STARLINGER
Recycling throughputs increased / Total worldwide installed rPET capacity reaches almost 330,000 t/y
 Starlinger's recoSTAR PET 330 post-consumer PET recycling machine (Photo: Starlinger) |
Austrian plastics recycler and machinery supplier Starlinger (Vienna; www.starlinger.com) has increased its capacities for “recoSTAR PET 330” post-consumer PET recycling machines and “recoSTAR universal 165” units for hard-to-grind material and high volume, low density waste with special processing requirements.
The company said the capacity of its “recoSTAR PET 330” machines is now over 27,000 t/y of rPET, with additional capacity added in extrusion lines, which have seen throughputs rise by 25% without increasing extruder diameter, through application of the company’s high capacity (HC) feature. Two 165 mm single-screw extruders are mounted in parallel on a main frame, while the upstream and downstream equipment is sized so that only one pre-drying unit, filter and pelletiser are required for the two extruders, reducing the cost of the installation.
The first “recoSTAR PET 330 HC” was delivered at the beginning of 2012 to Continuum Recycling in Hemswell, Lincolnshire / UK, a joint venture company formed between Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE, Uxbridge, Middlesex / UK; www.cokecce.co.uk) and plastic bottle recycler ECO Plastics (Hemswell, Lincolnshire / UK; www.ecoplasticsltd.com) – see Plasteurope.com of 17.05.2012 – and has been in full operation since May 2012. The line produces the rPET that CCE is using in its PET packaging in the UK as a part of its sustainability programme, and has also produced the recycled content in the Coca-Cola PET bottles on sale during the London Olympics 2012. Starlinger said there is now an installed capacity of almost 330,000 t/y for “recoSTAR PET”.
For recycling pre-shredded and washed material, both post-industrial or post-consumer, particularly for plastic waste that is voluminous, hard-to-grind and with specific processing requirements, Starlinger has installed over 100 “recoSTAR universal” lines for a variety of applications in recent years. Based on this experience, the company has introduced the “recoSTAR universal 165” with a production capacity of up to 10,000 t/y, suitable for processing a wide range of thermoplastics. The first unit was sold in 2011 and by the end of 2012 three more units will be installed and operating, Starlinger said.
The company said the capacity of its “recoSTAR PET 330” machines is now over 27,000 t/y of rPET, with additional capacity added in extrusion lines, which have seen throughputs rise by 25% without increasing extruder diameter, through application of the company’s high capacity (HC) feature. Two 165 mm single-screw extruders are mounted in parallel on a main frame, while the upstream and downstream equipment is sized so that only one pre-drying unit, filter and pelletiser are required for the two extruders, reducing the cost of the installation.
The first “recoSTAR PET 330 HC” was delivered at the beginning of 2012 to Continuum Recycling in Hemswell, Lincolnshire / UK, a joint venture company formed between Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE, Uxbridge, Middlesex / UK; www.cokecce.co.uk) and plastic bottle recycler ECO Plastics (Hemswell, Lincolnshire / UK; www.ecoplasticsltd.com) – see Plasteurope.com of 17.05.2012 – and has been in full operation since May 2012. The line produces the rPET that CCE is using in its PET packaging in the UK as a part of its sustainability programme, and has also produced the recycled content in the Coca-Cola PET bottles on sale during the London Olympics 2012. Starlinger said there is now an installed capacity of almost 330,000 t/y for “recoSTAR PET”.
For recycling pre-shredded and washed material, both post-industrial or post-consumer, particularly for plastic waste that is voluminous, hard-to-grind and with specific processing requirements, Starlinger has installed over 100 “recoSTAR universal” lines for a variety of applications in recent years. Based on this experience, the company has introduced the “recoSTAR universal 165” with a production capacity of up to 10,000 t/y, suitable for processing a wide range of thermoplastics. The first unit was sold in 2011 and by the end of 2012 three more units will be installed and operating, Starlinger said.
13.12.2012 Plasteurope.com [224103-0]
Published on 13.12.2012
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