Vacurema technology: Difference between revisions

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Surface to volume ratio for flakes is 2.5 times higher than for pellets

*Bottle flakes

*''Bottle flakes:'' Pre-ground with 12mm screen, average wall thickness approx. 0.1 to 0.4mm

Pre-ground with ~~12 mm~~ screen, average wall thickness approx. 0.1 to 0.4mm

*Pellets

*''Pellets:'' Typical dimensions: diameter approx. 2.5mm x 3mm length or ball shap

Typical dimensions: diameter approx. 2.5mm x 3mm length or ball shap

''IV stability through vacuum treatment''

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Erema delivers turnkey systems with support from one contact for the entire recycling process: sorting – washing – decontamination – extrusion – quality control – end product.

Three systems

=== Three systems ===

~~Vacurema Basic~~

VACUREMA Basic has become firmly 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. Besides these inline products VACUREMA Basic is also used for the production of bottle-to-bottle compliant, ultra-fine filtered repellets. Minimum investment costs, lowest production costs and high product quality are convincing factors.

==== 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

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.

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.

With Vacurema Basic has become firmly 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. Besides these inline products Vacurema Basic is also used for the production of bottle-to-bottle compliant, ultra-fine filtered repellets.

Every ~~VACUREMA~~ Basic system can be retrofitted if required to upgrade to a full VACUREMA Advanced or VACUREMA Prime high-end system.

Every Vacurema Basic system can be retrofitted if required to upgrade to a full VACUREMA Advanced or VACUREMA Prime high-end system.

Vacurema Advanced