TSM offers new blending solutions

TSM Control Systems is now offering plastics producers the answer to their reprocessing problems. As demonstrated at NPE 2009, TSM's innovative new blending solutions are directly combating many of the processing difficulties being experienced by plastics processors around the world. The common complaints centered on being unable to process higher percentages of regrind materials due to the constraints of their existing mixing equipment. In particular, their inabilities to get these higher percentages of regrind material through the throat of their processing equipment. It seems this demand for processing more regrind materials corresponds to a consistent drop in virgin resin usage by processors relating to market demands to reduce final product costs. TSM's mixing solution directly overcomes this processing difficulty by cramming material through the throat of the processing machine using their patented reverse flight auger mixing technique. This unique mixing technique allows processing of up to 100% low bulk density flake regrind directly in TSM's new OPTI-MIX range of gravimetric blenders. TSM maintain that their mixing technique allows processors to reuse more regrind materials without re-pelletizing costs, while using more recycled materials reduces material usage of expensive virgin materials and reducing material wastage. www.tsmcontrols.comJunior