| One of the most challenging things facing the | | | | Once they are added to an industrial mixer, the |
| manufacturing industry today (particularly for | | | | plastic bag melts very quickly, and its internal |
| manufacturers of items like tires and other synthetic | | | | ingredients are rapidly dispersed into the mixture. |
| rubber compounds), is finding ways to decrease | | | | Made with FDA-approved materials, the composition |
| costs while maximizing profits and efficiencies. | | | | of the bags themselves is kept at a minimum so as |
| Factories that focus on mixing a variety of | | | | to maximize the purity of the final mixture. |
| ingredients to achieve a final product are especially | | | | Using low melt batch inclusion bags will increase a |
| challenged to incorporate new methods that make | | | | factory's productivity because the mixed |
| manufacturing faster and easier. | | | | components are always available and ready when |
| In recent years, many manufacturers who use | | | | needed. The bags also improve consistency and |
| chemical-based ingredients in the construction of their | | | | uniformity in the manufacturing process, since exact |
| products have turned to low melt batch inclusion | | | | measurements of each ingredient are going into the |
| bags to help improve their operations. These plastic | | | | batch, each and every time. They offer a clean way |
| bags are used to house specific quantities of | | | | to produce a mixture and help prevent the wasting |
| ingredients that are then added to a mixture. In the | | | | of ingredients. Other benefits include reduced solid |
| past, these ingredients would be added individually | | | | waste disposal costs and minimized worker exposure |
| and could prove to be extremely messy and | | | | to hazardous chemicals. |
| wasteful; low melt batch inclusion bags are used to | | | | Suppliers of low melt batch inclusion bags usually |
| hold these ingredients beforehand so that they can | | | | offer them in any number of varieties and styles, |
| be added cleanly to a mixture, all at the same time. | | | | such as on rolls or individually cut or in colored or clear |
| The bags are made of thin yet strong plastic that is | | | | film. Any way you mix it, low-melt batch inclusion |
| specially designed to melt at very low temperatures | | | | bags are the first ingredient in a recipe for success. |
| (typically between 160 and 230 degrees Fahrenheit). | | | | |