A new Tomra system adds laser technology to the sort line, increasing product purity without slowing throughput.
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 crystallization dryer from EREMA allows PET reclaimers to retrofit their existing lines to sell into the higher-value food and drink packaging sectors.
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.
Electronics and appliances present an attractive source for reclaimed plastics, but technical challenges can often inhibit recovery. Many of the e-plastics are black, which can make separation by polymer difficult.
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.
Equipment from Dutch company Bollegraaf Recycling Solutions goes fishing at the head of the stream to remove films.