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INNOVATION IN RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY

GMS EPE / XPS / EPS Recycling Plants

GMS Plastic Machinery Pvt. Ltd., has developed many ͻ Reduced MFI as compared to advanced GMS
models of Compact Fully Automatic Recycling Machine Technologies, etc.
especially for EPS / XPS waste wherein one must feed the
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other end of the machine. is very less as compared to any traditional Recycling
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GMS is aware how to feed EPE / EPS / XPS waste to our technology as reprocessed material provide higher output
extrusion equipment without degrading the waste. GMS as against Granules produced from traditional machines.
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homogeneous mixing, consistency of colours, etc. The GMS a processor:
Online Olio Dynamic Screen Changer permits reduction
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a button within seconds. This permits increase in output Buckets, can achieve 3 Cycles a minute or 180 cycles
and reduction in wastage, downtime, power consumption per hour.
and increase in output. ͻ The same machine when using recycled granules
made from our technological advanced equipment
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due to thread breakage which is more than 5% in strand
pelletising equipment. It permits Compact Dry granules, can achieve 220 cycles per hour.
Consistent size, Virgin alike round pellets shape. The ͻ But when using recycled granules made from
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material because it has the same feel and look like any shaped and uneven granules mixed with virgin
natural granules. material in the same Ratio of 20:80 can achieve only
150 Cycles per hour.
Recycling as everyone knows is a great boon to the
environment. Advanced Technology as compared to ͻ This means a clear savings of 10 to 12% in energy
traditional recycling has many advantages: consumption only. Over and above there is additional
savings in terms of time and labour.
ͻ Requires lesser labour and operators,
Another advantage of GMS advanced technology over
ͻ Fully Automatic Plants with clean room features,
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ͻ No manual contact during processing, produce lumps, grind them, and then recycle them again
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ͻ Reduced scrap generation during processing, Stage recycling) machine which depletes the quality. GMS
ͻ Even round pellets, recycling Machines are Single stage machines which give
higher output using a single extruder with lower power
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requirements and higher quality Granules.
ͻ Lot of waste during Filter Change in terms and time, EPE / EPS / XPS recycling were a huge problem especially
energy and production,
with the very low (0.2 to 0.6) density waste. Thermoformed
ͻ Lot of gases remain trapped in the granules due to Article producers and Insulation Sheet producers were
un-vented Extruders, selling of their waste edge trims at very low prices and
ͻ Colour Variation due to degradation during Filter loosing on expensive polymer. On the other hand, with the
change. surge in polymer prices, processors decided to adopt in
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saving cost of raw material but prevent them from selling
of the scraps at extremely low rates.

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