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2nd QUARTER POWDER King® NEWS
BULLETIN |
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Newsletter discusses the cost savings of pulverizing in house.
A few weeks ago, I sent out this ad regarding “Super-Sizing
Your Piggy Bank”.
 In addition to industry-wide ribbing of my
awesome costume (hand-picked by my wife, I might add), I was
challenged to prove my claim of saving anywhere from 6 to 8
cents per pound by pulverizing in house.
The patent pending features designed in the Powder
King® pulverizing mill out-perform any other mill on the
market! These features lower your energy consumption, operator
labor in clean-down time and maintenance. Our systems can
literally save you tens of thousands of dollars, if not more.
Take a look at what pulverizing in house really costs you. The
formula below gives a perfect example using a Powder King® Dual
Mill PK-220 Pulverizing System*: |
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MACHINE COST BREAKDOWN PER LB |
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Electric usage: 157 amps = 98.81 kwh @ 10 cents
per kwh, 1200 lbs/hr. |
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0.8 cents per lb. |
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Disk replacement cost: 1 set of four disks
every 2.5 million pounds @ 3,500.00 |
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0.1 cents per lb. |
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Machine maintenance, bearings, screens etc. |
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0.0005 cents per lb. |
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Shop labor based at $15.00 per hr. |
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1.25 cents per lb. |
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Total Cost To Operate Pulverizing Machine |
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2.1 cents per lb. |
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MATERIAL COST SAVINGS |
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Savings to buy pellets instead of powder |
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8 cents per lb. |
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Cost to pulverize “IN HOUSE” |
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2.1 cents per lb. |
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Total savings for your company |
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5.9 cents per lb. |
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MACHINE INVESTMENT & PAYBACK |
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Usage of 2,000,000 pounds per year at 5.9
cents savings per lb |
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$118,000.00 |
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Cost of Powder King® Dual Mill PK -220
Pulverizing System |
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$104,500.00 |
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Your
Payback is 10.6 Months !! |
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*savings on resin may vary one to two cents,
depending on volume. Above formula based on pulverizing natural
polyethylene to 35 mesh. Costs may vary slightly, depending on
electric and labor costs in your area and foreign material that may
damage the disks.
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Meet A PK Staff Member - Dennis J. Brazelton
Dennis J. Brazelton is the owner of Premier Tech Products. As an
independent sales representative of Powder King®, Denny brings a
wealth of experience in plastics processing, rotational molding and
machinery to our customers.
Denny’s career began in 1979 with the Wheeler Boyce Company, a
manufacturer of cast aluminum molds for the rotational molding
industry, where he quickly excelled to the position of Regional
Sales Manager.
In 1994, Denny left Wheeler Boyce to join Ferry Industries, a
rotational molding machinery manufacturer, as their Sales Manager.
Wanting to expand his knowledge in the plastics industry, Denny
transferred to the Quintax router division of Ferry, where he
assumed the position of Vice President.
Denny formed his company, Premier Tech Products, in early 2003.
Operating as an independent representative, Denny reps both Powder
King® and DMI 5-axis CNC routers.
You can reach Denny at:
PH: 330.923.3125
FX: 330.923.3161
DBrazelton@powder-king.com
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Do You Have A Copy of Our
New Brochure Yet?
Our new brochure outlines the patent pending pulverizing
technologies that we've developed to optimize the pulverizing
process.
Click Here To Request A Copy |
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This newsletter is intended to
provide tips to overcoming issues you may face. We welcome your
questions and will print responses to your questions in upcoming
issues. Please email your pulverizing questions to
sales@powderking.com. |
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