K2022 NEWS
Quality is the word for Elix
Elix Polymers is working on application targets for its E-Loop engineering materials containing recycled plastics which were launched in February with the aim of becoming a high-quality drop-in solution in automotive, appliance and medical sectors. Fabian Herter, Marketing
Manager, illustrated this with an example of ABS-PC with 30% post-industrial recycled content sourced from prime automotive material, and used for demanding interior and exterior applications. He said Elix is working with colour partners to attain the quality needed for E-Loop materials going to the appliances market. It is also partnering Repsol in Spain on securing quality waste streams. �
www.elix-polymers.com
New Clariant products help chemical recycling
Clariant announced a move into the chemical recycling area at K2022 with the launch of a portfolio of new products developed to improve the quality of products from pyrolysis-based chemical recycling ventures. Projects for chemical
recycling of plastics waste are proliferating, with a large proportion based on pyrolysis technology. However, the pyrolysis oil produced in these facilities is likely to require further processing to remove contaminants before it can be used as a feedstock for new polymer production. Contaminants are highly variable and can include by-products of nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur in differing amounts. Clariant’s new HDMax catalysts and Clarit adsorbents are tailored to remove a wide range of contaminants that are
continuously changing in the feed, which it says enables the flexibility pyrolysis oil producers need regardless of process configuration. Speaking to Plastics
Recycling World at the show, Clariant’s Global Business Development Manager Séval Schictel said that in small volume pilot plants contaminants are diluted to low levels, but the need for pyrolysis oil purification is becoming important as chemical recyclers aim to start up production scale facilities from 2025 onwards. Schictel said the Clarit adsorbents are designed for use in the first step, where they target a range of different contaminants to adjust for the variability of the input materials. The second step involves catalytic hydrogenation using the new HDMax catalysts.
Clariant also introduced
Licowax AS 100 TP, which is an anti-scratch additive based on renewable materials for PP and TPO formulations which enables injection moulded products – such as car dashboards and door panels, household appliance casings, light- weight luggage –to maintain their original look and feel for longer. “Expanding the lifespan of products is a key element in the move from a linear to a circular econo- my,” said Martin John, Head of Advanced Surface Solutions at Clariant. The company also launched a new product carbon footprint (PCF) tool. It says the CliMate automated carbon footprint calculator allows it to offer consistent cradle-to-gate greenhouse gas (GHG) emission data for all of its products. �
www.clariant.com
Lindner goes larger to follow market trend
Lindner executives presented the group’s technology in action to journalists in the company’s outdoor pavilion during K2022. In daily demon- strations, different post-consumer rigid plastics were shredded live using Lindner’s Micromat HP shredder. Harald Hoffmann (pictured), MD of
Lindner Washtech, said there is a trend towards higher throughput in plastics recycling plants, often 2-3 t/h. The new HP version of the Micromat shredder has an increased capacity, raised from 3 t/h to 5 t/h. Likewise, the new Rafter-type pre-washing system has 2-3 t/h throughput, up
18
from 1-1.5 t/h in the previous system. “The market has changed. Quality is now a big issue,” said Hoffmann. The new EcoDry thermal dryer achieves energy savings of up to 30% thanks to heat exchangers and insulated material handling compo-
PLASTICS RECYCLING WORLD | November/December 2022
nents. Having a residual moisture of less than 1%, the materials achieve a particularly high degree of drying, which means that the flakes are better prepared for the subsequent process. Michael Lackner, MD at Lindner-
Recyclingtech, spoke about the group’s move to a new 14,000 m² HQ and manufacturing facility in Spittal/ Drau, Austria, in July. The production area has been doubled at the new location. The larger set-up has enea- bled the group to reduce assembly times and has halved delivery time to customers to 10 weeks, he said. �
www.lindner.com
www.plasticsrecyclingworld.com
IMAGE: D ELDRIDGE
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50
