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| High Performance Netting Solutions |
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The Company manufactures another class of integrally formed net structures – formed by extruding a cylindrical tube of open mesh uniplanar polymeric material through reciprocating tubular dies. This process is known as a reciprocating die method.
In some applications the material remains in tubular form. In most applications the cast tubular net material is slit on its longitudinal axis and opened to form a sheet of open net material which is then oriented in a manner similar to that adopted in the calendering and punching process.
Finished products in this class are typically marketed in roll form as sheet net materials up to 4.5 meters wide. The cross section and spacing of the machine direction and cross machine direction strands of such products vary considerably, as do die diameters and the degree of stretching to again achieve many differing geometries and many differing properties in the finished products. Products of this type are produced from either virgin or repellitized regrind polypropylene.
This process technology is practiced by the Company at its Morrow, Georgia (USA) manufacturing facility. The product family produced with these procedures include:
Square Aperture Extruded Nets – These materials are produced by the reciprocating die process. The products which the Company manufactures in this class are generally polypropylene BX structures (as described above) in a much greater variety of sizes, shapes, colors and features.
The materials are primarily used as reinforcement components within rolled erosion control and turf reinforcement products. However, the products may also be used in a wide array of applications including, for instance, scrims used in manufactures of carpet padding, insulators used in manufacture of bedding, specialty nets for consumer and industrial applications, disposable consumer products, etc. |
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