With the conclusion of Super Bowl 54 it’s good to understand how plastic plays a unique part in the safety and performance of the athletes.
Gear:
- Helmet
- Faceguard
- A mouth guard to help protect teeth.
- Shoulder pads
- Hip, thigh, and knee pads.
- Cleats that are molded from many types of plastics.
- Jersey, pants, socks, gloves.
How does Orbetron feeders play a role in the creation of athletic equipment?
Our feeding technology is purchased by manufacturers in the injection molding and extrusion industry. Allowing them to use Orbetron feeders to create the products listed above.
Description of Processes:
1. Injection Molding Process
Orbetron Definition – Injection molding is a process where our feeders are used to feed the virgin and additive/color materials. This insures stability and quality in the material blend into a discontinuous process.
What products our feeders can help create:
- Shoulders Pads
- Helmets
- Face Shield Helmet Guard
- Cleats
- Mouth Guard
We offer multicomponent and single component batch blending systems.
Here are a list of our products that are used in this process…
2. Extrusion
Orbetron Definition – Extrusion is a process where we use our feeders to feed multi ingredients for the production of continuously extruded polymers.
What product our feeders can help create:
- Turf For Field
- Fiber For Jerseys – One of the most common fibers in athletic apparel is Spandex fibers which are produced in multiple ways, our feeders can be used in the melt extrusion process.