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Patent Report: Granulator takes on soft materials
Issue: Oct. 2017A new granulator proposed by shredder and pelletizer manufacturer BP Recycling Systems GmbH, Hofstetten, Switzerland, is designed to handle relatively [more]
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TPEI's continuous mixers ideal for some recycling efforts
Issue: August 2017Continuous mixing, a 50-year-old technology that fills an important niche for compounders, is drawing new interest from recyclers. "Recyclers are [more]
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Robots taking on bigger roles in recycling operations
Issue: August 2017Robots are increasingly finding applications in recycling operations. The machines don't experience the fatigue and focus problems that humans do [more]
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Energy Recovery: Technology available for energy-conscious recyclers
Issue: July 2017In plastics recycling, capturing energy to reuse in another part of the process hasn't gained a huge following in the U.S. yet, but options are available [more]
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Operation Clean Sweep continues to guide firms on environment
Issue: June 2017For at least one of the companies involved in the Plastics Industry Association's Operation Clean Sweep (OCS), "going green" is a guiding [more]
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Textile firm Unifi builds capacity to make recycled yarn
Issue: April 2017North Carolina-based Unifi has built the vertically integrated capacity to produce 50 million pounds of recycled synthetic fiber each year. [more]
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Color-sorting equipment is going high-tech
Issue: March 2017Being able to make products using the whole spectrum of color is one of the advantages of plastics. But sorting those colorful products for recycling when [more]
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Firms implement quality-enhancing strategies, systems
Issue: March 2017Plastics recycling is not a glamorous process, but it is becoming smarter, using electronic and online tools to improve machine performance and pellet [more]
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Firms take on tough scrap, smells
Issue: February 2017At the K show, Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen GmbH, Feldkirchen, Austria, and Kuhne GmbH, Sankt Augustin, Germany, introduced the P:Sheet system, which [more]
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Equipment suppliers showcase advances at K show
Issue: December 2016Recycling equipment suppliers introduced significant technological improvements at October's K show in Düsseldorf, Germany, amid signs that [more]
