Niche Polymer yashinzwe mu 1987, ikomeje gukura haba mu buryo bw'umwimerere ndetse no mu kugura ibicuruzwa, yibanda ku iterambere ry'ibicuruzwa byayo ku ihinduka ry'ibikenewe ku isoko. Kongera agaciro ku myanda y'inganda n'iy'abaguzi ni igice cy'ingenzi cy'iyi mihati. #Iterambere rirambye
Bigaragara ko Dr. Saurabh Naik yari imbere y’igihe cye mu gutanga igitekerezo cy’ubukungu buzinze. Mu myaka ya za 80, yatangiye gushaka isoko ry’imyanda ishobora kongera gukoreshwa nyuma y’inganda. Yabonye impamyabumenyi y’ikirenga mu butabire bwa polymer muri U-Mass Lowell mu 1978, hanyuma akorera Martin Marietta na International Paper igihe gito atunganya mica nk'umusemburo mu byuma bikoresha thermoplastic.
Muri iki gihe, Nike ni we washinze akaba n'umuyobozi mukuru wa Niche Polymer LLC, imwe mu mishinga yayo yitwa PoliPCR, ikorwa mu bikoresho byasubiwemo byo mu nzu z'imodoka, ibice bigize moteri, amatara, imiyoboro y'amadirishya, hasi, gupfuka inkuta n'ibikoresho biramba, nk'ibikoresho byo mu nzu n'ibikoresho. PoliPCR ishingiye kuri polypropylene, nylon 6, nylon 66, policarbonate, ABS na PBT.
Dr. Saurab Naik, Umuyobozi Mukuru wa Niche Polymer, yari imbere y'abandi mu gushaka amasoko n'uburyo bwo gukoresha imyanda ya pulasitiki. Ifoto: Niche Polymers
Sunny Nike, umuhungu wa washinze Niche Polymer akaba na visi perezida w’ibikorwa, yagize ati: “Twizera gushyigikira cyane ibidukikije dukorana n’abatanga resin, ababumba n’abakora ibikoresho bitandukanye kugira ngo tuvane imyanda ya pulasitiki mu bidukikije kandi twongere agaciro k’ibicuruzwa bikoreshwa mu kongera gukoreshwa. Isoko y’amahame mbwirizamuco y’urujya n’uruza rw’ibikoresho byacu ni inshingano zacu mu mibereho myiza. Kuramba ni ubushobozi bwacu bwo gusubiramo iki gikorwa ku muvuduko uhoraho.”
Niche Polymer ifite inganda muri Ravenswood, muri West Virginia na Washington, Neskehonin, muri Pennsylvania, na Killen, muri Alabama, ndetse n'ibigo bikwirakwiza ibicuruzwa muri Washington, DC, na Toronto. Hateganijwe ko ikigo gifite metero kare 80.000 kiri i Musle Shoals, muri Alabama, kizafungurwa muri uyu mwaka kugira ngo gikore polymer zoroshye (TPE na TPV). Iyi sosiyete irateganya guha uruganda imiyoboro itatu mishya ihuza ibyuma bibiri. Izibanda ku gutanga ibyuma bitanga imodoka mu majyepfo y'uburasirazuba. Byongeye kandi, uyu mwaka Niche yafunguye ikigo cya PCR i Florence, muri Carolina y'Epfo, naho umwaka utaha Niche izafungura uruganda ruhuza ibikoresho muri Queretaro, muri Megizike, ndetse n'ikigo cya tekiniki n'ikigo gikwirakwiza ibikoresho muri Texas. Uruganda rwa Nesquehoning ni umusaruro wa Niche mu 2021 yaguze Ametek/Westchester Plastics, byongereye serivisi zo guhuza ibikoresho, guhuza ibikoresho no gutunganya ibikoresho ku bushobozi bw'iyi sosiyete.
Ibikorwa byo kongera imbaraga bya Niche Polymer bishyigikiwe n'ikoranabuhanga rigezweho ryo gusohora ibyuma bibiri. Iyi sosiyete ikora imirongo 18 ikora mu nganda zitandukanye.
Dr. Naik yamaze igihe kinini cy'umwuga we wa mbere mu bijyanye na polimeri, yibanda ku kongera gukoresha ibikoresho. Ubwo Niche yashingwaga mu 1987, yagurishaga ibisigazwa by'ibyavuye mu nganda za Black & Decker mu Bushinwa no mu Buhinde. Ubwo yabonaga andi masoko menshi y'ibikoresho, yafunguye uruganda rwo kongera gukoresha ibikoresho muri Baltimore kugira ngo agabanye ingano no gupakira. Mu myaka ya 1990, yoherezaga ibiro miliyoni 20 by'ibisigazwa mu Bushinwa buri mwaka, aho yashakaga ibikoresho bihendutse byo gushyigikira isoko ry'ibikoresho byo gushushanya inshinge ryari riri gutera imbere.
