As the world moves away from the traditional 'acquisition, manufacture, and disposal' linear economic production model and shifts to a circular economy model, recycling will once again become the focus. EREMA will immediately display related technologies at its booth.
Michael Heitzinger, CEO of EREMA Engineering Recycling Maschinen und Anlagen Ges.mbH, said when he talked about the development trend of the plastics industry: 'If you look at the current development situation, you can see that not only the recycling industry is changing, but the entire plastics industry is changing. The industry is strongly influenced by the concept of circular economy! Circular economy concept considers recycling as a key factor in the product cycle, which of course means that there is a huge opportunity in the recycling industry.
EREMA's patented extruder system, INTAREMA TVEplus, runs immediately on the show floor to demonstrate the recovery process of difficult-to-machine materials such as heavily printed films and high-moisture content materials. This is achieved through ultra-fine filtration in one step, thorough melt homogenization and High performance degassing achieved.
Visitors to the site can see for themselves how the polypropylene bag waste can be directly processed into high-quality recycled materials without the need for pre-crushing.
Michael Heitzinger added that TVEplus technology adopts the proven principle of melt filtration and sets a new standard. Melt filtration is performed upstream of the degassing section of the extruder. Therefore, the final product produced has high quality and recycled material content. Also high.
China's Plastic Recycling Industry Has Great Potential
Speaking of China, he believes that the plastic recycling market can be further developed. For example, in China, the un-cleaned waste film with paper labels from commercial waste, HDPE from domestic waste, or WEEE waste is large. The current increase in investment in the expansion of sorting and collection systems is also encouraging.
With regard to economics and sustainable development, he believes that the use of high-performance recycling technology is of interest. Using these technologies, even high-value secondary raw materials, ie recycled materials, can be manufactured from heavily contaminated raw materials.
Opportunities abound
Looking ahead, EREMA will further explore the potential of plastic recycling technology. Advanced technology will improve the quality and automation of recycled materials.
Michael Heitzinger stated that EREMA is committed to improving the quality of recycled materials. Only last year it introduced several innovative technologies, such as: ReFresher for low-odor recycled pellets or QualityOn system for color and MVR measurements, highlighting EREMA's The focus of quality.
In addition to quality, machine automation and related process optimization and traceability are important directions for the recycling industry. The launch of the re360 manufacturing execution system marks a good start to the industry's path to success, using the system to recycle manufacturers and production. Business can overview the entire machine group.
It is important for the industry to work together
Michael Heitzinger pointed out that recycling can't work alone. The interaction and communication of the plastics industry are the key to success. He reiterated: 'I want to compare the recycling economy of the plastics industry as a gear, only through communication (from product design to production). Integrate recycling into the existing process chain. We also cannot save the necessary active communication. EREMA's core technology -- extrusion process -- also needs to cooperate with sorting or cleaning technology, and ultimately how to use recycled materials. Expectations. '