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material tests with the Purity Concept V will be carried out at the Sikora booth. Visitors can bring small quantities of pellets or test plates and put their material to the test free of charge. In pipe extrusion, Sikora is showing new measure-
ment products, including the Centerwave 6000/1600, an expansion of its proven radar technology for non-contact online measurement of wall thickness, centering, diameter, inner profile and ovality over the entire circumference of plastic pipes. Also being displayed is a measuring system for small dimensions: Centerwave 6000/250 measures tubes and pipes from 32 to 250 mm in diameter. The X-Ray 6000 Pro C-PipeAI is a development
for measuring corrugated pipes (DWC) using AI. �
www.sikora.net
The Sorema division of Italy-based Previero will showcase its latest advancements in the mechani- cal and chemical recycling of post-industrial and post-consumer plastics. Some of these innovations were developed using the company’s pilot washing plant in Alzate Brianza, near Como, which is equipped with de-inking technology for process- ing flexible and rigid packaging. These plants can process heavily printed LDPE films to produce high-quality recycled raw materi- als for packaging films containing a high percent- age of recycled material. Sorema says the system offers flexible production capacity and cost-effec- tive chemical formulations, which are essential given the variety of formulations in the ink industry. The de-inking process involves hot washing using batch reactors and a water filtration system. The control system reduces water and chemical consumption while ensuring precise control of treatment times, material friction, and chemical concentration. �
https://sorema.it
Starlinger Recycling Technology is presenting its new RecoSTAR Dynamic Art recycling system at K2025. The system has increased throughput for recycling plastics, such as film waste from the food and agricultural sectors, fibres, and foamed plastics.
Optimizing the components of the system,
Starlinger says it has increased production output and system efficiency significantly. The system’s SMARTfeeder has been made larger and uses more powerful drive motors with a low energy class. The company said it has also significantly simplified and shortened machine maintenance. Together with the optionally available StarLOGGER software, which ensures accurate data recording,
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and Starlinger’s “Dynamic Automation Package plus” which now features a convenient automatic on/off function, the new system is easier and more user-friendly to operate. Starlinger’s RecoSTAR Dynamic Art recycling systems are particularly suitable for heavily con- taminated post-consumer plastic waste that has a high moisture content due to storage or after washing.
Special features of the new recycling systems include the spin-feed technology and the Dynamic Automation Package. Technically sophisticated design elements such as the newly conceived ribs in the SMARTfeeder, where the input material is prepared for extrusion, and the special geometry of the cone bushing and the feed zone of the extruder ensure that the material is held longer and enters the extruder with more pressure and spin. This so-called “spin feed” leads to a significant increase in system performance, according to Starlinger. A new underwater pelletizing unit, which
Starlinger will present for the first time at K2025, can be integrated into the highly automated production process. Bottle-to-bottle recycling is Starlinger’s second
focus at the trade fair. The machines of the Reco- STAR PET Art series consume 25% less energy and have a 15% higher output compared to the previous model, said the company. With the newly added extruder size of 265 mm, they cover a throughput range from 1,000 kg/h to 4,500 kg/h. �
www.starlinger.com/en/recycling-technology
In addition to its K2025 stand, optical sorting technology group Steinert is organising two site tours while the show is running. At the Steinert Test & Development Centre near Cologne, experts will demonstrate the AI-supported sorting programme Intelligent
Object.Identifier (IOI), which the company’s UniSort PR Evo 5.0 uses to separate food-grade packaging from other plastic packag- ing, as well as precise flake sorting down to 0.5 mm with MSort AK. Participants will also have the opportunity to talk directly to their contact persons about specific projects and technical details. On 10 October, a joint tour with the VDMA
association will take visitors to the sorting plant of Remondis subsidiary RE Plano in Bochum, which Steinert says is one of the most modern sorting plants for lightweight plastic packaging in Europe. Sensor and magnetic technologies from Steinert are used at the plant to stream pre-sorted packag- ing materials into recyclable plastics. �
https://steinertglobal.com
www.plasticsrecyclingworld.com
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