MULTI-LAYER FILM | MATERIALS
Recycling film Delegates at Multilayer Flexible Packaging – a virtual conference hosted by AMI earlier this year – learnt about multi-layer film recycling. Simon Jay, sales director of Plasmac – part of
Erema – began by telling delegates about a customer project to help a customer handle multi-layer film recycling in-house. The customer, a supplier of nine-layer blown films to the food packaging industry, wanted a system that could easily recycled its inline trims and scrap rolls. “They needed a compact system that could handle all its structures,” said Jay. The customer’s process involved conveying inline trims to baskets, then compacting and selling them to trade recyclers. Scrap reels were also collected, packaged and sold. The customer produced a number of different structures – using many materials, including EVOH, PA, PET and PS. “The customer wanted a solution that could handle all these materials and allow its reuse in its films – where food contact legislation and brand owner acceptance allowed this,” said Jay. Recycling inline – where the structure allowed it
– meant that trims and scrap could be recycled directly back into the main product. If not allowed, the material could be reused in non-food packag- ing applications – or sold as added-value pelletised material. The customer wanted to cut material costs by
20%, boost profitability by 10% and keep operator interface to a minimum. Plasmac’s proposed solution was to used an Alpha 60 Eco HC system, with trim basket and water-cooled pelletiser to recycle the customer’s materials. Its short screw
technology makes the machine highly efficient – al- lowing the customer to minimise costs. Return on investment was just over nine months, said the company
n The next Multilayer Flexible Packaging conferene takes place in Barcelona, Spain on 23-25 Novem- ber. For more details, contact Jessica Jones on +44 117 314 8111 (
jessica.jones@
ami.international).
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www.gapitaly.com �
www.camvac.com �
www.ami.international �
www.plasmac.it
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