Custom Designed
BPC Chooses ENTEK (continued from p. 1)
Polypropylene and polyethylene are the main materials processed at BPC, along with a wide range of fillers including talc, mica, calcium carbonate, flame retardants, and cellulose. Natural and white, black, and a full spectrum of colors are produced. Currently TPO and TPE materials are processed on a 70mm 52:1 L/D twin-screw designed to handle rubber-based raw materials and liquid additions.
Under the Radar – But Not Much Longer The new ENTEK HR3
73mm twin-screw extruder will be brought online
at BPC after the NPE show. Once up and running, the line will allow them to gain more customers and increase their toll compounding capacity dramatically, from 22 million to 60 million lbs./year.
Greg Larson said that BPC has deliberately kept a low profile in the past, but that’s about to change.
“We have traditionally stayed under the radar, but our growth has led our owners to invest heavily in our plant,” he said. “We’ve added staff, and are about to launch a new corporate identity. NPE2018 is a big show for us – while we are not exhibitors, we are proud to show off our new machine at ENTEK’s booth.”
Greg Larson, Mike Krause, and Robin Fourness, BPC’s Vice President, Sales & Marketing, all have many years of plastics industry experience, and they’ve been brought to BPC to promote and grow the business. “We have a great team in place,” said Larson. “We all come from the plastics industry compounding arena and are excited to build the BPC business. I believe a real strength is our independence; we aren’t owned by a larger company. We are very lean and we are very successful.”
ENTEK NPE Features (continued from p. 3)
Interactive Display Will Allow Guests to Design Screw & Barrel Layout Design for Their Specific Compounding Applications
ENTEK’s unique screw design program will also be featured at its booth. The company will have two interactive work stations at its booth where visitors will be encouraged to see how easy it is to quickly design screw and barrel layouts for their specific applications.
There are several built-in features for this software, including:
• Drag and drop functionality on all components that customers need to specify: barrel sections, screws, metallurgy, etc.
• Automatic calculation of remaining space on the screw shafts
• Safeguards to prevent putting certain elements where they do not belong
• Easier part ordering as complete part numbers are furnished within the program
• Easy save within the program or export to an Excel file options once design is complete
“This new program is something that provides great value to our customers,” said Linda Campbell, ENTEK’s Director of Sales. “We want them to see first-hand how it can make their lives easier by giving them the ability to specify, and provide a drawing of, exactly what they need for their applications.”
ENTEK Hires Dean Elliott as Technical Processing Manager
ENTEK has hired Dean Elliott to the position of Technical Processing Manager. In his new role, Dean will work with key customer accounts to develop and improve their extrusion processes. He will lead the company’s Extrusion R&D Team and oversee Pilot Plant trials.
Dean has over 20 years of plastics industry extrusion experience. He rejoins ENTEK after working for the past three years at Interfacial Consultants/REV Materials of Prescott, Wisconsin, where he led equipment installation projects and managed several strategic customer accounts. Prior to this position, he worked for seven years as ENTEK’s Extrusion Lab Manager, where he led all customer extrusion lab trials and worked to help customers solve numerous processing challenges.
“We are excited to have Dean back with us here at ENTEK,” said Linda Campbell, Director of Sales at ENTEK Extruders. “He is already well-known to many of our customers, and he fills an important role by helping them improve their compounding processes.”
See Dean at NPE2018
At NPE2018, Dean and Colt McDaniel will be at ENTEK’s booth meeting with customers and performing live 5-minute screw change demonstrations twice a day, and 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. If you’re coming to NPE please stop by, say hello and see how ENTEK has simplified the screw change process on its QC3 co-rotating twin-screw extruders!
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