Bay Plastics Machinery has expanded routes for its strand pelletizer rotor sharpening and feedroll recovery services into Georgia and Tennessee, opening a new warehouse in the Atlanta suburbs to store components for customers. Bay began its pickup-and-dropoff services in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, servicing customers directly from its Bay City headquarters. Bay sends two […]
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S.M.A.R.T. Control makes Bay pelletizers easier to operate
Bay Plastics Machinery has entered the smart factory arena with its S.M.A.R.T. Control Pelletizing System, which monitors and analyzes system performance, stores recipes and provides tools for training workers. The system combines concepts from two types of control systems — supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and a distributed control system (DCS) — into what […]
Keep Your Strand Pelletizer Running Smoothly
Compounders rely heavily on strand pelletizers, yet they often don’t keep the right spare parts on hand — or even know which spare parts are critical to keep machines running. The shortage of experienced maintenance staff only adds to this challenge. As an industry, we don’t have strong formal training programs for technicians coming out of […]
The Straw Cutter Continues to Amaze
Amid much ado about plastic straws, Bay Plastic’s CEO and president, Jason Forgash is thinking inside the box — namely, the BPM Straw Cutter, a countertop unit that ingests the pesky little pipes, shreds them, and bags the remnants for recycling. Forgash began thinking of the project a few years ago before handing his concept over to BPM’s […]
A solution to the plastic straw problem?
On a trip through an airport, Jason Forgash treated his children to frozen smoothies. Unfortunately, the paper straws the restaurant furnished soon turned into unappetizing mush, and the half-full smoothies ended up in the trash. Forgash thought there had to be a better solution to concerns about plastics pollution than forcing consumers to use paper […]
Congressman Kildee visits BPM
U.S. Rep Dan Kildee finishes some assembly work at Bay Plastics Machinery in Bay City, Mich., where President Jason Forgash talked about the company’s growth and need for skilled workers. Bay Plastics Machinery Co. LLC (BPM) is seeing increased demand for its pelletizers from domestic customers in the automotive and building markets as well as […]
Simply Better Quality
From years of commitment to the industry to outstanding customer service and dedicated, experienced employees, there are many reasons Bay Plastics Machinery (BPM) stands apart from the competition. A respected custom manufacturer of strand pelletizing systems, the company is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. “We design, manufacture, engineer and do everything in-house right here […]
Pelletizer greatly reduces fines
A new vacuum-assisted pelletizer from Bay Plastics Machinery Co., Bay City, Mich., significantly reduces fines, resulting in improved pellet yields, according to the company. The invention takes aim at overcoming two problems, said Dick Fetter, VP of technology at Bay Plastics. One is the tendency of pellets to stick in the cutting chamber because of static. Also, […]
