Automated polymer melt flow rate measurement system
Achieve precise polymer quality control by continuously analyzing melt flow rates and film transparency, reducing waste and improving product consistency in real-time production environments.
Analyzes Polymer Melt Flow and Film Purity
The Brabender Auto-Grader is a continuous analysis system designed for polymer and plastic production lines, ensuring precise melt flow rate and optical quality measurements. It specializes in online testing for film purity and transparency, with automatic adaptation to different polymer types. Ideal for applications in polyethylene and polypropylene manufacturing, its role extends to quality assurance in producing plastic bags, packaging films, and automotive parts. This system integrates seamlessly into existing production controls with extensive connectivity options, including ERP and LIMS systems. Its self-optimizing software allows for easy expansion to measure additional parameters like color, turbidity, and density. The Auto-Grader can significantly reduce “out-of-specification” material, enhancing operational efficiency. Designed for industrial robustness, it supports continuous operation, making it a reliable choice for plastics producers and materials testing laboratories.
Benefits
- Minimizes production waste by accurately identifying when material meets specifications.
- Enhances process efficiency through automatic, self-optimizing operations.
- Streamlines integration with existing systems via connectivity support for ERP and LIMS.
- Reduces need for manual quality checks with continuous, real-time analysis.
- Facilitates expansion with capabilities for additional measurements like color and turbidity.
- Applications
- Polymers,Polyethylene,Polypropylene,Plastics,Thermoplastics,Film
- End products
- Polymer sheets,Transparent packaging wraps,Polyethylene bottles,Polypropylene containers,Shrink wrap,Plastic bags,Food packaging film,Insulation panels,Thermoplastic automotive parts,Clear plastic films
- Steps before
- Polymer Production,Melt Preparation,Material Loading
- Steps after
- Process Control,Data Storage,Specification Verification
- Input ingredients
- polymer
- Output ingredients
- melt flow rate,film purity,transparency,out-of-specification material,process control data
- Market info
- Brabender is renowned for producing high-quality, engineered-to-order lab equipment for material testing, particularly in food and plastics industries, specializing in precision instruments for measuring, preparation, and processing.
- Continuous measurement
- Melt index,Film purity,Transparency
- Optical film quality analysis
- Defects,Transparency,FQI
- Extensible measurements
- Color,Turbidity,Density,NIR
- Connectivity
- ERP,LIMS support
- Automation
- Self-optimizing,Automatic operation
- Continuous measurement
- Melt index,film purity,transparency
- Automation level
- Self-optimizing and automatic
- Changeover detection
- Determines when the product meets specification
- Connectivity
- Support for third-party solutions (ERP,LIMS)
- Extensible measurement capabilities
- color,turbidity,density,NIR
- Support for third-party solutions
- ERP,LIMS
- Continuous measurement
- melt index