Designed for Recycled PET: Supporting Your Circular Economy
Embracing the circular economy is both an environmental responsibility and a strategic opportunity to create new revenue streams. This production line is specifically optimized for efficient processing of recycled PET (rPET). We understand the unique characteristics of rPET, including potential impurities, moisture content, and volatile compounds. The system features enhanced filtration, devolatilization, and homogenization capabilities to address these challenges.
Enhanced Processing Features
- Enhanced Filtration: High-capacity screen changers with adjustable mesh size ensure extended run times without clogging when processing rPET with higher impurity content
- Efficient Devolatilization: Screw design includes or can be upgraded with vented sections; barrel vent ports connect to vacuum pumps for effective removal of moisture and odors
- Compatible Processing: Control system allows adjustment to wider processing temperature windows and gentler shear profiles to minimize rPET degradation
- Feed Section Optimization: Powerful forced feeder ensures stable feeding for rPET flakes or fluffy materials
- Quality Control: Provides testing guidance and process adjustment solutions for rPET product indicators including color consistency and strength
Technical Specifications
| Parameter Category |
Parameter Item |
Specification / Description |
| Material Handling |
Suitable rPET Forms |
Flakes, Recycled Pellets, Sheet Scrap |
| Material Handling |
Recommended Max Impurity Content |
< 50 ppm (for metals/sand) |
| Filtration System |
Screen Changer Type |
Dual-Piston Hydraulic (Standard), Continuous (Optional) |
| Filtration System |
Max Filtration Area |
Model-dependent, can be 2x+ of standard |
| Filtration System |
Max Working Pressure |
Typically ≥35 MPa |
| Venting System |
Venting Method |
Natural Vent or Vacuum Vent (Optional) |
| Venting System |
Vacuum Degree (Optional) |
Up to -0.09 MPa |
| Process Adaptation |
Screw Design |
Enhanced mixing/homogenizing, optional vented section |
| Process Adaptation |
Color Management |
Recommended online/offline masterbatch dosing system |
Frequently Asked Questions
Can product quality using rPET match that of virgin material?
Using high-quality food-grade or Grade-A rPET with optimized processes, you can produce products with performance very close to or even meeting some virgin material standards, particularly in physical-mechanical properties. The main differences may appear in color consistency (slight yellowness) and long-term thermal stability. Our production line, through enhanced filtration, venting, and gentle processing, aims to maximally preserve rPET's molecular weight and reduce degradation, producing products with excellent strength and reliability that are fully suitable for most industrial packaging applications.
Does processing rPET cause more wear on the screw and machine?
If rPET contains hard inorganic impurities (sand, glass fragments), wear can increase. This is precisely why we've implemented an enhanced filtration system—to intercept these abrasive materials before they enter the screw. Additionally, we require higher standards for the wear resistance of screws and barrels (using bimetallic, high-hardness alloys). With proper filtration and wear-resistant components, wear from processing rPET is effectively controllable and within acceptable limits.