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PET Waste to High Quality Fibers
For use in its technical centre, Korea Textile Development Institute KTDI decided to buy a Gneuss MRS extrusion system for processing postconsumer PET waste for yarn manufacture. For this process, the MRS extruder offers the opportunity to adjust the viscosity of the PET by means of the vacuum.
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Gneuss at K 2022: New OMNI Recycling Machines
Innovative degassing and decontamination technologies for demanding recycling applications:
Gneuss presents new series of
OMNI Recycling Machines for closed loop recycling of PET, PS and polyolefin post-consumer reclaim.
Hall 9, Stand A22
Ninth Rotary Filtration System at MP3 s.r.l., Italy
ABS/PMMA and PS sheet manufacturer MP3 s.r.l. in Italy is converting its lines for the use of thermoplastic regrind and successively replacing the existing filters with SFXmagnus melt filtration systems. Thanks to the changes, production now runs trouble-free even with over 50% regrind.
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Consent FZCO - Plastics Recycling Company of the Year
A jury of international waste recycling experts has selected the largest producer of Polyester Strapping in Middle East. CONSENT, based in UAE, collects and recycle over 6.000 tonnes of PET bottles annually and uses Gneuss MRS extrusion technology to produce high quality PET Strapping Tapes.
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PE-Inhouse Recycling
Oldenburg is a manufacturer of PE packaging film such as bubble film, stretch and foam sheet. The film waste which occurs during start up, shut down, product changes etc. is collected and repelletised on a central recycling extruder. Retrofitting its melt filter enables Oldenburg to process its PE production waste.
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MRSjump PET Recycling
The new Gneuss MRSjump offers both decontamination performance to food contact levels and the ability to maintain and control the IV of the PET in one single extrusion processing step. There is no need to treat the material prior to extrusion and no need for an additional melt or solid phase IV boosting process in addition to extrusion.
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New size 110 for Rotary Filtration Systems
Gneuss Filtration Technology is introducing an additional size across its line of Rotary Filtration Systems. The models RSFgenius, SFXmagnus, SFneos and CSFprimus are now available in a size 110, which offers almost 20 % more active screen area than the size 90 for each model, 46 to 62 square inches.
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Efficiency Improvements through Retrofitting
Spanish PET bottle-to-bottle recycler Nososplas is achieving significant efficiency improvements by replacing its melt filter with the Gneuss RSFgenius back flushing filter. Nosoplas decided in favour of the Gneuss Rotary Filtration System due to the high efficiency and the fast return on investment which it offers.
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Trouble-free melt filtration
If in-house production waste and heavily contaminated post-consumer waste are added to the production process, foreign particles of various sizes and quantities are introduced into the melt flow. These must be efficiently filtered out to ensure consistent product quality. Thereby the production process must not be disturbed.
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New onlineshop
Pressure sensors, temperature sensors and accessories: In January 2021, the completely revamped Gneuss measurement technology web shop went online. The personal consultation, a large product range and the configurator for pressure and temperature sensors were already well received by customers in the past.
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Tray to Tray Recycling
If a circular economy is to be realised, it will be necessary to consistently recycle post-consumer thermoformed PET trays back into PET trays. The recycling of regrind from post-consumer PET trays to new sheet for PET trays presents challenges for the recycling process. For this demanding process, Gneuss has developed the innovative MRSjump Extruder.
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Recycling in ABS and PS sheet production
By choosing the right screenchanger, the recycling content and thus the efficiency in the production of PS or ABS sheets can be significantly increased. Process stability and product quality remain undisturbed even when production waste is used, thanks to the process-constant and pressure-stable melt filtration.
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PET Fiber Recycling
Several customers, including large fiber manufacturers in China and Belarus, have decided to use key components from Gneuss. With these they were able to convert existing fiber lines with low investment costs, so that the complete fiber waste can be processed into high quality fibers. And this is even possible for the production of drawn yarns.
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System and turn-key solutions for the increased use of recycled materials in polymer packaging production
For the processing of recycled materials, an investment in new production facilities is not absolutely necessary - Gneuss is an expert in the recycling of plastics and offers innovative technologies and system solutions for retrofitting.
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Retrofit for PET Sheet Lines
The call for waste reduction and reasonable recycling of plastic packaging is becoming ever louder. The European Union has drawn up legal directives which stipulate that by December 31, 2025 50 % of plastic packaging placed on the market in an EU member state must be recycled. By the end of 2030 it should be 55 %, from 2040 onwards 100 %.
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Energy-efficient and compact Gneuss strapping tape line in operation in Dubai
CONSENT Plastic, a company of the Arabian CONSENT GROUP, is the leading producer of strapping tapes and PET flakes in the Middle East. Due to the avoidance of the time and energy intensive drying and crystallisation of the PET flakes they chose our Gneuss MRS extruder.
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The gneuss mrs recycling process: approved for food packaging worldwide
Since the first “Letter of Non Objection” from the American FDA in 2009, the Gneuss recycling process based around the MRS extruder has received a large number of approvals for processing up to 100 % post-consumer and industrial polymer waste to food contact products.
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From rigid to foam sheet on the fly – fast and flexible production changes with Gneuss sheet lines
Gneuss PET sheet extrusion lines are well known for their flexibility with regard to input material and the finished product. With over 30 years of experience, Gneuss has no shortage of expertise with regard to the specific properties of this material and the special aspects of processing it.
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