PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2015

MATERIAL / RECYCLING 11 PET planet insider Vol. 16 Now Lanfranchi is able to support its customers with a complete range of Linear blow moulding machines for PET containers, from 0,25 lt to 40 lt. Possibility of supplying bottle and preform drawings to the costumers Linear blow moulding machine range goes from 1 cavity up to 12 cavities for any kind of bottle in terms of shape and design. Linear blow moulding machines are designed especially for big containers, special shape bottles and wide mouth containers. The simplicity of P:REACT involves only two parameters of control: The level of vacuum and the residue time of the molten PET inside the equip- ment. The IV is measured inline and provides a signal for the automatic control of the machine parameters. This together with a simple reactor configuration ensures easy operation and low maintenance costs. Figure 3: input material PET scrap from spinning / rPET-pellets after recycling (Images: NGR) Highest energy efficiency P:REACT works extremely energy efficient, as the reactor basically only requires energy for maintain- ing the temperature of the molten PET. Energy meas- urements show a specific consumption of only 0.12 kWh/kg including pelletising. These figures reflect the pro- cessing of PET fibers at IV of 0.62 dl/g, an output of 350 kg/h on a shredder-feeder- extruder combination. The rPellets are showing an IV of 0.70 dl/g. Versatile application of P:REACT for recy- cling of PET products from various sources In the upcoming months more P:REACTs are to be installed. For example, one unit for in-house recycling of thermoforming skeletons with an output of 2,000 kg/h and another stand-alone unit for used PET-carpet recycling. Exten- sive tests on the processing of bottle flakes, preforms, PET woven fabric, etc. have demonstrated the versability of P:REACT. In the case of recycling PET-bottle flakes, tests have shown the system to be suitable for exceed- ing brand owner specifications. www.ngr.at Figure 5: P:REACT (Images: NGR)