Kampani ya Niche Polymer, yomwe idakhazikitsidwa mu 1987, ikupitiliza kukula m'njira zachilengedwe komanso kudzera mu kugula, ikuyang'ana kwambiri pakusintha kwa zosowa za msika. Kuwonjezera phindu ku zinyalala zamafakitale ndi zomwe anthu amataya kale ndi gawo lofunika kwambiri pa izi. #chitukuko chokhazikika
Zikuoneka kuti Dr. Saurabh Naik anali patsogolo kwambiri pa nthawi yake popereka lingaliro la chuma chozungulira. Kale m'zaka za m'ma 80, anayamba kufunafuna msika wa zinyalala zobwezerezedwanso pambuyo pa mafakitale. Analandira PhD yake mu polymer chemistry kuchokera ku U-Mass Lowell mu 1978 kenako anagwira ntchito kwakanthawi ku Martin Marietta ndi International Paper popanga mica ngati filler mu thermoplastic formulations.
Masiku ano, Nike ndiye woyambitsa komanso CEO wa Niche Polymer LLC, imodzi mwa mitundu yake ya zinthu zotchedwa PoliPCR, yomwe imapangidwa kuchokera ku zipangizo zobwezerezedwanso zogwiritsidwa ntchito mkati mwa magalimoto, zigawo za injini, magetsi, mawonekedwe a zenera, pansi, zokutira makoma ndi zinthu zolimba monga mipando ndi zipangizo zamagetsi. PoliPCR imachokera ku polypropylene, nayiloni 6, nayiloni 66, polycarbonate, ABS ndi PBT.
Dr. Saurab Naik, CEO wa Niche Polymer, anali patsogolo kwambiri pakupeza misika ndi kugwiritsa ntchito zinyalala za pulasitiki. Chithunzi: Niche Polymers
Sunny Nike, mwana wa woyambitsa Niche Polymer komanso wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wa ntchito, anati: "Timakhulupirira kuthandizira kwambiri kukhazikika kwa zinthu mwa kugwira ntchito ndi ogulitsa utomoni, opanga zinthu ndi opanga zinthu kuti tichotse zinyalala za pulasitiki kuchokera ku chilengedwe ndikuwonjezera kubwezeretsanso zinthu. Gwero labwino la kuyenda kwa zinthu zathu ndi udindo wathu pagulu. Kukhazikika kwa zinthu ndi kuthekera kwathu kubwereza izi nthawi zonse."
Kampani ya Niche Polymer ili ndi mafakitale ku Ravenswood, West Virginia ndi Washington, Neskehonin, Pennsylvania, ndi Killen, Alabama, komanso malo ogawa zinthu ku Washington, DC, ndi Toronto. Kampani ya masikweya mita 80,000 ku Musle Shoals, Alabama, ikukonzekera kutsegulidwa chaka chino kuti ipange ma polima ofewa (TPEs ndi TPVs). Kampaniyo ikukonzekera kupatsa fakitaleyo mizere itatu yatsopano yopangira zinthu ziwiri. Idzayang'ana kwambiri pakupereka magalimoto a OEM kum'mwera chakum'mawa. Kuphatikiza apo, chaka chino Niche idatsegula malo opangira zinthu za PCR ku Florence, South Carolina, ndipo chaka chamawa Niche idzatsegula malo opangira zinthu ku Queretaro, Mexico, komanso malo opangira zinthu zaukadaulo ndi kugawa zinthu ku Texas. Malo opangira zinthu ku Nesquehoning ndi zotsatira za kugula kwa Niche kwa Ametek/Westchester Plastics mu 2021, komwe kudawonjezera ntchito zopangira zinthu, zophatikiza zinthu ndi kukonza zinthu ku luso la kampaniyo.
Ntchito zophatikizana za Niche Polymer zimathandizidwa ndi ukadaulo wamakono wotulutsa ma screw awiri. Kampaniyo imagwiritsa ntchito mizere 18 yopangira m'mafakitale osiyanasiyana.
