How Much Does it Cost to Pulverize In-House?
New Direct Drive mills designed and built by Powder King offer economical grinding that continuously monitors the process to help assure consistency. These pulverizers feature sophisticated, yet simple, ADAPTIVE controls that self adjust for changes in the process or ambient conditions to make sure that the grind is even and accurate 24-hours per day, 7 days a week. We have a very good idea of what it costs to pulverize natural LLDPE considering electricity rates, machine maintenance, labor, etc. We said initially that POWDER costs approximately 6-7 cents per pound more than PELLETS. This difference in cost is comprised of labor, additional freight, electricity, machine maintenance, and SOMEONE ELSE’S PROFIT. You may have seen the information in the table below; it is used to calculate the costs to grind one pound of polyethylene.
