Three major production processes of PE in the production of plastic particles

Three Ways to Make Plastic Particles: A Brief History

Aren’t you aware, that the thing we commonly refer to as plastic particles are actually polyethylene (PE) which are used to manufacture toys, packages, bags and many other items that are in everyday use? But do you know how they are made? The process of making both choux pastry and croissant involves painstaking kneading, rolling, cutting or pulling and folding. In this paper, we will detail three main manufacturing methods of PE by JIAFAN and the benefits each of them provides. 

Advantages of PE: 

It is vital to first know why PE is utilized extensively in the production of plastic, before going ahead and discussing the three production processes. The benefits of PE include: It is light in weight, non-breakable, can be manipulated into any shape, and has characteristics such as low permeability to moisture, chemical and ultraviolet resistance. These characteristics make plastic granules products appropriate to be used in a range of uses beginning with covering equipment and products that are being transported all the way to preserving food items from depleting faster than necessary. 

Process 1: Extrusion: 

Extrusion is a technique in which plastic particles that are in the form of powder are heated and made to flow through an opening to form a channel such as a tube, a sheet or a film. The extruder machine forces the raw material consisting of plastic pellets and then it is again fed through a long heated barrel for melting the plastic raw material and making it into a molten substance. The plastic gets conveyed through the barrel, where it is subjected to certain temperature and pressures that transform the plastic and make it to flow through a die. 

Innovation and Safety: Extrusion process is unique in that the process has undergone changes with intention of enhancing safety and efficiency. For instance, there are some that incorporate a temperature control system in order to ensure that the plastic remains at a certain temperature throughout the extrusion process. Furthermore, some extruders feature protection circuits that aim at preventing personnel from getting harmed. 

Use and How to Use: Extruded plastic products are widely used in packing across the globe, construction and they are also used in manufacturing of consumer goods. For instance, plastics like bags, polythene, and films such as cling films and those used for insulation like tubing. Extruded plastic products are user friendly and possess low maintenance features owing to their smooth surface. 

Service and Quality: It deals with quality extruded plastic products as well as services to the customers at special and particular request. This is to mean that we ensure the extruded plastic products are made with very high quality standards and are in compliance with the given standards. 

Application: Polymers used in foam extrusion can be applied in various fields of industries such as packaging, construction, consumer item and many others. 

Process 2: Injection Molding: 

Injection molding is the process by which a material in the plastic state, referred to as liquid, is injected at high speed into a mold cavity and held there until it solidifies. It involves the use of an injection molding machine to melt the particles, take the melt material and inject it into a mold then allowed to cool and harden to attain the required shape and size as the shape of the mold. 

Innovation and Safety: Safety has also been a major concern, and change is the major cause of variation in the injection molding process. For instance, it is now possible to incorporate robotic arms within some of the injection molding machines for the purpose of handling hot and high density plastic parts. However, an important note is that some molds are made with cooling channels, and are used to shorten the cycle time. 

Use and How to Use: This process of molding is extensively employed for producing parts for automobiles, toys and electrical goods such as cases of electronics. It is quite simple and it is also possible to manufacture complex parts with the desired degree of accuracy. 

Service and Quality: We provide our clients with quality injection molding products with an added focus on delivering a service specific to customer requirements. We also make sure that the injection molding products we produce are produced under quality and the standards for injection molding industries. 

Application: The products made through injection molding are popular in various industries with applications in healthcare, automotive, the consumer durables sector among others since the method provides products with excellent dimensional stability. 

Process 3: Blow Molding: 

Blow molding is a process in which the molten plastic is placed in a mold cavity, and gases are used to force the hot material to the molding surface to create a thin wall, hollow structure. Another technique is blowing molding machine which heats the plastic particles and then supplies a pressurized air to, in a way, inflate the shape of a bottle or any container in the mold cavity. 

Innovation and Safety: Blow molding is one of the most progressive manufacturing processes regarding safety and efficiency improvements. For instance, most of the blow molding machines come with automated features such as the mold temperature control and air pressure.  

Use and How to Use: Blow molding process is typically applied in the production of bottles, containers, and toys. It is useful in the sense that it can be quite handy accompanied by the fact that you don’t have to offer a lot of attention to it as it will not break anytime soon. 

Service and Quality: Our company specializes in providing high-quality blow-molded goods and services in line with the market demands and clients’ preferences. We then quality assure that the blow-molding products manufactured meet quality standards of this line of business and other international standards. 

Application: The uses of blow-molded plastic product are vast covering numerous industries such as; health, food and consumer industries due to high flexibility, durability and flexibility of the products.