Dr. Naik adagwira ntchito yake yambiri yoyambirira mu ma polima, akuyang'ana kwambiri pa kubwezeretsanso zinthu. Pamene Niche idakhazikitsidwa mu 1987, anali kugulitsa zinthu zakale kuchokera ku njira yopangira zinthu ya Black & Decker ku China ndi India. Atapeza malo ambiri operekera zinthu, adatsegula fakitale yobwezeretsanso zinthu ku Baltimore kuti achepetse kukula kwake ndikuyika zinthuzo. Pofika m'ma 1990, anali kutumiza zinthu zakale zokwana mapaundi 20 miliyoni pachaka ku China, komwe kunkafuna zipangizo zotsika mtengo zothandizira msika wopangira zinthu zopangira zinthu pogwiritsa ntchito jekeseni.
Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1900, msika wobwezeretsanso zinthu unakhala wovuta kwambiri. “Mitengo ya mankhwala inali yokwera, kotero utomoni woyamba unali wokwera mtengo,” akukumbukira Dr. Naik. “Timasonkhanitsa zinyalala zambiri, koma vuto lomwe timakumana nalo ndi momwe tingawonjezere phindu lake.” Mu 2001, Niche idatsegula malo ake akuluakulu ku Washington, DC, pafupi ndi fakitale ya DuPont, komwe malo olakwika amasanjidwa ndipo malo atsopano a polima amabwezedwa. Wopanga amapereka ntchito zina kwa akuluakulu a utomoni panthawiyo. Mu 2008, Niche Polymer idayamba kupanga zinthu zatsopano ku fakitale yakale ya ulusi yomwe idagulidwa ku DuPont ku Ravenswood.
Ravenswood inakula katatu pamene Niche inayamba kupanga zinthu zake. Mu 2014, Niche inawonjezera mizere iwiri yopangira zinthu ndipo labu yake ya R&D inalandira chivomerezo cha ISO 17025. Patatha zaka zitatu, Niche inawonjezera mzere wopangira zinthu wa polyolefin ndi polystyrene. Pakadali pano Ravenswood ili ndi mphamvu zokwana mapaundi 150 miliyoni pachaka. Zinthu zopangidwa kumeneko, makamaka zochokera ku nayiloni, zimaphatikizapo magalasi odzaza ndi mchere, osagwirizana ndi kugwedezeka komanso osagwirizana ndi kutentha.
Niche imapanganso ma PC/ABS alloys ndi polypropylene yodzaza ndi galasi ya PIR. Malo omwe ali pafupi ndi Washington amagwira ntchito ngati Polymer Alliance Services. Malo okwana masikweya mita 400,000 ndi malo osungiramo zinthu ndi kugawa zinthu ku Niche, komanso amagwira ntchito zina zambiri: kusanja zinthu pogwiritsa ntchito kuwala, kuduladula, kupukuta zinthu mopanda mphamvu, kulongedza, kusakaniza, kuumitsa, ndi zina zambiri.
Kenako, mu 2020, Niche inawonjezera mphamvu zopangira TPE ndi TPO pogula Polymer Technical Services (PTS) ku Heath, Ohio. PRT compounds PP, PE, TPO, ABS, PC, Nayiloni 6, Nayiloni 66, PBT ndi alloys awo. Kuchokera pa malo okwana masikweya mita 60,000 okhala ndi antchito awiri, PTS yakula kufika pa antchito oposa 40. Fakitaleyi inali ndi labotale yokhala ndi zida zonse kuyambira pachiyambi. Mu Januwale 2011, PTS inatsegula fakitale yowonjezera yokwana masikweya mita 80,000 ku Hebron, Ohio, kuwirikiza kawiri malo ake obwezeretsanso ndi kusungiramo zinthu.
Kugula Ametek/Westchester Plastics mu 2021 kudzawonjezera mphamvu zopangira zokwana mapaundi 220 miliyoni. Westchester Plastics ndi kampani yodziyimira payokha ku America yopanga ma resins, alloys, blends, reactive modifiers ndi zipangizo zina za thermoplastic.
Niche Polymer inakulitsa bizinesi yake yolipira msonkho mu 2021 ndi kugula Ametek, Westchester Plastics, yomwe imati ndiyo kampani yayikulu kwambiri yopanga misonkho ku North America.