Mu ntangiriro z'ikinyejana, isoko ryo kongera gukoresha ibikoresho byakoreshejwe ryarushijeho kuba ingorabahizi. Dr. Naik yagize ati: “Ibiciro bya chimique byari hejuru, bityo resin ya mbere yari ihenze. Dukusanya ibisigazwa byinshi, ariko ikibazo duhura nacyo ni uburyo bwo kubyongerera agaciro.” Mu 2001, Niche yafunguye ikigo cyayo gikomeye i Washington, DC, iruhande rw'uruganda rwa DuPont, aho ahantu hafite inenge hatorerwa kandi ahantu hashya hagasubizwa polymer. Uruganda rutanga serivisi z'inyongera ku bihangange bya resin byo muri icyo gihe. Mu 2008, Niche Polymer yatangiye gukora imvange mu ruganda rwahoze rukora fibre rwaguzwe muri DuPont i Ravenswood.
Ravenswood yikubye gatatu mu bunini ubwo Niche yatangiraga gukora ibicuruzwa byayo. Mu 2014, Niche yongeyeho imirongo ibiri ivangavanga maze laboratwari yayo y’ubushakashatsi n’iterambere ihabwa icyemezo cya ISO 17025. Nyuma y’imyaka itatu, Niche yongeyeho umurongo uvangavanga wa polyolefin na polystyrene. Ravenswood ubu ifite ubushobozi bwo gutwara ibiro miliyoni 150 ku mwaka. Ibicuruzwa bikorerwa aho, ahanini bishingiye kuri nylon, birimo ibirahure byuzuyemo amabuye y’agaciro, birwanya ingaruka n’ubushyuhe.
Niche kandi ikora aloyi za PC/ABS na polypropylene yuzuye ikirahure cya PIR. Iyi nyubako iri hafi ya Washington ikora nka Polymer Alliance Services. Iyi nyubako ifite ubuso bwa metero kare 400.000 ikora nk'ikigo cy'ingenzi cyo kubika no gukwirakwiza ibikoresho bya Niche, ariko inakora n'ibindi bikorwa byinshi: gutondeka ibikoresho hakoreshejwe ikoranabuhanga, gukata, gusya ibintu bikozwe mu buryo bwa cryogenic, gupakira, kuvanga, kumisha, n'ibindi byinshi.
Hanyuma, mu 2020, Niche yongeyeho ubushobozi bwo gukora TPE na TPO hamwe no kugura Polymer Technical Services (PTS) i Heath, muri Ohio. PRT compounds PP, PE, TPO, ABS, PC, Nylon 6, Nylon 66, PBT n'ibindi bikoresho byazo. Kuva ku ruganda rwa metero kare 60.000 rufite abakozi babiri, PTS yakuze igera ku bakozi barenga 40. Uru ruganda rwari rufite laboratwari yuzuye kuva mu ntangiriro. Muri Mutarama 2011, PTS yafunguye uruganda rw'inyongera rwa metero kare 80.000 rwo kongera gutunganya ibikoresho i Hebron, muri Ohio, rukubye kabiri ahantu ho gutunganya ibikoresho no kubibika.
Kugura Ametek/Westchester Plastics mu 2021 bizongeraho ubushobozi bwo gukora bugera kuri miliyoni 220 z'amapawundi. Westchester Plastics ni ikigo gikomeye muri Amerika kigenga mu gukora resins z'ubuhanga, alloys, blends, reactive modifiers n'ibindi bikoresho bya thermoplastic.
Niche Polymer yaguze ubucuruzi bwayo bw'imisoro mu 2021 ubwo yaguraga Ametek, Westchester Plastics, bivugwa ko ari yo sosiyete nini cyane mu ruganda rw'imisoro muri Amerika ya Ruguru.
Niche Polymers ikora imiyoboro 18 ihuza ibyuma inshuro 24/5 mu nganda zayo zose. Dukurikije ibipimo bye, igipimo cy'iterambere mu 2022 kizaba kingana na 30%. Ubushobozi bwayo bwo gukora ni miliyoni 100 z'amapawundi ku mwaka binyuze mu bicuruzwa byayo:
• Ibikoresho byemejwe na PoliPIR bishobora kongera gukoreshwa 100% (PIR) kandi byagenewe gukoreshwa bisaba ibicuruzwa bisanzwe byemejwe na PIR kugira ngo bizigame amafaranga. • Polymeri zoroshye za PoliSP zishingiye kuri SEBS kandi zisa na vulcanized rubber, ariko zishobora gutunganywa nk'ibinyabutabire bya thermoplastic. Ibikoresho birimo gaskets, insinga zometseho n'imashini zoroshye zo gusya.
