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How to make plastic wood
How To Make Plastic Wood
Plastic Lumber Materials
Recycled plastic lumber has been in manufactured since the early 1980s. Plastic lumber is most commonly manufactured from post-consumer high density polyethylene (HDPE), but linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) and low density polyethylene (LDPE) are also used. These plastic feed stocks are derived from such raw materials as post-consumer milk jugs, soda
Click Here to view our preferred dealer of this line of machinery. bottles, grocery bags, plastic wrap, bubble rap, detergent bottles, and water bottles, and other used plastic commodities.The recovered plastic is cleaned, shredded, and ground using plastic shredders and Granulators. The material is then run through a plastic extruders and mixed with foaming agents, UV stabilizers, and color pigments.
When To Use Flow Molding to Make Plastic Wood
Two main methods are used to manufacture plastic wood and lumber.
These are Flow Molding and Plastic Extrusion. Both methods incorporate plastic extruders in the process but differ in the forming technique.
Which process should be used Flow molding or Extrusion to make Your Recycled Plastic Lumber product?
The specific forming process, either flow molding or extrusion is dictated by the size and shape of the "Recycled Plastic Lumber" to be manufactured.
If the board is a large piece with a length of no more than ten feet, then one can consider flow molding. Flow molding is the process of extruding melted plastic ddirectly from rhe plastic extruder into a mold of the shape required. However shapes that are to long or too thin will create excessive presure during the filling of the plastic lumber mold to be used succesfully.
In Line Plastic Extrusion of Plastic Lumber
A long board of recycled plastic lumber should be manufactured by using "In Line Plastic Extrusion." This is a process wher the recycled plastic is continually extruded through a die into a forming tank and then is cut to length.
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Used Plastic Lumber Equipment
Machinery and equipment for manufacturing plastic lumber is typically made to order by the equipment supplier. Many suppliers use only new equipment . However considering the variations in the recovered plastic other suppliers have elected to use good remanufactured plastic lumber equipment in order to minimize the investment required. It is estimated that used rebuilt equipment will cost only fifty percent of the price of new equipment.
