INSUS uses your formulation and film-property test data to predict how recycled-content blend ratios are likely to perform and recommend combinations that target mechanical and processability specifications. Formulation teams keep the decision.
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Blend-ratio prediction before a full production trial.
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Recycled content weighed against application specs.
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Existing formulation data. No new hardware.
The problem
Raising recycled content is not simply choosing the highest recyclate percentage. The relationship between recycled content, resin type, blend ratio and film performance varies by formulation and application. Manufacturers need to know where a specific blend still meets mechanical and processability specifications.
The shift
Formulation and process teams stay responsible for every qualification decision. What changes is whether a candidate blend's likely film performance is visible before a full production trial.
Today
With INSUS
How it works
This fits OptiStudio as predictive and optimization decision support beside existing formulation and qualification workflows. Access is read-only. It does not replace physical film testing.
Connect
Connect formulation records covering recyclate source, blend ratio and virgin resin grade with film-property test results and target application specifications.
Understand
Analyze how recycled-content ratio, recyclate source and virgin resin characteristics relate to measured film properties for the plant's own formulations and applications.
Predict
Given a candidate blend ratio, predict the likely mechanical and processability outcome before a full production qualification trial.
Advise
Recommend a blend ratio expected to meet the target application's specification while increasing recycled content within the range supported by available plant data.
Verify
Compare predictions with actual film-property test results so the model can be validated and refined against the plant's recyclate sources, formulations and applications.
Getting started
For flexible-film manufacturers that already collect formulation and film-property test data. Delivered through OptiStudio as formulation decision support. Expert Services can help with data assessment and validation. Advisory and read-only. Does not replace physical qualification testing.
Related for packaging
Recycled-content film formulation sits beside heat-seal process optimization and EU PPWR documentation on the same packaging operation.
Raising recycled content can mean trial-and-error qualification. This use case predicts likely film performance and recommends blend ratios for formulation-team review.
Historical blend ratios, recyclate sources, virgin resin grades and corresponding film-property test results such as tensile properties and melt flow rate. No new sensors when those records already exist.
No. It is decision support. The formulation or process team reviews every recommendation and validates the candidate blend through existing qualification testing.
Yes. The model can identify candidate ratios expected to meet the target specification while increasing recycled content within the range supported by plant history.
The source evidence is based on PE flexible-film blends. Other resin systems or packaging formats need their own formulation and test data.
Through OptiStudio as predictive and optimization decision support. Expert Services can support data assessment, integration and validation with your formulation team.
Performance depends on reliable formulation and film-property records. Recommendations are plant-, recyclate- and application-specific; they do not transfer to other resin systems without calibration and validation.
Packaging · Recycled-content film formulation
Use your own formulation and film-test data to predict candidate recycled-content blends and give formulation teams a data-informed starting point for qualification.
