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==== Vacurema Basic ====

The system consists in its key components of a vacuum reactor which is linked directly to a single-screw extruder. The vacuum reactor unit is filled with amorphous, washed PET flakes via a vacuum lock. Decontamination and pre-drying of the processed material take place inside the vacuum reactor. From the reactor the material is fed at a high vacuum into the intake zone of the single-screw extruder. As a result no additional degassing ports are required on the extruder itself. This means that the ~~VACUREMA~~ technology reduces the length of the extruder, reduces its energy consumption , improves colour values (b value) of the

The system consists in its key components of a vacuum reactor which is linked directly to a single-screw extruder. The vacuum reactor unit is filled with amorphous, washed PET flakes via a vacuum lock. Decontamination and pre-drying of the processed material take place inside the vacuum reactor. From the reactor the material is fed at a high vacuum into the intake zone of the single-screw extruder. As a result no additional degassing ports are required on the extruder itself. This means that the Vacurema technology reduces the length of the extruder, reduces its energy consumption , improves colour values (b value) of the processed material and keeps AA values to a very low level.

processed material and keeps AA values to a very low level.

In the downstream high-performance fine filter the material is filtered with a 32μm mesh screen width . The filter system is equipped with a patented fully automatic self-cleaning system that enables long filter service life.

In the downstream high-performance fine filter the material is filtered with a

The now finished melt is then passed on to the downstream process for the production of end products such as fibres, strapping, thermoforming sheet or amorphous or crystalline pellets.

32μm mesh screen width . The filter system is equipped with a patented fully automatic self-cleaning system that enables long filter service life.

The now finished melt is then passed on to the downstream process for the

production of end products such as fibres, strapping, thermoforming sheet or amorphous or crystalline pellets.

Vacurema Basic has become established in the field of so-called inline production systems. PET secondary raw materials such as bottle flakes, ground amorphous skeleton waste, virgin material, edge trim and mixtures of them with virgin material are recycled directly to make end products such as FDA approved and ILSI compliant thermoforming sheet and even fibres and strapping.