PETpla.net Insider 10 / 2018

39 TRADE SHOW PREVIEW PET planet Insider Vol. 19 No. 10/18 www.petpla.net From raw material production through to recycling systems For the first time at Fakuma, Maag will be sharing a stand with filter manufac- turer Ettlinger, which joined the group in January this year. As a result, Maag will be offering products for applications from raw material production, through com- pounding, to recycling, all from a single source. The range of products shown will encompass a gear pump for high pressures, a dry-cut strand pelletiser as well as an underwater pelletising system for the production of spherical pellets finishing with a high-performance melt filter with an extra-fine filtration grade for bottle-to- bottle PET recycling. The Eco 200 high-performance melt filter from Ettlinger being presented at Fakuma 2018 is – like the larger Eco 250 version – designed for very free-flowing materials such as PET and PA with pollution severities up to 1.5 %, but is also suitable for polyolefins and polystyrenes. Typical applications are com- pounding and filtration of gels and agglomerates, in particular of aluminum, paper, silicone or PVC constituents from recycled PET bottles. The now available extra-high filtration grade of 60 μm is stated to be ideal for bottle-to-bottle recycling. Thanks to their efficiency, the Eco melt filters can be integrated directly into PET thermoforming lines, where their throughput rates of up to 1,000 kg/h (type 200) and 3,000 kg/h (type 250) help to improve machine availability and enhance cost-effectiveness. www.maag.com Hall A6, booth 6202