PRODUCTION & COST BENEFITS
Increased production capacity
- Each unit has the capacity to blend up to 12MT of product per hour*
- Multiple units in series increases production capacity accordingly
- Existing user states it can produce 16 x 1MT or 2MT blends a day across two shifts
- No need to “mirror” existing plant infrastructure to double production
Extremely low minimum batch quantity
- No heating element or agitator length restrictions
- Blend vessel is only used to circulate/ store fluid during process therefore could even be an IBC
Ease of re-blending a 'failed' batch
- No need to reheat. Instead it is recycled back through the blender whilst the tweak to the formulation is performed
Speed and flexibility of blending
- This means lower finished product stock levels can be held
- Products aren’t overproduced as a result of minimum blend quantities
- Faster blending allows for more flexibility when product is made
Space and layout benefits
- Mobile unit allows for simple changes and easy adjustments to factory plant layout
- Can be moved where needed, when needed
- Also possible to fix into a more permanent location
- One tank usage for mixing blending and filling
Increased operation efficiency
- Cold blending process means no need to wait for product to cool before filling
- Oxidation prevented by lack of heat and fluid de-aeration
COST SAVING CREDENTIALS
As well as time and environmental advantages, the Blendtek solution provides businesses with considerable and multiple cost saving benefits:
- Up to 90% reduction in blend process energy costs
- Shifts smaller, quicker blend runs and improved filling time means fewer man hours needed for existing capacity
- Lack of shear/oxidation reduces risk of off-spec manufacturing
- Thinner grade metal or plastic tanks can be used
- Lower cost alternative to traditional blending infrastructure
- In the UK, the Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) offers businesses profits before tax, for plant and machinery expenditure, so helping fund the initial investment outlay
