PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2016

TRADE SHOW PREVIEW 53 BKG Bruckmann & Kreyenborg Granuliertechnik GmbH Hall 9 Booth A44 A48 / 55 / A57 Prewashing technology Recently Sorema, a division of Previero N. srl, com- missioned a new design RPET wash line with 4t/h output capacity. The plant is successfully in operation in an Eastern European country. The system is said to allow the processing of the most contaminated bales of PET bottles and convert them into high quality rPET flakes. The pro- cess is claimed to combine the advantages of the bottle prewashing (wet-process) system with dry and clean envi- ronment after the patented wet prewashing system. The machine cleans the surface and removes the labels of the bottles, including shrink labels. The labels are said to be perfectly separated from the bottles immediately after the pre-washing phase. The possibility of running clean bottles without labels and eliminating the ingress of water into the bottles improves the efficiency of the recycling operation. Advantages include a reduced consumption of energy, chemicals, and water as well as reduced space requirements. The advantages of the system are to enable the dry phase approach to be reconsidered before the wet grinder. In line with the latest tech- nical development, the rPET fines wash lines are attracting growing interest. The system is already in operation and others will follow in the coming months. The system allows the recovery of a growing quan- tity of fines which are mostly generated by the increasing percentage of thermoforms into the bottles stream. The fines are hot or cold washed, dried and if necessary sorted by colour and / or by polymers. The material, converted into pellets, have applications in thermoforming and fibres (fines are mostly used in fibres). www.sorema.it A COLOUR IDENT I TY K 2016 19-26 October - Düsseldorf, Germany Hall 6 Stand B24 Sorema Hall 9 Booth D41 & D55 PET planet insider Vol. 17