PETpla.net Insider 12 / 2016

TRADE SHOW REVIEW 33 PET planet Insider Vol. 17 No. 12/16 www.petpla.net Accurate IV boosting This year´s “K” show in Düsseldorf was once again very successful for Gneuss. The wide range of different innovations and latest developments attracted numerous visitors to the Gneuss booth.International visitors were especially attracted by the Gneuss recycling systems on display, based on the proven Gneuss MRS extruder together with the optional liquid phase IV booster Jump, which enables waste to be directly reintroduced into the production process. This new, add-on system is cou- pled directly to the extrusion unit and ensures accurate IV boosting with its sophisticated process for increas- ing the molecule chain lengths and therefore the IV. Compared with conventional SSP systems, the Jump offers a compact alternative. At the “K”, Gneuss presented specially- developed product configurators. These permit complete lines to be individually tailored and planned to the customer´s individual requirements. The visitors´ attention was not only attracted by the Gneuss extru- sion lines for PET industrial, post- consumer recycling and for ther- moforming sheet but also by the high-performance Gneuss Rotary Melt Filtration Systems for a wide range of polymers and applications. These systems operate pressure and process con- stant, under the most demanding conditions. Many orders for Rotary Filtration Systems and extru- Dr Axel Hannemann, Manager Business Unit fiber and pellets in front of the new liquid phase IV booster Jump Gneuss Rotary Melt Filtration Systems with the MRS extruder sion lines were agreed at the “K” and practically all the exhibits, including the extrusion line for PET thermoform- ing sheet were sold. During the K 2016, at the Gneuss technical facility in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany, a PET thermoforming sheet line, including an MRS extruder, RSFgenius Melt Filtration System and Online Viscometer VIS was displayed. Over 50 visitors from Latin America, Asia and Europe used the opportunity of a shuttle service from Düsseldorf to the Gneuss factory in order to gain an impression of the high quality of food contact grade PET thermoforming sheet made from post-consumer PET bottle flake, made possible by the Gneuss equipment. www.gneuss.com