From PET bottles and phone cell to steering wheels, laptops and syringes, plastic products play a very important role in our daily lives and even indispensable in many industries – from automotive to medical. As our growing demands for product quality but cost-effective, resource-saving manufacturing processes, the focus is more than ever on the efficiency of processing methods.
In this dynamic environment, we provides lead process solutions tailored to the specific requirements of plastics processing. With many years of experience and profound knowledge of materials processing, we support the plastics and rubber industry by developing high-quality mixing and processing systems.
In the plastics industry, material mixer machines, also known as plastics mixing machines, are used for mixing and dispersing compounding material ,which including plastic,polymers, fillers, plasticizers or additives materials together.
Mixing technology is ubiquitous across industries. From food manufacturing to feed and pharmaceutical, mixing mixer machines are crucial equipment in the transformation processes. The overarching types of industrial mixers are designed according to the material format. There is mixing technology for powders, liquids, gases, and everything in between – solids/liquids, mash, and other solids.
The mixing machines are often used in the production of plastic products. It ensures uniform distribution of additives throughout the plastic material, improving its mechanical properties, appearance, and processability.
There are several different types of material mixer machines used in the plastics industry, including horizontal mixer machine, banbury mixer ,two roll mixer, kneader machines etc.
The mixing process in the plastics industry is the process of blending together plastic materials and additives in one mixer machine ,which finally produce a homogeneous mixture. These mixing mixer machines facilitate the homogenous distribution of additives, fillers, colorants, and other components within the plastic matrix
Basically the plastics industry mixing process involves several steps as follows:
Preparation: The coumpound material , like plastic materials and additives, prepared for mixing by grinding them into small granule and ensuring that they are dry and free of contaminants.
Charging: The prepared materials are fed into the mixing chamber of the plastic mixing machine through a hopper.
Mixing: The mixing shaft stir and mix the plastic particles through rotating or flipping movements, due to special design for the shaft, ,it would ensure that the particles can be fully contacted and mixed to achieve a uniform mixing effect
Discharging: Once the mixing is complete, the mixed materials are discharged from the mixing chamber through a discharge port.
What is horizontal Kneader mixer ?
Horizontal kneader mixer machine is also known as sigma blades Kneader or double arm kneader mixer ,it is a type of material mixing equipment used in the plastics industry to mix and blend plastic materials and additives together.
This twin arm kneader mixer consists of two blades that rotate towards each other at the same or different speed inside a container , it is used for mixing and kneading for mixing, kneading of highly viscous mass, sticky and dough like products, mixing of pastes, rubber, and heavy plastic masses, Pharmaceutical, Chemical and agro industries, Dry powder to wet phase mixing.
Here you can find some the most common plastic materials we are able to screen and classify:
Parkesine
Bakelite
Polystyrene
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
Nylon
Synthetic rubber plastics
Plastic pellets
Celluloid
Polystyrene (Styrofoam)
Polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon):
Polyvinylidine Chloride (Saran)
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET or PETE)
Polypropylene (PP)
Polyethylene, LDPE and HDPE