PETpla.net Insider 10 / 2012

MATERIAL / RECYCLING 21 PET planet insider Vol. 13 No. 10/12 www.petpla.net Engineering Excellence www.netstal.com Low production costs Maximum output At Netstal our aim is to help you produce the perfect PET preforms: at minimum cycle times you achieve maximum output with constantly high quality and energy efficiency. And that’s no coincidence: our team of experts are always there for you – with state-of-the-art systems. Brau Beviale, hall A7, booth 624/523 such as no melts or black spots > 0.2mm in the final sheet. The food grade sheet was promptly analysed in the laboratory for any contaminants using gas chromatography in accord- ance with the Fraunhofer method. Regular quality control as defined by GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) is essential. The viscoLAB makes it possible to track material and process quality continuously during the test runs and in the follow-up process. On the second day the IV increase of virgin pellets was shown. 0.82IV bottle grade material was fed to the viscoS- tar reactor. Following application of the SSP process, final IV measure- ments showed a result of 0.95dl/g. The hot, dry pellets were fed directly from the reactor into the sheet line. Conference programme During the open-house event, the visitors had the opportunity to listen to presentations by international guest speakers. Among the guest speak- ers were Santiago Garcia-Gonzalez, Senior Consultant for PCI PET pack- aging, independent chemical engineer Allan Griff, Edward Kosior, Managing Director of Nextek Limited, an interna- tional consultancy dealing in plastics recycling which has developed new packaging technologies for the UK and Sion Stanfield who has spent over 25 years in the retail sector, holding senior positions at Tesco and Sainsburys. www.viscotec.at The new Viscotec production site and Technical Centre is extending to 20,000m² The Decon decontamination dryer