LineMaster technology makes advanced yield control available without the need for large, complex, and costly hardware systems such as Loss-in-Weight blenders. It is now possible to achieve consistent accuracy in material consumption and product quality using nothing more elaborate than the Maguire® Weigh Scale Blender and/or a LIW (Loss-In-Weight) hopper and a flexible, intuitive control system. The simplicity, ease of use, and low cost of this blending system have made it by far the most widely used blender in the world. It’s precision and reliability also make it eminently suitable for governing the entire extrusion process with unvarying accuracy. Until the advent of LineMaster technology, the vast middle ground of extrusion processors have had to choose between cumbersome and costly Loss-in-Weight yield control systems or very basic forms of extrusion control. Now, any extrusion processor armed with LineMaster Extrusion Control can lock in desired product yields via simple connections between a standard Maguire blender and the extruder screw and/or take-off speed controls. Once set up, this system quickly establishes control over the amount of material per length of product, without need for prolonged setups in which operators must manually optimize speed settings.