Plastrac’s New ColorStream™: The Blending Revolution
Plastrac, Inc. is excited to introduce our patented, ergonomic ColorStream™ cart blender. The ColorStream™ is not just another cart system. It feeds colors and additives from the plant floor in real-time and transports them to the machine throat to blend with the main resin still being flood-fed out of the central loading system. The ColorStream™ eliminates the need for climbing to the top of process machinery to change canisters or perform maintenance. It increases safety, slashes capital equipment costs, saves time, labor, and energy, and allows even faster color changes. No more climbing on top of presses to perform maintenance or move blenders! The ColorStream™ is cart-based, can easily be moved from machine to machine, and is nearly 100% maintenance-free. ColorStream™ also works for almost all injection molding, injection blow molding, extrusion, and PET applications.
For more information on the ColorStream™, check out the brochure or view it in our products section!
Plastrac's Auto-Disc™ Color Feeder
Plastrac, Inc. offers a variety of gravimetric material blenders and loader systems that are ideal for a multitude of plastic processing methods. Our plastic processing machines and auxiliary equipment is engineered to make plastics processing easier and more cost-efficient. Plastrac material blenders and loading systems synchronize in real-time with plastics molding machines to provide an accurate and consistent material mixture with no mechanical mixing. The Auto-Disc™ material feeder is engineered for quick material changeovers to reduce downtime. Our gravimetric blending systems will handle just about any injection, extrusion, or injection blow molding application. Disc based metering allows our equipment to cost-effectively feed at a wide range of throughputs without compromising consistency. The Auto-Disc™ can be configured into self-contained systems with material feeders and loaders that are all operated from a single controller.
Leading Plastic Processing
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Simplify Your Plastics Processing
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Attain Superior Blend Accuracy
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Increase Processing Efficiency
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Improve Productivity and Cost-Effectiveness
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Handle a Variety of Applications
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Adapt to Any Plastics Processing Machine
Eric and Matt were so pleasant to work with. They both made my customer experience great. They truly take pride in customer commitment and ensuring their customer are satisfied. Thank you!
When I first called Plastrac to get some of my questions answered, they explained everything thoroughly to me and made sure I understood before we got off the phone. Thank you for taking the time to do this. It is greatly appreciated!
Plastrac did an excellent job of helping myself and my team satisfy our industrial blending needs. Their staff is as hardworking as they are knowledgeable! Would highly recommend them to anyone in need of their services.
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While our Gravimetric Auto-Disc™ equipment provides dependability and repeatability, our gravimetric dosing systems provide additional benefits that incorporate proper functionality and easy handling.
- Precise and accurate color dosing
- Density changes do not affect unit performance or amounts
- Removable top housing on the machine for quick and easy material changeover
Our variety of series is customized to specific uses and industries. Our series includes models that have varying amounts of metered ingredients, side-mount units that allow for dryer or large hopper configurations, modular blenders, and units that are specifically designed for the PET packaging industry. Whatever your plastic processing machine needs are, choose Plastrac as your primary provider.
The Power of Auto-Disc™
With a higher volume of production runs and prevalent use of highly concentrated colorants, changeover flexibility and cleaning speed are emerging as important concerns for processors everywhere.
Auto-Disc™ is the first blender to combine precision disc feeding with synchronized blending and automatic gravimetric calibration. Auto-Disc™ delivers blending accuracy and operational convenience with a focus on cleanliness, simplicity, and adaptability for plastic processing machines.
Synchronized Blending
In synchronized blending, all blending is performed on-line and in real-time. Unlike pre-blends that are susceptible to de-mixing in transit, synchronized blending ensures the materials stay mixed correctly and produce consistent color. Auto-Disc™ then delivers the additive uniformly over the recovery period. Now, we are also able to offer off-line and batching systems for our GA-series machines.
Accessories
Plastrac offers a variety of auxiliary parts for your plastic processing machine, including your blower, feeder, hopper, control box accessories, cables, and spare parts. These accessories improve automation to further streamline your process.
Customer Commitment
At Plastrac, we focus on developing the best machinery possible and combining that equipment with a commitment to our customers. Per that objective, we have designed our machines with the customer in mind to make them affordable, easy to operate and maintain, and remarkably consistent. Virtually all of our components are made in the US, and in-house welding enables us to completely assemble our units at our facility. Should you ever need assistance with our gravimetric dosing system or want more information about handling our units, give us a call and we will answer any questions about your plastic processing machine on the spot.
