MACHINERY | SCREENCHANGERS & MELT FILTRATION
Right: Coperion’s ZSK FilCo performs filtration and compounding in a single production step
ADG expansion
US-based ancillaries supplier ADG Solutions – whose portfolio includes melt filtration equipment – recently moved to a larger facility in Stone Mountain, Georgia. The manufacturing space has been
increased for production, assembly and stocked items – and now includes three dock doors and one drive-in bay. The new space also doubles the size of the office area to accommodate the growing engineering, support and leadership team, said ADG. The company is also developing
dedicated showroom areas for each of its equipment lines such as a laser filter, vent stuffer and a live elutriation T-cleaner system. It is also working on a complete extrusion lab line that will be installed and ready for customer trials and testing by Q2 of 2025. “We are excited to offer customers live trials on our in-house equipment,” said Sandy Guthrie, president of ADG. “This expansion provides the space to continue to provide the highest level of machinery and service to the industry.” ADG offers a range of ancillary equipment including materials handling, extrusion and filtration systems. Its equipment partners include Weima, Hosokawa, Davis-Standard and Break Machinery.
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Ancillaries supplier ADG recently moved to a larger facility in Stone Mountain, Georgia
Filtration compounder Coperion says its ZSK FilCo filtration compounder allows filtration and compounding in a single production step. It has been developed for recycling post-consumer recyclate (PCR) or any highly contaminated polymer. With ZSK FilCo, waste plastic is fed into a ZSK
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twin screw extruder, where it is melted, homog- enised and devolatilised. The melt is then fed through a filter to remove all contaminants before being fed back into the same ZSK extruder to be compounded with reinforcing materials or fillers. Compared to typical two-step production lines,
ZSK FilCo has a more streamlined equipment set-up, says Coperion – claiming a 50% reduction in energy consumption and emissions. In addition, the ZSK FilCo can achieve a higher product quality. In conventional recycling, PCR and contaminat- ed polymers must first be melted using a single- or twin-screw extruder, then filtered and pelletised. As well as being an energy-intensive process, the recyclate is subjected to high thermal stress – which results in increased degradation, shorter polymer chains and a reduction in product quality. The ZSK FilCo makes it possible to melt, filter, compound and pelletise recyclate in a single production system. The ZSK FilCo’s space requirement is compara- tively low. All product streams are added gravi- metrically to the process with no fluctuations. The recyclate only needs to be melted once. “The ZSK FilCo is a result of our efforts to opti- mise the recycling of plastics and further increase the sustainability of the overall process,” said Marina Matta, team leader for process technology recycling at Coperion. “Its energy economy and the product quality it achieves are important benefits.”
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