was recently modified to help compounders blend recycled and wide-spec materials into stock PE grades, based on properties such as MI, density, ESCR ESCR Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
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, and a processability index based on shear behavior. OptiMiser software from Advanced Blending Technologies LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

LLC - Logical Link Control
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) in Perrysburg, Ohio, was launched in 2004 and now has close to a dozen customers who license it to formulate consistent recycled-content materials for captive use in injection and blow molding and sheet or profile extrusion.

New modifications let the program target a common PE grade, such as 50100 HDPE HDPE
abbr.
high-density polyethylene
 for thick sheet and pallets or 5502 PE for blow molding, and generate a matching recipe from lower-cost recycled or off-grade material. It can formulate blends with fillers and additives. Also new is a Savings Calculator that tallies savings from using sub-prime material. Tel: (419) 348-0550 * www.abtblend.com
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Title Annotation:KEEPING UP WITH: Compounding
Publication:Plastics Technology
Date:Apr 1, 2007
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