PT ZONE: Recycling & Scrap Reclamation
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Unique Extruder Reclaims Nylon 11 Oil Pipe
2/26/2013Plastics Technology
A British recycling company has found an interesting application for the MRS Extrusion System from Gneuss (U.S. office in Matthews, N.C.). K2 Polymers Ltd. in Loughborough, U.K., which specializes in recycling engineering resins, is using the MRS (Multi Rotation System) to reprocess nylon 11 regrind heavily contaminated with oil.The regrind came from deep-sea oil pipes that were scrapped after having been recovered from the sea floor at a depleted oilfield.
Public, Private Sectors Join for Film Recycling2/26/2013Plastics Technology
The Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources and two national business groups have announced a first-of a-kind, state-led partnership to expand film recycling.
Sustainable Sheet: Placon Closes the Loop on PET Recycling2/26/2013Plastics Technology
Placon reprocesses up to 12,000 lb/day of PCR PET to produce its EcoStar line of sheet.
Sustainable Injection Molding: Amcor Looks at the Big Picture2/26/2013Plastics Technology
How the world’s biggest producer of PET packaging measures the environmental footprint of its operation.
How to Choose & Use Metal Separators9/28/2012Plastics Technology
Use of magnets for removing ferrous contaminants in an industrial environment began in the 1940s to help farmers trap and remove metal contaminants from their grain chutes.
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OVERVIEW:
Recycling & Scrap Reclamation
Processors of all types try to avoid generating scrap, but when it is used it generally is re-used by putting it back into the process. Scrap generally falls within two categories: post-industrial and post-consumer. Industrial scrap includes off-spec parts, sprues and the like, and is usually reduced in size by devices such as granulators, shredders and pulverizers and re-fed into the machine. In post-consumer operations, recyclers take in bags, bottles and other end products. These are ultimately washed and pelletized and either sold by a recycler to processors or reprocessed into parts.
Product Announcements
- AUXILIARIES: Super-Compact Granulators For Bulky Parts
- Conair 4/29/2013
- AUXILIARIES: Blenders Handle Difficult Scrap
- Conair 12/28/2012
- RECYCLING: Recycling Systems Enhanced for Higher Output
- American Starlinger-Sahm Co. 12/28/2012
- COMPOUNDING: Recycling & Compounding in One Step
- Coperion Corporation 12/28/2012
- AUXILIARIES: Parts Separator Is Sturdy, Quiet & Costs Less
- Dynamic Conveyor Corp. 11/29/2012
