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Gravimetric Batch Blenders w/Mitsubishi Control Chapter 3: Installation 39
Figure 21: Example calculations of a five (5) -component blend in “Quickset” mode
Virgin (NAT): ???
Additive1 (ADD): 5.00% - of virgin component
Regrind (RGD): 30.00% - of total batch
Additive2 (ADD): 2.00% - of virgin component
Additive3 (ADD): 1.00% - of virgin component
Batch Size: 10.00 lbs.
Total available: 100.00%
Regrind: 30.00%
Balance: 70.00%
Virgin + Additive 1 + Additive 2 + Additive 3 = 70.00%
Virgin + (5% of virgin) + (2% of virgin) + (1% of virgin) = 70.00%
Virgin + (5/100 x virgin) + (2/100 x virgin) + (1/100 x virgin) = 70/100
100 virgin + 5 virgin + 2 virgin + 1 virgin = 70
108 virgin = 70
Virgin = 70/108 = 64.81%
Virgin = 64.81% of batch
Additive1 = 5% of 64.81% = 3.24% of batch (5% of virgin)
Regrind = 30% of batch
Additive2 = 2% of 64.81% = 1.30% of batch (2% of virgin)
Additive3 = 1% of 64.81% = 0.65% of batch (1% of virgin)
Virgin + Additive 1 + Additive 2 + Additive 3 + Regrind = 100%
64.81% + 3.24% + 1.30% + 0.65% + 30.00% = 100%
“Percentage” Mode (Most common in extrusion and blow molding)
Extrusion processing often requires recipes in percentage format, especially if regrind is not
involved, i.e. blown or cast film.
In this mode, operators enter in values for each hopper up to 100%. The total of all the
hoppers must equal 100%. If they don’t, an error message appears on the Recipe screen and
prevents the recipe from being accepted. All hoppers are a percentage of the total batch size.
Note:
All ingredients are weighed as a percentage of the total batch.