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Recycler Winco adds capabilities PolyOne introduces

with new re-grinding line Hammerhead composite panels

llinois-based recycler Winco Plastics has boosted its olyOne Corp. introduced its Hammerhead-brand
Iplastics waste handling capabilities with a re-grinding Pcomposite panels as a weight-saving alternative
line from Lindner Recyclingtech America LLC. The re- to the use of plywood for marine applications.The
grinding line includes a Micromat Plus 2500 pre-shredding Hammerhead identity is intended to reflect the panels'
system and an LG 1500-800 grinder. The range of rigid toughness, strength and suitability for the marine
materials the company feeds into the Lindner system market, said Matt Borowiec, general manager of
includes high density polyethylene pipes of any size and PolyOne's advanced composites unit.
thickness, HDPE sheet, polyethylene and polypropylene
Using an existing format, PolyOne began development
of the panels in September 2017 and distributed
samples to a couple of U.S. boat builders for beta
trials, Borowiec said. PolyOne manufactures the panels
of thermoplastics, continuous glass-fiber-reinforced
face sheets and foam cores at a facility in Englewood,
Colo. PolyOne withholds specifics about the resins,
grades and foam composition. Use of the panels can
reduce production steps and improve quality and

purge, plus polycarbonate sheet and PET, mainly from
post-industrial sources such as automotive market and
other markets. Winco can run 4,000 to 6,000 pounds of
half-inch regrind material per hour.

“One major reason for our decision to purchase Lindner’s
regrinding line was its ability to handle the wide variety
of size, weight and form of the expected input material
coming from different suppliers,” said Winco President
Tim Martin Lindner Recyclingtech America in Statesville,
N.C., is the North American subsidiary of Lindner-Group
of Spittal, Austria.In the first step of its process, plastic
waste gets transferred to a heavy-duty feeding belt
conveyor designed to handle all kinds of material loaded
by a forklift or gaylord container, followed by a Micromat
Plus 255 single-shaft shredder with a customized internal
ram. A new overlapping rotor avoids bridging of material economic factors, Borowiec said. The lightweight
between the ram and the robot The pre-shredded material materials provide boat builders with an alternative to
is discharged from the Micromat by two successive belt
conveyors. One of them is equipped with a gaylord the traditional use of wood, hand lay-up and vacuum-
for any scrap that is suitable for direct feeding into assisted processing.
the downstream HP LG 1500-800 grinder without pre- The ready-to-install panels are suitable for structural
shredding.The grinder has a large feed opening of 61.5 and cosmetic marine applications including bulkheads,
inches by 31.5 inches, and a 98-inch long rotor with a decking, ceilings, hatches, covers, cabinetry, fittings,
diameter of 25 inches that carries seven knives and two transoms and stringers. "Stringers are labor intensive.
counter-knives. That makes it able to recover heavy and An assembler can position Hammerhead composite
bulky rigid scrap as well as do second-step grinding of stringers directly into a boat hull. The recyclable panels
pre-shredded material with high output rates, according
to Lindner. can bond to various surfaces.

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