If PET is PET is PET to a standard optical sorter, Tomra’s new Sharp Eye technology isn’t standard.
If PET is PET is PET to a standard optical sorter, Tomra’s new Sharp Eye technology isn’t standard.
For more than two decades, Erema’s Laserfilter has been used to remove contaminants from polyolefin melt streams. A year ago, the company released a PET version, and the market interest has been strong, according to the Austria-headquartered company.
Flake-washing equipment from Italian equipment company Amut removes contaminants from flake via centrifugal force.
A new Tomra system adds laser technology to the sort line, increasing product purity without slowing throughput.
A new melt filter from Ettlinger is designed for handling heavily contaminated plastic loads and achieving high throughputs.
Herbold’s HVT dryer model employs a vertical setup to tackle regrind from PET bottles, hollow bodies, polyolefins and other plastics.
A tailor-made washing line from Georgia-based Lindner reSource America has at its core a combination of shredders and wash components, which ultimately convert post-consumer HDPE milk jugs into usable flake.
When densifying certain materials, gravity can fall short of what’s needed to feed low-density bulk plastics into the equipment. That’s why Herbold Meckesheim USA has developed a force-feed mechanism for its line of HV Plastcompactor Densifiers.
A package of equipment from New Jersey-based Foam Cycle aims to help organizations, including municipalities, with their expanded polystyrene (EPS) recycling efforts.
By examining both transmissive and reflective light from objects, the ColorPlus-R optical sorter is able to identify the color of opaque objects, including black plastics.