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POLYSTAR showcased advanced recycling technology

in Spain

n this year’s Equiplast which took place in Barcelona system which is ideal for processing post-industrial waste
Iin October, POLYSTAR had live demonstration of its material, as the machine can process both non-printed
most popular selling recycling machine Repro-Flex100 and printed waste with minimal material degradation.
throughout the five day exhibition. Despite the fact that post-industrial film is generally
clean and dry from in-house production, some moisture
The recycling line has a production capacity of 300~400kg
per hour (approximately 6.5~ 7 tones per day), designed content can be generated during storage or transportation
especially for processing post-industrial PE and PP printed process. In the past a large number of film producers
and non-printed film waste. The one-step recycling have been using unvented (extruder without degassing)
technology turns factory-generated film waste back recycling machines, which could affect pellets quality
into high quality recycled pellets, which can be used when there is humidity in the waste material. When
immediately for reprocessing in blown or cast film lines. degassing is not done properly during the recycling
process, the end product (film production) quality is
POLYSTAR focuses particularly on easy-to-use technology compromised, resulting in ‘fish eye" on the surface of
which makes recycling simple for all plastic producers and the film.
not just professional recyclers. The machine is extremely
easy to operate, performance maintenance on, and allows POLYSTAR’s double degassing extruder design helps to
operators to rapidly change between different types of solve this problem with effective degassing ability while
material when HDPE, LD/LLDPE and PP film of different sizes making sure that the reusability of the transparent, non-
and thicknesses need to be processed on the same machine. printed pellets is at its highest level possible.
The compact ECO machine design with cutting integration Visitors can see this machine with live demonstration in
requires only one operator to run the complete line. the upcoming Plastimagen (Mexico), PlastEurasia (Turkey),
Interplastika (Russia), Plast India, NPE (USA) ,Chinaplas
The pelletizing extruder has a double-degassing (double
vented) design together with an effective vacuum pump and Taipeiplas fair 2018.

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