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and water vapor barrier in food packaging. The The project has clearly proven that multilayer
tests were performed with structures for high- food packaging with PVDC can be mechanical-
barrier meat packaging using PE/EVA/Ixan / ly recycled in an open loop approach together
EVA/PE multilayer films. The impact of the struc- with PE waste, enabling the efficient, flexible and
tures on the recycling process was evaluated in sustainable reuse of the resulting feedstock in
comparison to a reference sample of real flex- injection molded items such as flower pots, pal-
ible packaging waste. lets, benches, etc. This is a significant achieve-
ment, as European community initiatives aim to
The trials were conducted in compliance with increase the percentage of plastic packaging
EN 13430, which defines the requirements for that is effectively recycled across Europe.
packaging material recycling in Europe. The mul-
tilayer Ixan PVDC structures passed all testing Source – pressreleasefinder.com
without any critical issues in grinding, subse-
quent washing/drying, extrusion/pelletizing and
injection molding even at 220 C.
AI Comes to Resin Conveying with
Conair Technology
his patented technology automatically overcome reduced throughput due to air leaks,
detects source-to-destination conditions reduced filter capacity, poor airflow, resin type
Tand autonomously adjusts the conveying changes, varied distances from pump to receiv-
system in real-time to move material under opti- er, and more.
mal conditions.
Cruise control for your conveying line
Conair is bringing artificial intelligence to resin
conveying with a first-of-it kind solution called Traditional central conveying systems can be
Conveying with Optimizer. This patented tech- labor-intensive and require time-consuming
nology automatically detects source-to-des- adjustments and costly production stops. Con-
tination conditions—such as vacuum, receiver veying with Optimizer smart technology is like
distance, material bulk density and other fac- adaptive cruise control for your conveying line,
tors—and autonomously adjusts the conveying virtually eliminating the manual intervention pre-
system in real-time to move material under opti- viously necessary by operators. Changing rate,
mal conditions. material types/shapes/bulk density, unequal dis-
tances between receivers with demand? Con-
An Optimizer Valve replaces a traditional airflow veying with Optimizer adjusts, in real time.
adjustment tube, and once it is enabled through Source – Plastics Technology
the Smart FLX control system, it continues to
tune and adjust over time. With Optimizer you
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