Injectoblend™
Recycled Plastics
We produce Injectoblend™ recycled regrind formulations in-house, giving us full control over the quality and process. We source, certify and mold regrind directly into plastic parts. Our proven production process lowers your cost and increases your peace-of-mind with complete lot traceability and multi-level quality testing. Injectoblend™ products are tested to meet the specifications of corresponding virgin resin.
Injectoblend™ Recycled Plastics
Performance
Parts made from Injectoblend™ materials are used in applications that are subjected to demanding physical, thermal, and environmental conditions. Injectoblend™ is recognized for meeting the performance of corresponding virgin resin.
Cost Savings
By targeting the largest cost portion of an injection molded part, AGS’ unique ability to mold lower cost Injectoblend™ regrind formulations directly into parts offers significant savings and eliminates a material heat history.
Recycled Content
Parts made from Injectoblend™ materials are based on post-industrial and post-consumer sources of plastic making them inherently recycled and environmentally friendly. AGS also provides closed loop recycling solutions.
How It Works
To create viable recycled raw materials, we put the regrind through a rigorous six-step process:
1. Sourcing
By managing a wide base of post industrial and post consumer plastic regrind sources, AGS can assure continuity of supply. Sources include waste streams from the packaging, medical, optical, fiber, automotive, computer and business equipment industry. In addition, AGS maximizes plastic regrind performance through the use of virgin resin, additives and modifiers.
2. Processing
Virgin resin, additives, and modifiers are received with manufacturers’
certifications, but plastic regrind does not come with performance certification data. As a result, AGS qualifies incoming regrind, sorting and labeling for traceability and performance. Regrind is cleaned and mechanically blended for evaluation by magnets, metal separators, and screening equipment removing contaminants. The result is a clean, homogeneous blend from which representative samples are obtained for analysis.
3. Characterizing
Representative regrind samples are molded and tested to determine visual, physical, thermal, rheological, chemical, environmental, and flammability properties. The results are compared to internally assigned part number specifications and the regrind is accepted, downgraded, or rejected.
4. Formulating
AGS Technology’s raw material recycling expertise meshes regrind with chemical technologies to produce formulations that process and perform consistently from part to part. Formulations specify raw material part numbers by lot and the proportions needed to meet finished part requirements. Raw materials are blended in the prescribed amounts, then molded, tested, and certified to the customer’s specification.
5. Injection Molding
Specially designed, scalable molding equipment utilizes predictive software and mold-flow analysis to consistently deliver precise, shot-to-shot repeatability.
6. Quality Control
We dimensionally inspect sample production parts and subject them to simulated end-use conditions to certify conformance to expectations. Reusable, recycled, and recyclable packaging is used to protect finished goods through the transportation process.
Our Machinery
- Grinders
- Tippers & Surge Bins
- Magnets & Metal Separators
- Screeners
- Blenders
- 110 ton lab injection molding machine
- ISO & ASTM Plaque Molds
Our Laboratory
- Impact – Izod, Charpy, Gardner
- Tensile – Strength, Elongation %
- Flexural – Modulus, Strength
- Heat Deflection Temperature
- Viscosity – MFR, RV
- Specific Gravity – Density
- Ash Filler Content
- DSC – Differential Scanning Calorimeter
Recycled Plastics Case Studies
Rack Opinion – Specify Glass Bead
Product Profile Industry: Industrial EquipmentApplication: Gear Rack SystemsMaterial Description: 40% Glass Bead (Acetal, Nylon, Polypropylene) Requirements Dimensional Stability Stiffness Chemical Resistance Wear Resistance Customer Issue Gear and rack transmission...
AGS Has The World’s Fastest Recycled Parts!
Needing to be quick to market and a desire for sustainability; this battery electric vehicle upstart needed a nimble partner! They chose AGS to help partner with them through the final design, tool building, first shots, and overall project management of dozens of parts for their signature vehicle launch.
Does This New Panel Make Me Heavier?
Late in the design of the Grand Sport, the Corvette engineering team realized that the existing air management panel assembly would not mate properly with the Grand Sport’s distinctively wider, special louvered front fenders.
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