Niche Polymers imagwiritsa ntchito mizere 18 yolumikizirana 24/5 m'mafakitale ake onse. Malinga ndi zomwe akuyerekeza, kuchuluka kwa kukula pofika chaka cha 2022 kudzakhala pafupifupi 30%. Mphamvu yake yopangira ndi pafupifupi mapaundi 100 miliyoni pachaka kudzera muzinthu zake:
• Zinthu zovomerezeka ndi PoliPIR zimabwezeretsedwanso 100% (PIR) ndipo zimapangidwa kuti zigwiritsidwe ntchito zomwe zimafuna zinthu zovomerezeka ndi PIR kuti zichepetse ndalama. • Ma polima ofewa a PoliSP amachokera ku SEBS ndipo ndi ofanana ndi rabara yosungunuka, koma amatha kukonzedwa ngati thermoplastics. Ntchito zake zimaphatikizapo ma gasket, ma cable sheaths ndi jekeseni yofewa.
• Zinthu za PoliPCR ndi zinthu zopangidwa mwapadera zopangidwa ndi nayiloni 6 ndi 66 ndi PPC (polypropylene carbonate, copolymer ya carbon dioxide ndi propylene oxide). Kuchuluka kwa PCR kumathanso kusinthidwa. Kuyenda kwa zinthu zopangira za PCR kumadalira zinthu zosasintha ndipo njirayi imakonzedwa bwino kuti ipange zinthu zoyera komanso zodalirika zogwiritsidwa ntchito mkati. Magwero akuluakulu a zinthu zopangira za Niche Polymer pano ndi maukonde osodza a nayiloni (pafupifupi matani 640,000 amadzazidwa pachaka), kapeti, ma hangers, ma pallet, zinyalala za zikwangwani, ndi zilembo za PP zamabotolo a soda a PET. Malo a Florence ndi malo osonkhanitsira a Niche Polymer PCR ndipo amachita kusanja, kuyeretsa, kupera, kuzindikira zitsulo, kukanikiza, kusakaniza ndi kulongedza.
Zipangizo zonse za Niche Polymer zimathandizidwa ndi zipangizo zamakono zoyezera ndi labotale.
Ndi kuzama ndi kufalikira kwa zinthu zake, Niche Polymer imapikisana m'misika yosiyanasiyana. Izi zikuphatikizapo zinthu zolimba monga magalimoto, zomangamanga, mipando ndi zida zamagetsi, zamagetsi, mapaipi, zida zamagetsi, zinthu zamasewera, ndi zoseweretsa.
"Makampani opanga magalimoto adzakhala cholinga chachikulu pakupanga zinthu zamtsogolo za Niche Polymer," adatero Thomas Moccia, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wa malonda ndi malonda. Niche imapereka kale njira zothetsera mavuto a magalimoto opepuka; ma polima ophera tizilombo toyambitsa matenda pazinthu zomwe zimakhudzidwa pafupipafupi monga mawilo owongolera, zowonetsera ndi zogwirira zitseko; ma polima olimbikitsidwa ndi ulusi wa kaboni a mapanelo olimba komanso opepuka a thupi, mapanelo a denga ndi mawilo; makina a batri ndi mabampu amapereka zipangizo zolimbitsa ndi zotetezeka.
Koma opanga magalimoto akulimbikitsanso ogulitsa zinthu zawo kuti apereke magiredi okhala ndi ma PCR okwana 30 peresenti pama dashboard ndi zinthu zina zamkati. "OEMs akufuna kugulitsa PCR ngati chinthu chowonjezera phindu ndipo nthawi zonse timagwira ntchito ndi magulu awo opanga kuti apange mankhwala oyenera cholinga ichi."
Kusankha chotsukira choyenera kungathandize kuti zinthu zisinthe mwachangu komanso kuti mitundu isinthe komanso kuchepetsa kuwononga zinthu. Muthanso kusunga ndalama pa zinthuzo.
Njira yatsopano yolekanitsira zinthu pogwiritsa ntchito kuwala imapereka njira yachangu komanso yodalirika yoyezera ndikutsimikizira kuchuluka kwa mapulasitiki osiyanasiyana omwe abwezeretsedwanso.
Eni ake azinthu zogulira akuyang'ana kwambiri njira yobwezeretsanso mankhwala apamwamba ngati njira yowonjezera pakubwezeretsanso kwa makina ngati akufuna kukwaniritsa zolinga zachuma zozungulira m'zaka khumi zikubwerazi. Opereka ukadaulo ambiri akupanga ukadaulo watsopano kuti athetse zopinga za njira zomwe zilipo kale za pyrolysis ndikugulitsa njira zina zosiyanasiyana m'malo mwa kukonza mankhwala apulasitiki.