Polystar line offers plastics reprocessing options
Polystar line offers plastics reprocessing options
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Tainan City, Taiwan-based Polystar Machinery Co. Ltd. says both its cutter-compactor and shredder models are gaining popularity globally with recyclers and reprocessors of plastic scrap.
Jack Lin, vice president of global sales with the equipment firm, says the Polystar Repro-Flex cutter-compactor “has a clear advantage, especially for larger-sized recycling extruders.” Through natural heat and friction generated from the machine’s rotation, “it can quickly compact and densify the light-weighted material into a more solid form to be fed into the extruder at a constant rate,” says Lin.
“As of today, 1,200 Repro-Flex recycling machines are in operation worldwide,” states Lin. He says for recyclers who process washed and fully printed post-consumer scrap, Polystar offers an option of adding a second extruder to the Repro-Flex model.
“The two-stage model Repro-Flex Plus has a total of three degassing zones and two filtration steps throughout the entire recycling process,” says Lin. “This model is also ideal for processing post-industrial laminated or multi-layered [scrap].”
Also gaining popularity, says Lin, is Polystar Repro-One recycling technology, which Lin says “is a combination of shredder, extruder and pelletizer in one machine.”
Continues Lin, “This one-step, powerful (shredder) yet gentle (low processing temperature) process produces the best possible pellet quality at the lowest operation cost, enabling producers to reuse all of the pellets back in polypropylene (PP) tape extrusion lines.”
He adds, “When processing post-consumer materials, the cutter-compactor reduces the ink and moisture level of the material coming from the washing lines, such as washed flakes (from film and woven bags) as well as regrind [scrap] from milk and shampoo bottles. At the same time, it stabilizes the material being fed into the extrusion pelletizing line to ensure consistent production output and better pellets quality.”
Lin says increased investments in automation in India has made that nation a growing market for Polystar, “especially for PP raffia [sacks], woven bags, and flexible intermediate bulk container (FIBC) producers.” More than 105 Repro-One recycling machines have been installed in India, and 350 more in other parts of the world, adds the sales executive.
Lin says Polystar has added a third production facility in Taiwan, making it “able to better serve our customers with faster machine delivery time and in-time spare parts support.”
Concludes Lin, “As the demand for recycling machines remains strong, Polystar continues to prepare in-stock recycling machines and spare parts to avoid long delivery times, providing our worldwide customers with simple solutions.”
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Source: Recycling Today
Polystar line offers plastics reprocessing options
<![CDATA[Tainan City, Taiwan-based Polystar Machinery Co. Ltd. says both its cutter-compactor and shredder models are gaining popularity globally with recyclers and reprocessors of plastic scrap.Jack Lin, vice president of global sales with the equipment firm, says the Polystar Repro-Flex cutter-compactor “has a clear advantage, especially for larger-sized recycling extruders.” Through natural heat and friction generated from the machine’s rotation, “it can quickly compact and densify the light-weighted material into a more solid form to be fed into the extruder at a constant rate,” says Lin.“As of today, 1,200 Repro-Flex recycling machines are in operation worldwide,” states Lin. He says for recyclers who process washed and fully printed post-consumer scrap, Polystar offers an option of adding a second extruder to the Repro-Flex model.“The two-stage model Repro-Flex Plus has a total of three degassing zones and two filtration steps throughout the entire recycling process,” says Lin. “This model is also ideal for processing post-industrial laminated or multi-layered [scrap].”Also gaining popularity, says Lin, is Polystar Repro-One recycling technology, which Lin says “is a combination of shredder, extruder and pelletizer in one machine.”Continues Lin, “This one-step, powerful (shredder) yet gentle (low processing temperature) process produces the best possible pellet quality at the lowest operation…