• Ibicuruzwa bya PoliPCR ni ibintu byakozwe mu buryo bwihariye bya nylon 6 na 66 na PPC (polypropylene carbonate, copolymer ya dioxyde de carbone na propylene oxide). Ibipimo bya PCR nabyo bishobora guhindurwa. Urujya n'uruza rw'ibikoresho bya PCR rushingiye ku bikoresho bihoraho kandi inzira irakorwa neza kugira ngo habeho ibikoresho fatizo bisukuye kandi byizewe byo gukoreshwa imbere mu mubiri. Inkomoko nyamukuru y'ibikoresho fatizo bya Niche Polymer hano ni imitego ya nylon (toni zigera ku 640.000 zuzuzwa buri mwaka), tapi, imitako, amapaleti, imyanda y'ibyapa, n'ibyapa bya PP by'amacupa ya PET soda. Ikigo cya Florence ni ikigo gikusanya Niche Polymer PCR kandi gikora isesengura, gusukura, gusya, kumenya ibyuma, gukurura, kuvanga no gupakira.
Ibikoresho byose bya Niche Polymer bishyigikiwe n'ibikoresho bigezweho bya laboratwari n'ibipimo.
Bitewe n'ubugari n'ubugari bw'ibicuruzwa byayo, Niche Polymer ihangana mu masoko menshi atandukanye. Ibi birimo ibikoresho biramba nk'imodoka, ubwubatsi, ibikoresho byo mu nzu n'ibikoresho, ibikoresho by'ikoranabuhanga, amazi y'amazi, ibikoresho by'amashanyarazi, ibikoresho bya siporo, n'ibikinisho.
“Inganda z’imodoka zizaba ari zo zigomba kwibandwaho cyane mu iterambere ry’ibicuruzwa bya Niche Polymer bizaza,” ibi byavuzwe na Thomas Moccia, visi perezida ushinzwe ubucuruzi n’ubucuruzi. Niche isanzwe itanga ibisubizo by’ibikoresho ku modoka zoroheje; polimeri zirwanya udukoko ku bice bikunze gukorwaho nko ku igare, ku byuma bitanga ibimenyetso n’imifatangingo y’inzugi; polimeri zikonjeshwa na fibre ya karuboni ku bice bikomeye kandi byoroshye by’umubiri, ku gisenge no ku mapine; sisitemu za bateri na bumper zitanga ibikoresho byo gukomera no kurinda umutekano.
Ariko abakora imodoka nabo barimo gusaba abatanga ibikoresho byabo gutanga amanota arimo PCR ingana na 30% ku bikoresho byo mu bwoko bwa dashboard n'ibindi bikoresho by'imbere. “OEMs barashaka kwamamaza PCR nk'ibikoresho byongerewe agaciro kandi dukorana buri gihe n'amatsinda yabo mu iterambere kugira ngo duteze imbere ibintu bikwiranye n'iyi ntego.”
Guhitamo isuku ikwiye bishobora kwihutisha impinduka z'ibikoresho n'amabara no kugabanya imyanda. Ushobora no kuzigama amafaranga ku bikoresho.
Uburyo bushya bwo gutandukanya ibintu bushingiye kuri fluorescence butanga uburyo bwihuse kandi bwizewe bwo gupima no kwemeza ingano y’ibicuruzwa bya pulasitike bitandukanye byasubijwemo.
Ba nyir'ibicuruzwa bicuruzwa ku isoko barimo gushaka uburyo bwo kongera gukoresha imiti ikoreshwa mu gutunganya ibintu mu buryo bugezweho nk'inyongera ku buryo bukenewe mu gutunganya ibintu mu buryo bugezweho kugira ngo bagere ku ntego z'ubukungu bushingiye ku miterere mu myaka icumi iri imbere. Abatanga serivisi z'ikoranabuhanga benshi barimo guteza imbere ikoranabuhanga rishya kugira ngo batsinde imbogamizi z'uburyo busanzwe bwo gutunganya ibintu mu buryo bwa pyrolysis no gucuruza ubundi buryo butandukanye bwo gutunganya ibintu mu buryo butari ubwa pulasitiki.