High-efficiency technologies for processing and recycling plastics
Coperion & Herbold Meckesheim, Hall A6 – Booth 6312
Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim will demonstrate their expertise in producing entire systems using virtual animation: Both a complete compounding plant as well as an entire system for recycling plastic will be available to view. The processes involved can be experienced digitally with the aid of simulations, and visitors will be able to peer into individual key components and their functions. Rotors from Herbold Meckesheim granulators will be on display in various sizes for many applications.
Efficient plants for recycling a variety of plastics
Along with individual components, Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim deliver entire systems for plastics recycling. From mechanical processing – shredding, washing, separating, drying and agglomerating of plastics – to bulk material handling as well as feeding and extrusion all the way to compounding and pelletising, such plants cover the entire plastics reclamation process chain.
Currently, Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim are producing an entire bottle-to-bottle recycling system for Indian preform and plastic packaging manufacturer Magpet Polymer Pvt Ltd. This plant handles every process step from mechanical processing of used PET bottles to discharging high-quality PET granulate, using a ZSK twin screw extruder with fully attuned peripherals to meet every need. Magpet awarded the contract for this PET recycling plant to Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim as they have coordinated their technologies and are committed to produce efficient plastic recycling solutions that consistently and reliably deliver high PET recyclate quality.
Recycling test centre
In its fully equipped test centres, Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim offer customers the ability to test a variety of plastic recycling processes and technologies under actual production conditions even before investing. At Herbold Meckesheim, within its 800 m2 facility in Meckesheim, Germany, there is a complete washing line for cold and hot washing as well as every size reduction solution from shredders and granulators to pulverisers or plastic compactors for densification. In 2023, Coperion launched the operation of the Recycling Innovation Center in Weingarten, Germany, with state-of-the-art, individually configurable recycling plants where recyclate can be conveyed, fed, extruded, compounded, pelletised and deodorised. Both test centres complement each other perfectly to simulate and test the recycling of plastics.
Smart solutions for classic compounding tasks
Along with recycling, at this year’s Fakuma, Coperion will present versatile and efficient uses of its ZSK and STS twin screw extruders as well as its feeding and conveying technologies for classic compounding tasks. At the beginning of this year, Coperion introduced a re-worked version of the ZSK 18 Megalab laboratory extruder. With its optimised design, it now offers more flexibility and safety in handling, says the company. Using the newly developed patent-pending feeding platform, up to four feeders can be placed over the extruder’s intake barrel with great variability, allowing ingredients to be added flexibly into the compounding process. Likewise, Coperion’s ProRate Plus feeder line features new developments. With the ProRate Plus-MT twin screw extruder and the new ProFlow bulk solid activator, an efficient feeding solution for powder additives is now available.
