PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2019

60 TRADE SHOW PREVIEW PET planet Insider Vol. 19 No. 09/19 www.petpla.net 2019 March - December Powered by The worldwide round trip with Thanks to our sponsors and partners for your support Vacunite – new bottle-to-bottle tech- nology meets highest specifications The Vacunite bottle-to-bottle recycling technology from the Austrian recycling machine manufacturer Erema is known for high-efficiency decontamination, best colour values, top IV sta- bility, and low energy consumption during the entire process. Its compact design meets high demands in the production of food-grade rPET pellets. The Vacunite process is based on the combination of Vacu- rema technology which has been proven over many years and has been further developed for this application together with newly patented vacuum-assisted Solid State Polycondensation (SSP). Polymetrix developed this SSP for Erema especially for the demanding application. What makes this combination spe- cial is that all thermal process stages take place in a nitrogen and/or vacuum atmosphere, largely eliminating undesirable flake and pellet discolouration and reliably removing additives which could lead to unfavourable reactions in the melt. The nitrogen used in the SSP is cleaned and can be fed back into the previous processing stage so that nitrogen consumption is reduced as a result. To increase the transparency of the preforms, the pellets are dedusted again before filling. Over- all, the technology requires 40% fewer components, making the plant more compact at the same time as consuming up to 36% less energy than comparable systems on the market. The end product is rPET pellets of unique quality which, in terms of food contact compliance, exceed both the current legal requirements and the even higher requirements of lead- ing brand owners, says Erema. www.erema.com Hall 9 Erema Booth C05 High cavitation closure mould For the first time z-moulds will be present during the Kshow with its own booth. After showing high efficient closure moulds during the last couple of years together with different injec- tion moulding machine partners, z-moulds will this year join the show for the first time as an official exhibitor. Together with the drying specialist Eisbär, z-moulds will share a two- floor booth. Also this year z-moulds will be displaying one of its high cavitation closure moulds, running with the patented z-slides technology at a cycle time below 2 s, on a Sumitomo Demag machine in hall 15 booth D22. www.z-moulds.com www.eisbaer.at www.sumitomo-shi-demag.eu Hall 10 z-moulds Booth H48