“Material bottlenecks are avoided by high plant availability in the feeding of extrusion lines. High torque compounding extruders assure the perfect quality of products, upstream gravimetrical dosing guarantees high formula and colour trueness, priorities we rate highly for all our compounds,” said a Bada spokesman. “We compose each shade from individual colour components, thus achieving a high degree of flexibility in colour adjustment: we even guarantee absolute colour fidelity for compounds that contain colour-modifying components, such as fire retardant agents, glassfibre or modifiers. This also allows us to react to even tiniest influences, such as the inherent variations of various raw materials and assure exceptional colour consistency both within and between the various batches,” he added. According to Allan Paterson, Bada can produce virtually any grade of engineering material required, with the critical need being for essential information to be available at the outset of a project. Very specific criteria about component performance needs to be established before preparation of the material commences. This is one of the areas where Bada’s expertise has proved fundamental, namely the ability to know what matters. The combined expertise at the German and Spanish plants, along with Paterson’s three decades-plus experience of conditions in Southern Africa, have resulted in a high level of successful specification to date. “Quite a lot of info is required,” said Allan. “We need to establish criteria such as what specs the component has to pass, what stabilizers or lubricants are required and a lot of other details besides. We have been working nicely with Bada for several years. They enjoy the challenge of
RotoTank produced the massive 40,000-litre tank at its plant at Brits near Pretoria last year in what was a major feat for both the roto moulding system and particularly the mould It exhibited the giant tank at the Nampo agricultural show in Bothaville in the north western Free State, at the meeting of the Vals and Vaal Rivers, in May. “We pride ourselves in making BIG tanks and have a selection of the ‘biggest’ in Africa,” said RotoTank MD Spike Lemmer.
developing a grade of material for a specific end product and take pride in the good results achieved, as we do too. “Bada use only virgin materials, and we were surprised that some other compounders have used recycled materials – if you want to achieve optimum component performance and smooth production, it’s impossible to use reprocessed material,” he added. “There is a lot of regenerated material around and the customer is not always aware that they are buying a regenerated product.” www.bada.de
Bada boys … well, not quite, but Craig and Allan Paterson of Composite Plastics, which has represented Bada for several years, have expanded supply of its specialist compounds to technical component manufacturers around the country
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PA6, PA6.6, PA6.6/6
BADAMID
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PA12, PA6/6T, PPA, PA4.6, PA10T
BADATRON
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PPS
BADAFLEX
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TPE-S (SBS, SEBS)
BADAFLEX
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TPE-E, TPU
BADAPRENE
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TPV (EPDM/PP)
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PBT, BLENDS
BADALAC
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ABS-SPEZIALITÄTEN, BLENDS
BADAFORM
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POM
BADALON
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